Our anniversary weekend was loads of fun. I was way down by mid-day Saturday - but there's always hope so I kept trying. I was sitting with two young women and we were all having so much fun. They were getting super excited with every win and we were all cheering each other on. I love that about playing slots - rooting for other players and appreciating when they root for you, too.
I hit a hand pay around 4:30ish - it wasn't enough to get me back to even but it was a really good jackpot and I was super happy. The women had moved a machine away from where I was - but I went over to them and handed the one who had been sitting next to me a hundred dollar bill. She refused. I said 'I just had really good luck and I always share my luck so please, you have to accept it. It's bad luck to not accept a luck wish'. She took the bill from me and the two of them thanked me profusely. A short while later, three more of their friends joined them - and the lady I gave the $100 bill to came over and gave me a stone bracelet. She'd taken it off her wrist and said 'I'm Chinese and this bracelet is for protection and goodness. I will never forget your generosity'. Her friends said they've never heard of anyone being so generous. Our casino host M. came over and they told her what I'd done and said 'this is a really incredible person' and M. said 'yes, she is. She really is'. It was so kind and sweet of all of them. And I felt really good about sharing the luck. I've had people share the luck with me and I do the same whenever I've hit some much needed luck.
[I'm reading the above paragraph and thinking 'it's making it out that you're a hero, Majah - and you're not'. I didn't give them that gift expecting or wanting any response other than 'thank you!'. Her bracelet gift and their deep appreciation for the lucky money was so sweet and really made my day/weekend. I hope it doesn't sound horrible - I just wanted to give a little joy and it was so wonderful for them to share the joy with me!].
I finally stepped away from Dragonlink and moved to a machine I used to love - Lock it Link Diamond. I've been doing free play on this machine lately at our local Carson casino and have decent luck on it. I also had good luck on it @ Atlantis earlier in March - see previous post. This bank of machines had an insanely high Grand so I kept trying.
I hit this very quickly after I sat down - the image was right when it finished tallying the total in the upper heart on the right - the hearts below blank out. But the total was epic - and there was a really significant bonus because I had a full screen of hearts! This pic was taken at 5:57 PM.
This picture was taken exactly ONE MINUTE LATER:
I'd hit the MAJOR ($1,442.27) - the 2nd spin of six free games. The total of the win was another hand pay - $1,579.02.
It ended up being a(nother) pretty awesome weekend! The only bad thing was I didn't get to share the amazing luck again with those ladies - I didn't see them again that evening or the next day.
That was the weekend of March 25th and 26th....and here we are with the first week in April finito. Wow...time flies.
Last Sunday, our neighbor G. joined me at the local Carson casino I play at weekly and boy, did we have a blast. We lost....a lot....but we had a really fun time. Bloody Mary's, slots and spending time with a friend - life is good!
It's been a busy week and as a retired person, busy weeks feel taxing at times. Wednesday was super jam packed - doctor appointment for me, cleaning ladies coming, grocery order to pick up, hair cut and pedicure for me, then heading to Atlantis for free play and free food. J.'s had a host of appointments this week. We've been out and about more than not which is rare.
Yesterday, I heard a leaf blower as I was getting my coffee and thought 'it's T. (our neighbor)'. But as I walked near the front door, I heard it right out front - so I peaked through the blinds once I was in the office and saw it was the lawn maintenance company we've hired doing the first monthly service. YAY! I was so glad - tidying the yard has been on our to-do list 24/7 but they made quite a dent in the workload which is wonderful!
This morning, we took the cats to the vet for their annual check up - and their annual rabies vaccination. They cried like banshees all the way there, calmed down a bit when we were sitting in the parking lot waiting for the vet tech to come get us and take us into an exam room. Once in the room and out of their carriers, they were good. Curious, exploring the room - Nala doing her usual Houdini stuff. She opened cupboards, opened drawers and even managed to get a piece of caulking out from under the bench where J. was sitting. I grabbed the little bit (size of a chick pea) off the floor where Nala dropped it and handed it to the vet tech and she said 'where did that come from?'. 'Nala found it. She finds anything and everything'. The tech was amused. We all were.
Nala has gained a pound in a year and Muf stayed the same weight-wise. They are in good health and doing well. We had them trim their nails while we were there, too. I paid the bill while J. got them into the car and buckled in their carriers. We headed home - 7 minutes away - and they cried very little.
We're going to give them moist food once a day and cut back on the amount of kibble we give them to free-feed on during the day. The vet said since moist food is mostly water, it has fewer calories than kibble. I've been giving them a 'pate' treat once a week - but if we switch to do a 'meal' of moist food daily and cut back on the kibble, it might help Nala take off that pound. (Note: they do not look at all - AT ALL - overweight. Nala is a skinny mini and Muf is mostly fur. We're not worried about weight but we will do what we can to help them not pack on pounds).
We were so proud of them - they were troopers. I was incredibly nervous about the visit but it was really easy - they did a great job and we didn't have any trouble getting them into their soft carriers.
It's officially Spring and the weather has been beautiful this past week. Rumor is Monday will be stormy and cold - but we're thinking it will be OK. The storm front passing through should be pretty quick.
I'm in a slot tournament on Sunday and Monday at Atlantis - not spending the night and honestly, planning to just show up, play and see where I'm at. If I score pretty well on Monday morning, I'll have to drive back Monday afternoon to see if I scored high enough to win any free play or cash. It's mostly just fun. Our host really wanted me to sign up - and it is a free way to play slots and possibly win something.
Next week is less jam-packed and I'm looking forward to catching up on stuff around the house. My pantry re-do is still a work in process - and on Wednesday, the cleaning ladies arrived an hour and a half earlier than we were expecting - right when J. had arrived home with a huge grocery order - and I just put stuff in the pantry to get it out of the way - so I have a lot to do to catch up.
OH - on the Walmart site, I thought I was ordering 'bulk' carrots - so I asked for five. Five carrots. Turned out I was ordering five 1 pound bags of carrots. We're going to be eating a LOT of carrots. LOL. Maybe I'll make a carrot cake. Or carrot cake cookies.
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