"Seedless watermelon. They did it. It is done. We have it now." -Jerry Seinfeld

I didn't find my camera until Saturday afternoon, so I am a little fuzzy on the details of Friday. (I have a tendancy to forget things quickly.)

DECEMBER 30, 2005
day two of:

Our Trip To Las Vegas :aka: Do You Pray To Kenneth Cole?


CONT. FROM EARLIER

I had some very unrestful sleep on the floor between my bed and my closet. It didn't help that I was in the direct path to the bathroom. So I was stepped over many times, which is hard to sleep through.
We were slow getting ready Friday morning. (we? ok just me) It was around Noon when we finally piled into Courtney's car (with Court driving, Honeyman shotgun, TDawgYo, Me, then Zacky in the backseat.) We got off I-95 and drove through downtown -pointing out every wedding chapel- and eventually up Las Vegas Boulevard, ending at Caesars Palace.

[[Tashina-- Is this where I so gracefully toppled down the parking garage, or was that the next day??]]
edit: It is! It is!
While walking through the parking garage from the car up the ramp to the entrance we had linked arms. All of us, I believe. Man, thats cheesy. Anyhow, my ankle turned and I stepped hard. I tried to catch my balance but to no avail. I went down quickly, still holding tightly to Ryan's and Zack's [respective] arms. My right arm was pulled up and back as I fell. My right ankle twisted, somehow scraping my knee and toes across the pavement.
After laying on the ground for a few minutes, being passed by cars, I slowly climbed to my feet. My toe and knee were all bloody, and my ankle was pulsing pain.

We walked through the forum shops to Cheesecake Factory, which had a 45-minute wait. We went into Bath & Body Works for a little while, while TDawgYo bought something for everyone she has ever been related to.
We took our little reservation card back to Cheesecake Factory and got lead to a large booth. TDawgYo ordered buffalo wings, I got a salad, I think the others all got hamburgers...but I'm not sure. Everyone was finished eating (read: still had food, just not eating it) about a half hour before me. Blast me and my membership of the Clean Plate Club. I mean, come on...it was a salad. A huge salad, but salad nonetheless. Mixed greens, black beans, white corn, a few bits o' chicken.
TDawgYo and ZackyZack ran to the car so TDY could drop off the rest of her wings at the car. The Honeyman, Courtney, and I had fun wandering the casino. When TDY and Zacky got back we walked back through the forum shops, stopping in a few (read: I [heart] Kenneth Cole) to look at things that we don't have nearly enough money for. We got out onto the strip and wandered around for a bit, I believe.
Then we went back to my house :)

Angela (from my office) had given me a $25 Blockbuster card for Christmas, so we decided to break that in. Courtney opted to stay home, so The Honeyman, TDawgYo, ZackyZack, and I climbed into George and headed off to the Blockbuster down the street. I had, for some insane reason, wanted to see The Amityville Horror again, so we grabbed that and headed for the register. Sometime while in there The Honeyman tried to convince TDawgYo that she should hook up with ZackyZack. He told her she needed to grab his hand while we were walking around the strip.
We decided it would be fun to just order pizza instead of going out, so we ran a few buildings over to Papa John's. We had a few minutes until it would be ready so I dropped TDY and The Honeyman off at Albertsons and drove around with Zacky. TDY and Honeyman climbed back in the car with a 6pack of Rootbeer, a 12pack of Pepsi, and a 12pack of DietPepsi. Rootbeer for Zacky, Pepsi for TDY, G.O.M.B.C, and Honeyman, and DietPepsi for me. :) (Which reminds me...I still have rootbeer and Pepsi in my fridge. Blech.)
We picked up Courtney and went over to my sister's house, because watching a scary movie on my teeny tiny screen would be lame-o. Elizabeth has a bigscreen and a super squishy couch, so it was perfect. Plus, she said we could if we cleaned her house. Check!

We watched the movie, which absolutely freaked me out. I'd forgotten how dang scary that movie is! I should have remembered that was the one where I kept kicking the kid in front of me, clinging to Ryan's arm, and smacking Chris Money. Fuh-reaky!!! So yeah...don't know if that was a good choice. I loved it, of course, but it scared me. Then Ryan, being the...whatever...that he is (I was going to say jerk, but The Honeyman isn't really a jerk, so yeah) kept sneaking around in the dark and jumping out and screaming and scaring us. Punk.

Per Ryan's request, we headed back to the strip. We parked at the Bellagio and wandered through there for a bit. TDawgYo told Zack she was supposed to hold his hand. (Man, that chick cracks me up.) So she did off and on. We wandered around the little Christmas-y display they had going on. Honeyman was completely in love with the animatronic penguins. (It is a new obsession) But I loved all the thing made completely out of roses (like the giant bear and such.) It was gorgeous.
I was tired and in pain and wanted to go home the entire time. We wandered out of the Bellagio and walked down the strip aimlessly for about an hour. We got to see the fountains for two songs; that was fun. Courtney recorded one of them on her camera, haha.
After wandering through a few more casinos we found the tram back to the Bellagio. While trying to get out onto the strip we were stuck at a light because people kept crossing the street even though their walk signal was a solid red hand! Tashina/TDawgYo yelled out the window "We're driving here!!!" That was pretty dang hilarious.


Uh...I think we went to WalMart after that. The guys bought cereal and I bought temporary tatoos :D We lost TDawgYo for a few minutes, but soon she came wandering back with a new hat.


Tashina - TDawgYo; Susannah - HeyBaby; Courtney - G.O.M.B.Courtney

:D
Coming soon -- Day THREE aka Drunk Mexicans and Mardi Gras Beads!