During the week of May 14, I went to Las Vegas to attend training for work. Training for work in Vegas? Yes, indeed and I loved it. This was the third time that I have been to Las Vegas in my life and the second time in two years. Our chapter shared a lot of information with other chapters. I picked up a few pointers for our chapter newsletter and other public relation ideas. I would not say that I actually *learned* as much as I did last year, but I still valued the experience.

Outside of training, I explored Vegas a lot more than I did last year. On Tuesday, we walked as far as Tropicana Hotel. This is a fairly long walk from the Flamingo Hotel in 90 degree weather. We stopped in M&M World, Coca Cola Store, MGM Grand Hotel (my family and I stayed there in 1994) and a few random shops. When you go into M&M World then the Coca Cola store, the Coca Cola store is a huge disappointment. M&M World has 4 levels of merchandise and a few activities. The Coca Cola store has 2 levels and besides the station with fresh fountain drinks, there was not much pleasing to the eye. We probably walked more than 3 miles up and down the strip that morning and afternoon. I left my visor at home, but with my sunglasses and sunscreen, I survived. I had a pretty nice tan with my tanktop.

Throughout the week, I talked to JT and the twins on Skype and that helped me not being able to hug and kiss them whenever I want like at home. My heart melted as I heard William and Keisha say, “Saw Mommy, Saw Mommy.” I also had a lavender oil plugin in my hotel room to remind myself of home.

Before you ask: I gambled a little. I won a little and lost a little. I am not a serious gambler, but I did learn a few things from the serious players.

I did not go to any shows. I tried to get tickets to see George Wallace, but the woman wanted us to go to a 2-3 hour tour for some crap, plus give them $20.00. One of my coworkers, S. did the tour and got tickets to see Toni Braxton. I heard that her show wasn’t that good and she moaned a lot… but S. said that she enjoyed the show a lot.

I have a few pictures uploaded on my flickr page: http://www.flickr.com/photos/missnexus/ and I hope to get some more up later. I really should upgrade to a premium account. I took over 500 pictures and still had room for over 200 pictures on my 1GB Compact Flash II card. Not even 25% of that is going to fit on my non-premium account. Oh well.

I arrived home safely. Still need to wash the clothes that are sitting in my suitcase shhh… I will see what I can do about that tonight.

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