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Part two: week two
Wednesday. 11.25.15 8:50 pm
After my quick entry yesterday, and fun tunes in my ear holes, I'm in a much better place to write part two.

The second Sunday that I was there, I woke up feeling like shit. The cold had pretty much hit me fully, but I'd already made plans with my sister to go wandering the Vegas strip. We wandered just part of it, making our way through Caesar's, Bellagio, Venetian and ... actually, I think that's it. We ended up going to a mall to go on a mini shopping spree at VS. I maxed out my card, but it was worth it. I was finally able to get my sister some bras that fit her. Which, if you don't have boobs, it seriously makes all the difference.

Monday, I woke up and couldn't talk. I had no voice. I was supposed to go hiking with Jacob, but I canceled because it was not a smart idea for me to go out feeling the way I was. I wanted to get better before I went back to work because after taking two weeks of unpaid time off, there was no fucking way I'd be able to afford even taking another half day off. I hung out around my sister's house, just watching Netflix. When he boyfriend got home, I was questioned as to why I didn't take my nephew so that they could save money on daycare. Now, I get that I agreed to take him at least once while I was there, but I was sick. I felt like shit and all of a sudden, the only thing that matters is why I'm not there to save them money.

So right then, I made plans for the rest of the week and proceeded to text my sister to tell her that if she wanted me to take my nephew, it would have to be have to be Tuesday because I was busy the rest of the time I was there.

Tuesday, my nephew and I hung out around the house in the morning. After fixing him breakfast, we went out to Hoover Dam. Apparently he'd been only recently so he was telling me all about his trip. I hadn't been since 2009. The water levels are pathetic, but it was still really pretty. My cover photo on Facebook is actually one of the pictures I took while there. After the Dam, we headed back to a park. I didn't realize that the one I'd chosen cost to park and since we were only going to be there for 30 minutes, it wasn't worth the $7 so we drove to another side of town to go to a different park. He played around on the slides and dug in the sand before it got dark and we headed back.

Wednesday, I hung out with my mom again. This time we went to Ethel M's Chocolate Factory. It was really disappointing; so much so that we weren't even interested in the offering of free chocolate. I'm sure the chocolate is delicious, but like Godiva or Ghirardelli, it's priced quite high and I'd honestly rather go to one of those places, or even See's.

After that, we got in to an argument about something; I don't even remember what at that point. So I drove over to the airport so that we could watch the planes land. I needed some time to cool off and she needed an excuse to get out of my car and smoke so that she could cool off. We hung out there for about 20 minutes before going to the Strip. We went to the other end from where I was with my sister. She'd wanted to see the completed New York New York so we walked around there for a bit.

While we were there, I got a call from Enterprise saying that I owed more money on my rental ... which ended up getting worked out, but it was one of the last things I needed to hear. It was the fault of both parties. Things should have been better explained on their and and I should have read the paperwork thoroughly before signing it, but still. I was still sick, I was already agitated and now this. So I apologized about cutting out day short, dropped her back off at home and went to deal with the car thing.

Oh yeah, there was this crazy awesome storm that day! The weather was amazing! I love thunder and lightning {it's always too wet here to have storms like that often} and I was directly in the middle of it. Lightning was all around and thunder was almost immediate. The rain was absolutely pouring down! And yet, still better drivers than Seattle ...

But I digress. I took care of the car thing and headed back to my sister's. I made plans to hang out with a friend on Thursday, but the time we agreed upon got pushed back because he ended up having to work. So I hung out for a little bit in the morning. I text my sister at one point about a show I was watching and was questioned, for the second time, about why I didn't take my nephew if I was just going to be sitting at home. So, still sick, I left and drove to the other side of town. I found a nice park and just hung out there for a few hours. I brought my tablet with me so that I could read while I was there. It was so nice. I took pictures of the sunset and then met up with my friend.

He rented a couple movies and bought some pizza. We ended up watching 3 movies and ate most of the pizza, but only drank half the beer since I still needed to drive back to my sister's place. After the drama of California, it wasn't worth dealing with the drama of crashing with him.

Friday, my final full day in Vegas, I spent the day out on my own. I have recently been embracing the single life and doing things on my own more and more. I needed to get away from everything for a day. Despite the fact that I would be going back home the next day and I'd have more than enough time to be by myself, after the stress of the past week and still being sick, I needed to just get away.

I drove out to Mt Charleston and found a good place to get out and walk around. I ended up at the Cathedral Rock trail. It wasn't a very long trail. I think total was a little over a mile, but since I was still sick, I didn't want to push it too much. It was 32 degrees and there was snow and ice. and at an elevation of 7800 feet, the air was much thinner so I didn't want to push too hard. I went up the trail probably about 3/4 of the way before stopping at a look out, taking more pictures, and turning back to go to the car. On the way back down, I ended up talking to this family who had just moved there from Florida {they thought I was crazy for just wearing yoga crop pants, and a tank under my jacket in the cold weather} so we got to talking about the differences between Florida, Nevada and Washington. It was really nice.

After I left the mountain, I drove back to the Strip. I went up to the top of the Stratosphere. I wanted to watch the sunset from up there and take pictures from the top. It's pricey for a non-local, but the view makes it worth it. On a whim, I purchased a ticket to go on Insanity. Literally the only thing that had kept me from going on it before was because I'd had no one to go with me. This time? I didn't care. Why should I let that stop me? I had a blast. It was actually quite tame. It looks much scarier than it actually was. The worst part was probably how cold it was once we started spinning. Being 1000 feet in the air, spinning at about 20mph with temps in the 50s is a tad nipply.

After that, I took a couple more pictures and made my way back to my sister's for dinner. It was my final home cooked meal: Spanish rice. There was no way I was going to miss out on that. It was a good final meal for the vacation.

Saturday morning, I got up and showered before finishing up the packing. I'd packed most of my things Friday before I went to the mountain. I didn't want to have to stress about getting everything done last minute; my trip already had enough stress. After all that, I went to pick up my mom so that she could hang out with us on my last day. We met up at Olive Garden for a late breakfast/early lunch. It was finally back to what I consider my normal family. If only it had been that way the entire rest of the trip. After Olive Garden, we met up at Enterprise so that I could return the car on time. I was actually an hour early, but that's fine. It ensured I didn't end up having to owe any extra money.

I needed to be at the airport by 5:30, but I ended up being there a little before 5 since there was construction on the tunnel and closures that happened so it was safer to just drop me off early than risk getting lost trying to get around the construction. It was bittersweet. I was very glad to be going home, but it does suck knowing it's going to be a couple years before I see them again.

My flight back was without incident. It was raining when I got back; typical Seattle weather and I was grateful that I had someone to pick me up. Originally I was just going to take transit, but it was a relief being in a car with someone. I was tired, pissed, sick and just ready to go home to crawl in to bed, so I wasn't much company on the trip back to my car, but it was still a nice gesture.

So that's how my trip went. That's why I will be staying in a hotel the next time I go visit them. A vacation is supposed to be fun and exciting and relaxing. This was only marginally that and just in a few days of the 14 I was gone.

Next entry will be back in the present moment. Happy Thanksgiving ya'll!

Until next time. . .
1 Comments.


What a trip... Yea I can imagine that on the hike with the Florida couple was probably going wtf.. It's crazy how it can be when you get used to certain climates, and being comfortable in cold or hot weather sometimes.

Storms are nice indeed, as long as they don't strike you... then they are evilll...

Also, Hurray for the California part of your trip for being good!
» CPKviperpheonix on 2015-11-27 11:25:36

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