More Las Vegas

so the palms charges 15 bucks a day
for the internet so i havent been able to post

on sunday i was so tired
i nearly fell asleep in the sports book
during the second half of the browns game

finally got my room
took my first shower in over a complete week
and went to the pool

i should have known better than to stay the palms
the pool was a bad rap video
it was around 4 on a sunday
a dj was blasting music
it was unavoidable misery

i almost went to my room but i didnt want to sleep away the day
after a while the music while still crappy
was at least less bassy
and then the pool closed at 6
which seemed silly

showered and decided to use my "free drink"
its not really free the palms charges a 15 a day resort fee
but you get a 20 drink coupon

my cousin dave texted about having a everclear smoothie
i asked around and while the concierge admitted it sounded tasty
there was no everclear in the palms bars but maybe one of the attached
private resturants or bars might have on

i went to the 9
and the hostess said no way

i made my way to one of the smaller bars
no one else was there
and asked the bartender to make me something unique
she asked what i liked and said anything but no purple no green no redbull
she seemed perplexed and i thought what a waste
but she came back with this green thing
that turned out to have seven alcohols in it
it was rather strong
another one of us
and wandered back to my hotel room
somehow obtaining dim sum on the way
it was tasty and i was asleep as soon
as my head hit the pillow

i woke up once thinking there was an earthquake
and went right back to sleep

it was my first bed in a week as well
and i slept for nearly 11 hours

monday i was in the pool from about 930 until 6pm
it was a little better
there was no dj at first then when he showed up
there speakers on one side of the pool were off
so it was tolerable

the pool is designed to take advantage of the towers
half the pool is in shade at sometime
in fact despite being close to triple digits
it is cold in spots outside the pool
i found this out when i walked across the pool area to the bathroom
burnt my feet and worked up a sweat walking a few hundred feet

at night i drove to the hard rock cafe
and ordered the $7.77 no longer listed on the menu steak shrimp special

it was awesome
awesome
perfectly cooked
awesome

on tuesday
i went back to the pool before checkout
without having the internet
i havent been able to plan

so i checked in to terribles hotel
for just 30 bucks including taxes

shouldve moved on

sitting still is not good
but i was thinking one more night without sleeping in the car

i got grumpy
then got rewarded for it
with a free steak

it wasnt a good steak
but it was comp'd

talked to dree on the phone
hadnt even gotten a text from her in six days
with her in hawaii and me on the road
we havent talked much about her getting engaged
so it was good to talk to her

the only gambling i have really done
is trying my luck at the wheel of fortune machines
it is what my grandmother played
the first three times i played
i lost 10 or 20 at a time without even a dollar winner
all i wanted is one free spin
i loved when my grandmother got free spins
she would get so excited
once josh and i took her to a casino in atlantic city
after he was like how did you do
i said i have 250 more than i started with
he was like awesome what did you win
oh i told him
i didnt play anything
grandma kept winning and handing me money
so i put it in my pocket

yesterday at 8am i played and lost at a machine
and this asian lady had her stuff on it
she put a chait on the middle one
and asked me to watch her stuff
so i played my 10 and lost
she wasnt there
and i had recently watched curb with larry leaving
after asking to watch someones stuff
so i lost 20 more
waiting
and again nothing
she came back finally

i figured that was the lucky machine
gma always said there was one lucky machine

at 8pm that night the lady was still at the same machine
she had a stack of printed out winners

at 11pm she was gone but the chair was propped
and the casino person said i couldnt play it
because it was propped

the terrible pool was terrible
cold and dirty
so after my free steak
i drove back to the palm
to swim the last hour before it closed

i got there and the pool was closed early for a private party
i went back to the lucky machine
it was open
just as i put in my cash
a fight broke out 25 feet away

lost 18 dollars of cash i had in my wallet
there would not be one last free spin

debating whether to just stay in my room
and out of trouble
or wander around

was supposed to go to hoover dam tomorrow
then drive to death valley
but the high is 111 and the low 85
thought it got cold in the desert at night
not sure i will be able to sleep in my car
if it is that hot out