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We will see just about all of those places in just a few days (within one city)

All my bags are packed, I'm ready to go... (tomorrow) I'm leaving on a jet plane. That was from a song famously sang by Peter, Paul and Mary but written by John Denver. That makes me think of the concert Cha Cha and I are going to at The Venetian tomorrow night. We are not seeing John Denver in concert (mainly because he is dead) and we are not seeing Peter, Paul and Mary either because Mary Travers is also dead. Peter and Paul are still alive and we are travelling with our friend Mary (MADYM) so maybe, if we run into Peter and Paul our Mary would do a song with them and we could add that to our list of fun. The reason I thought of Peter, Paul and Mary doing John Denver's song is because we are seeing another John (Fogerty) and one of Tina Turner's most famous songs was "Proud Mary" (another MADYM connection) which was written by Fogerty.

Our car is picking us up early tomorrow morning and we will be headed to Venice (sort of). Cha Cha has never been to Las Vegas though I have been there many times. I know she s looking forward to the concert but I am uncertain if she is looking forward to bright light city. I think she will like more that she thinks. she is not much of a gambler so I will do that early on the morning while she is sleeping. That's the way it worked in Prague so now it will be a casino tradition.

I will definitely have to wear it to New York, New York

Yesterday was the first Sunday I have had off in a month; it was really nice. And now I am off until, at least, this next Sunday. I will have to call-in on Saturday to find if they call "staff-up" again and then I will see if I have to work the next Sunday, Monday or Tuesday or any combination or all. I will at least have all of Saturday to recover from our trip and, if I will millions I will probably give my two-week notice. Depends on how big, of course.

I have decided to take my crushable hat on the trip. I have not really worn it much since our trip to Europe (where I bought the hat - Germany specifically). When they see me in the hat in Lost Wages they will probably call me "Old Hazel Eyes" or whatever color they are.\when they see me. My eyes used to always be brown but now they change colors with the seasons or with my moods or something. My eyes are like a mood ring I guess. I never really know what color my eyes are because they change and I cannot see them from the inside.

I am a bit worried about my battle with the bulge out there. Vegas is the home of the largest buffets in the world and free drinks while you're gambling. I have not had an alcoholic beverage in over, probably, a year or more. I still fight the food thing most days but I am just looking at this like a huge challenge and I will kick it's booty. Buffets have lots of fruits and vegetables and salads and grilled chicken and turkey and fish and that is where I will focus by attentions. Most of the other times I have been there has been on company business and I was always taking clients out or vendors were taking me out but this time is just pleasure so I just have to be true to myself and our very small group (four).

My prose is dopey. My blog is fantastic - that was sarcastic - cause I write like a spastic. I just heard the "Weird Al" song "Word Crimes" for the very first time. A lot of it reminded me of when I reread this blog later and see all of the typos I made while writing. Sometimes I will go back and fix them and then sometimes I will just leave them. So, as I digress, I heard the song on Pandora while I was driving and then I came home and watched the video. Are they even called videos anymore or are they music YouTubes? I really enjoyed the song and the YouTube. I have always been a Weird Al fan because he is a smart-ass like I am. I am also kind of a grammar maniac, though you would never guess it by reading my writing. I suppose that is why editors were invented. I was a News Editor and an Associate Editor and have written for magazines and several newspapers and I still make many writing errors (mainly typos because I am a hunt-and-pecker even after all of these years) after all of these years. I guess you know a computer or a robot are not doing my writing for me though don;t you? These are the personalized touched you get from a lame-brain like myself.

I am going to end now as I still need to finish packing and go pay the water bill so we have water when we get back from the desert. I am not sure when I will write again. Perhaps I will write from the plane or when I am working-over one of those buffets. I hope you have a great rest of your day. Think happy thoughts for me so I can win a huge jackpot and then hire an editor for the blog. Thank so much for stopping in when you can. TTT?,,,MITM (out) TA!