A casino 30 minutes south of us sent me an offer too good to decline. Claiming the offer involved calling the marketing department rep of the casino. She asked me 'is there anything wrong? (that is keeping us from visiting - parenthetical thought added by me). At the time, I replied no.
Today, we ventured there because in addition to the special offer from the marketing department I had a previous (also pretty good) offer - so I felt like it was a good amount of free play and worth going there.
Within the first hour, I was down [$x]. It wasn't huge but it WAS (felt) huge when you're in the mode of trying (so hard) to stop putting all of the play (including any winnings) back.
I was discouraged and down. I took my last $200 and headed to a different bank of Dragonlinks and decided 'what the heck' and bet big. I recovered all I had lost plus a wee smidge In the mean time, a machine with a $900 plus major on the other side of the same bank of machines opened up and J. saved it for me.
Jokingly, as we headed out this afternoon, I told J. 'my goal is to get my first hand pay at CVI today'. I truly was feeling like it was an impossible challenge when I'd played a fair amount already and had a good list of 'things' to share with the marketing department when I phoned them later this week to share what I remembered upon playing: we don't win here so why do we play here?
I decided to go for it. A Hail Mary that could be epic or could bomb spectacularly. The 'new month' is a few days away so I knew I had 'new money' available in a few days so I felt the risk was worth it.
At 1:44 PM, this happened. Just under a hand pay! ($1,165 total).
At 1:52 PM, this happened. $2,190 total. Handpay # 1. Angle of picture is due to me taking it standing to the side while the slot attendant cleared the win so I could keep playing.
At 2:47 PM, this happened. The Major was $1,000 - it had topped out (the limit is $1,000) while I was playing. Handpay # 2.
Two hand pays an hour apart. We hightailed it out of there. I covered all of my losses today and then some so yay for that!!
Gambling is a head trip, always. I visited the local casino I mentioned in my last post this morning for my last November free play - and played a 'farewell' amount. The wins at the other casino more than covered the loss from this morning and I am super grateful for that! A friend of mine was there and I told her 'this will be my last visit here until maybe January'. She asked why and I told her - and she very quickly said 'you need to talk to R.. You are right, that decrease makes zero sense'. I hope it is a fixable thing - but am totally OK if it isn't. As I mentioned yesterday, I feel a break would be a good thing.
Our next play date is Atlantis on Wednesday for our weekly free play and then again on Saturday for another free play round.
The freeway and all major streets in Carson are freshly brined so we know there is weather on the horizon. J. gently prepared me for 'if we can't get to Reno on Saturday' and it will be totally fine if that's what happens. Though fingers crossed we can go at a point in the day where weather isn't an issue.
Our post-Thanksgiving feast was great but oh my Lord the process is taxing. The sink (disposal) clogged badly leaving us no option but for J. to trek to Home Depot in search of a 'proper' sink plunger. It did the trick (thank goodness). Note to self: NO PEELS. EVER. Not potato, not cucumber, not carrots. TRASH ONLY.
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