I peeked out my window upon awakening and there was snow everywhere! Surprised! Though we expected a huge storm, it was supposed to be mostly rain. But we had a blanket of snow everywhere. Beautiful as always.
A bit later - with a mug of coffee in hand and spending time together in the study - the plants looked overwhelmed with ice. The snow was more of a slush and the poor plants were incredibly droopy under the weight of all the 'frozen water' sticking to their leaves and branches. Still beautiful.
J. had his monthly golf group meeting and it was at the casino I played at yesterday - so I decided I'd go with him and play a bit.
This isn't going to become a gambling blog. Though I have (at least) one reader who says she enjoys my gambling details. But today was too epic not to write about. (My memories will see me through when I get too old to head to a casino). That's what I hope, anyway.
I lost a huge chunk of what I was up at the end of yesterday - it was a crushing, stupid morning of being at a machine far too long. A machine I loathe and have never had great luck on. And once you've committed 'so much' to it, you feel compelled to not move 'cuz what if the next spin is what changes your luck.
It was a debacle of a morning. J. doesn't like the word debacle so I try to only use it when it is the only appropriate adjective to describe the events.
I headed home to two cats glad to see someone who could turn on the heatilator so they could spend their morning basking in the heat of the gas fireplace. It's a miracle they don't get singed. LOL.
I piddled away a couple of hours. Tried to create a dish of eggs and leftover Salmon Milanese which ended up being so disgusting, I could only eat a couple bites. Fish and scrambled eggs. What was I thinking? (I was thinking kind of an Eggs Benedict with a muffin and sauce under and over a fried egg and salmon) only I got lazy and decided to just add a bit of the leftover salmon to scrambled eggs. Won't make that mistake again. Though the cats seem pretty interested.
In a bit of madness, I decided to return to the casino. I would (eventually) have to pick up J. anyway so...why not. Decided I would risk the amount I was still 'up' from yesterday and try for a miracle.
A couple side notes to add context. Upon arriving at the casino this morning, the machine I intended to play was already occupied by someone who literally sat down seconds before I arrived. He is the quirkiest of players. Throws his entire BODY into each spin. He was betting 50 cents a pull and every time he was out of money, he'd pull another $20 out of his pocket and keep going. He was STILL THERE 2 hours later and still making each spin an athletic event. He must go home exhausted.
I took the only available machine which is Golden Century.
About 13 minutes in, I hit this:
Hitting any Minor these days is pretty rare. It's the most concrete evidence I can offer of the change in slot wins since the pandemic. Hitting TWO? In the same bonus round? Epic. Like yesterday, the miracle happened on the 6th free game (of 6).
I did a few backup spins and called it done. That win had me still down but I'd recovered more than half what I'd lost this morning so....I considered that good. J. and I had been messaging each other and he was headed out of his meeting - I told him 'I'm here, you know where to find me'. LOL.
I went to cash in my ticket - and as I was walking back towards the door, the guy finally got up from the machine I'd wanted to play - the machine I came back the next day to play - and left. I HAD TO TRY. A lady grabbed the empty chair and I approached and she said 'oh, sorry'. I said 'I wasn't sure if you were moving there' (she was on the machine next to it) and she said 'I thought about it but no, it's yours'.
I put $100 in and it kept me going - J.'s meeting was over and he ventured over (beer in hand per my request - God love him!) - and we debated back and forth. Should he leave me to it and go home and come back later? I told him 'I'm in the danger zone. I've recovered some of my morning losses but I don't want to put all that gain back'. We hadn't officially decided either way. I had been doing 5 cent denom but switched to 2 cent denom and bet $2 - a favorite bet on these machines.
This happened:
It was a miracle I needed and after a handful of (aggressive bets) backup spins, we high tailed it out of there.
Not only did I recover the loss of yesterdays win from this morning, I gained even MORE. Woot woot!
OH! And virtually simultaneously to me hitting this Major, my neighbor (who could have moved to this machine but stayed) also hit the Major on her machine!! Also EPIC!
We won't be at a casino again until Atlantis on Thursday - and I'm in a good place of heading into November with a good amount to add to our monthly 'fun money' budget.
Feeling grateful and blessed on this snowy Monday.
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