Saturday Weekend 2

Saturday : not too exciting. 

I woke up earlyish, stayed in bed a while and luxuriated in my chorelessness:  played Words With Friends with Jeff,  and read a bit. I do NOT want to audit my Kindle bill for this trip.

My first big excursion on the day that I should have been in NYC watching a Broadway show was a trip to Kmart for cold drinks and office supplies needed to make my uw manual user-friendly.

Around mid-day, the girls and I touched base via text .FeistySue was feeling homebodyish but TexasRose and I agreed to meet for lunch. I drove. She was wearing a short, bright orange, spaghetti strap shorts/jumper with high wedge sandals. Full Hair. Perfect makeup. I was wearing exercise clothes-capri leggings and a long tee with tennis shoes .We had an awful lunch, but nice conversation, at a local taco place. TexasRose traveled with a coffee cup filled with unidentifiable drink, which I'm fairly certain was a daytime cocktail. A few hours after lunch, I bumped into her in the laundry room and she was wearing Barbie-Casual-- an oversize crop top with matching bandeau; and shorts. I was still wearing same exercise clothes.

At 6:30, we all headed to a casino the girls had researched. I asked for a group picture so that we could show our friends and family. You're welcome. Please note: TexasRose is rocking her third outfit of the day, a very flattering and stylish, black jumpsuit with heels.

My very favorite part of the casino date happened during the first 5 minutes. I asked the security guard where to go to get started, for players cards etc. He said, "First, I'm going to need to see some I.D."  I turn 38 in a week so I said, "Bless you for asking," and presented my i.d. He looked at it at length and finally said, "Damn, you've got good genes." Meanwhile TexasRose & FeistySue finish taking selfies and come over to where guard is still  looking carefully at my license. TexasRose, says, "Oh we need to show id?" And the guard said, "No, just her. You're good." 

TexasRose, said, "Well DURN, I don't know how I feel about that!" We all laughed. The security guard shrugged and we made our way over to the check-in counter and registered for our unfortunately-named players' cards . 

Casino Player's Card. I swear! 

TexasRose immediately grabbed a Crown&Coke from the first bar we found, and then the three of us found a slot machine in our 1-cent price range. We all spent a few dollars, and then TexasRose announced that she was going to go smoke/use restroom/ask someone directions. I don't really remember exactly what she said but the rest of the night she was gone. A transcript of our texts would basically read like 2 parents trying to find their kid who is lost in an amusement park. "We're by the blah blah blah under a sign that says blah blah blah." She would send back a text indicating that she'd meet us at say, the stage where the musicians are, and when we got there there'd be more vague texting and no TexasRose. 

After I cashed out my 95-cents winnings (TexasRose said she was down $65ish and I think FeistySue lost about $20), we headed to the Carrabba's across the street. *The next day TexasRose joked to someone else that she wouldn't have lost so much money but they kept bringing her free drinks as long as she was playing; so clearly she found a fun table. All's well that ends well. 

We enjoyed nice dinner conversation and lots of laughing. Finally we headed back to the hotel and called it a night. 

Kmart and a casino run are hardly NY and a Broadway matinee, but overall the day was pleasant.

Only six more Sleeps until I see my one true love.