VEGAS BABY!!!!
I will be leaving on Wednesday the 12th and coming back on Saturday the 15th, or Sunday the 16th. I am playing in a hockey tournament and the departure date all depends on how badly we get our asses handed to us. Confident...who me? I really have no idea how we are going to do since we are playing teams from other states. Let's just go with "We will give it 110% and see what happens." There, is that better?
The information for the tournament can be found here:
California Hockey Productions
There are several guys from the team that are going down tonight in order to play in the 6th to the 9th tournament. They will be driving down to pull a trailer with everyones gear on it. I told them to try to open my bag up a little so the 10+ hours of blowing wind might remove some portion of the "perfume" it produces. Come to think of it, I don't think there is any amount of fresh air that could help that smell out.
So here we come to the delema that is before me. I really would like my wife to be able to go with me. She seems to really love these tournaments, and hell it's Vegas this time. The issue we have is with getting a sitter for the Drewman. We have someone who will watch him from Friday to Sunday (our normal sitter). She will come stay at the house with him while we are gone. It is Wednesday and Thursday nights we are having a problem with.
Oh I know how we can solve that. Let's call the grandparents (my parents) and see if they would let him come stay with them for those two nights. So Jayna calls my mother to ask.
For the sake of conversation let us revisit several facts:
1) I am 38
2) Jayna is 33
4) We do NOT, nor ever have lived with my parents
5) We have not, nor plan to ask them to pay for any part of this trip
6) Drew is OUR son
7) What, where, when we go on vacation is NOT subject to their approval
Okay, now that we have that figured out, let's continue.
It appears that we are still going to be looking for a sitter for Wednesday and Thursday nights. It was communicated to us that neither my mother nor my father "approve" of us going out of town for "fun". I guess we are not "allowed" to do that? Oh yeah - refer to #7 above if there are any questions. Since they didn't "approve" this trip, they are not going to watch Drew. Oh yeah, and I guess she decided Jayna didnt have a nice enough ass, so she was going to rip her a new one about it.
I guess I must have missed the memo where they were in control of our vacation schedule. That must be filed away next to the memo that says I actually care about getting their approval for vacations.
I mean seriously. "We don't approve of you going out of town for fun." A simple "We would love to watch our grandson, but we will be out of town at the cabin." would have been sufficient.
Anyways...
So as it stands right now it looks like Jayna is going to be staying here while I go play hockey. This makes me very sad, but what can you do?
The team has rented a house for the time we are there. Here are some pictures of the place:
FRONT OF THE HOUSE
KITCHEN
GAME ROOM
Here is a list of things NOT to do while in Vegas:
1) Open up a conversation about politics with any cab driver
2) Listen to your friend who says "It isn't that far...let's walk"
3) Accept anything someone tries to hand you right after slapping their hands
4) If your friend is wearing jeans when he leaves for the bathroom, but has shorts
on when he gets back - you do NOT want to know why
5) If it is night out, and you are walking anywhere near a 15 block radius of a
strip club - it is not wise to tell a cab driver to "F-off" when they offer to
give you a ride to the club for free. Picture rabid vultures circling...
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