Road Trip - Saturday

Let me just start by saying that pen_of_jen is a Lucky Charm, like a purple horseshoe or a red balloon. I totally broke my previous winnings record on this trip to Reno. I walked away with all my money, plus $15 from blackjack and $15 from slots. I know, right? It's because I'm a card shark. Just ask myras_girls.  

On Saturday we stayed at the hotel where my brother works. Everything was brand new (except the powdered eggs at breakfast). Seriously, no one had ever stayed in our room before us. No fear of dried semen on the bedspread, or strange hair clogging the shower drain. The upholstery on the desk chair actually had that new car smell. All of which made me feel like a rock star, since I was trashing the place merely by shedding dead skin cells. Plus I was calling the front desk to bug my brother about trivial things like the fact that we couldn't hear the musak over the hot tub jets. I have a diva buried not-so-deep inside, clearly.

We hung out in the hotel for most of the day, including an hour or so spent pointlessly staring at our laptop screens because I couldn't get the internet to work, but I wanted to look entertained until Jen was done on her computer. Which apparently she already was, though she didn't want to say so after I so thouroughly convinced her that I was entertained. Good times... ?

We met my brother down at Circus Circus for fun and prizes, followed by some awkward moments... He stood just far enough from us that he could console himself that he was not participating in our sinful activities. Poor kid. I felt bad for pen_of_jen too, as she had to witness the Jekyll-and-Hyde-ness of me interacting with my brother. I think I regress in his presence.

We happened upon a Prop 8 rally, having just complained about missing the one in Fort Collins, and took advantage of the photo op. Unfortunately, we left before the cops broke it up. I want to be broken up by the cops! *ahem* Sorry. Speaking of photo ops, remind me to post the pics of highlights from earlier in our trip, like the World's Largest Ball of Twine from Kansas and the 36-inch live donkey and the Archepletyloptericusaur (or whatever) from... um... somewhere.

I'm sure there's more that could be said, but in the interest of laziness preserving my feminine mystique, I'll stop now.