10/17-10/20 Las Vegas

Monday was a chill day.  After training, I pretty much loafed around the rest of the day.  I was told I need to learn how to do the night audit (which is done at 4 am), so I went ahead and did that Tuesday morning.  It only takes an hour, so I was up at 3:30 am and back in bed by 5:30.

Tuesday, I got up and went down to the pool to lay out.  The water was ridiculously cold so there was absolutely no way I was getting in.  I'll go ahead and put up the pictures of the hostel now...

Aline and my room...she's hardly ever here tho so it's like having it to myself!

pool and hot tub (it's not hot).

Door to my room

Reception...I just met that girl, and can't remember her name at the moment...

James in the kitchen, which is nice and big. 

Game room & Horev and Asaf in hang out room.

TV room.

After I was done laying out, I got dressed to and headed to the Venetian thinking I might get to see the Western Republican Presidential Debate.  You had to have tickets for it, which I didn't have.  I was mostly upset that I wasn't going to see Anderson Cooper.  I ended up walking around for a while and got a bite to eat before going back to the hostel.  Asaf and Horev (two peas in a pod from Israel) were in the kitchen making food (which is where I can usually find those two).  I just stayed in there with them when Zynall comes in talking about watching the debate and I told him I had just got back from where they were filming it hoping to see Anderson Cooper.  Then we got all excited that maybe when he's done filming for his show we could see him.  So, Zynall and I went back down to the Venetian.  We didn't have any luck, but he showed me how to park at the casinos so it wasn't a complete waste.  We also went to Treasure Island and watched their show and just walked around for a while.  He kept asking if I had seen this show and that show and after saying "No" to most, he decided we were going to go out again and he was gonna show me all of them.

Behind THOSE doors is where the debate was being held.

Trump at sunset.

Treasure Island show.....

My new car.......<3

Wednesday, I laid out by the pool again.  This time I got in the not hot hot tub.  Afterwards I got dressed to go buy my Halloween costume.  I saw Zynall before leaving and he joined me.  We went to Party City, TJ Max, Target, Payless, Sally's, Albertsons, and a couple of other stores I hadn't expected to go to, but each one served a purpose...and was mostly aimed at finding the right stuff for my recently purchased costume.  We got back and he went to get ready so we could go to the Strip.  Zynall, Horev, and I loaded up and headed for Caesar's Palace.  We walked around the Forums shop and watched the Atlantis Show.  Then we went to the Mirage to watch the Volcano Show.  Then we went to the Bellagio  to watch the Fountains.  I think the Fountains are my favorite.  We did quite a bit of walking around in Caesar's and Bellagio.  After the Fountain show, we headed over to Planet Hollywood before deciding it was time to go home.  We made a stop in Caesar's Poker room...I'm no poker expert, but I've gone with Chris and watched him and even some on TV to know the people there were terrible.  We finally got back around 2 am and I was pooped!  No nap all day.  o.O

Those "people" were really creepy...and you couldn't hardly hear what was being said. 

Zynall, me, and Horev

Awesome spiral escalator.

Volcano Show 

Makes me wish I would've seen the real thing at night.

The Bellagio has a really pretty fall set up....When Mom and I were here they had just started changing it.  I can't wait to see what it'll look like for Christmas!

Bellagio Water Fountain-"All That Jazz"

It was so hard for me to drag my butt out of bed this morning for training, but I did and accidentally started cooking breakfast for myself.  It started out at just bacon, then eggs and toast, and a pancake.  All I wanted was yogurt and I ended up with that!  Good way to start the day.  I've been drinking a lot of hot tea since it's so readily available.  Anyway, so that's what I've been up to the past few days.  I've got to get to bed because I'm doing night audit again tonight to make sure I've got it down.

The weather here right now is pretty fantastic, btw.

It's still really weird for me to think "I really actually like it here!" but I do.  This was one place I thought I'd never visit, let alone visit and like.  But I'm having fun, and plan to get a job by Monday by golly!  I got a free place to stay, now all I need is some extra cash!  :)