J.'s Blackjack Tournament was a Saturday event with a Friday 'swipe' of his players card to get into the (new) wildcard drawings for the semi-finals and finals. We decided a few weeks ago to go ahead and get a room for Friday and Saturday night so we had a place to be in the event weather was a factor.
Weather was beautiful - but we still had the room. Our plan when we left the house together on Friday was to go to the room to use the facilities and make it look like we were there nightly. That's what we were doing.
I was at Dragonlink all afternoon and. J. mentioned (from the room) that this was not our 'normal' suite. This was one of the newly remodeled Concierge tower suites - a suite/room that our host M. had tried repeatedly to get us access to. It never happened - we were never disappointed because the suite we had was always nice - but not top shelf like the tower suites. When I realized that we were in a Tower suite, I told J. 'oh my gosh, we have to stay. We can't miss it.' I gave the always sweet, helpful and wonderful husband a list of things he needed to go get so we could stay. Clothes, his bi-pap machine, pillows, etc. . The last thing I texted was two nights of my medications and supplements which were already sorted in the cupboard above our microwave.
He forgot the meds - which was OK. I survived. I took Pepto Bismol chewables for antacid - the only thing the gift shop had - and my tongue is black (side effect) but they helped.
We had so much fun. Friday was epic on the win side and we headed to dinner with me having more than doubled my money. 3 handpays Friday. There were 3 handpays on Saturday too but as always, wins become play. It was a blast of a weekend. AND J. placed 4th in the tournament and won $4,000 in chip play! Woot woot!! He's well funded for Blackjack for a bit and will do his usual 'magic' of turning freeplay into real money! There were close to 150 players in the tournament so to be 4th - making it through 3 rounds of play - is pretty amazing. HE IS AMAZING!
Our new host is attentive and has such a wonderful, positive vibe. When she checked our reservation and saw our 'usual' suite, she worked her magic and secured us the epic room. She's wonderful.
Now....we loved the room. Really. Beautiful decor, kitchen with ice machine, stocked beverage refrigerator, 2 bedrooms each with full bath including a steam shower and a bidet/toilet. Probably three times the square footage of my first apartment. Huge, absolutely huge. Views for miles and automatic blackout curtains and sheers. Push "Good Morning" button and the shades open. Push "Good Night" and they close. Lights controlled by 'Hello' and 'Goodbye' buttons by the front doors to each room. Truly, truly fun. But we don't spend much time in our room, usually. And no matter how fancy, updated and luxurious the decor is, we never sleep great in hotel beds. Ever. First night wasn't too bad but the 2nd night had me so sore, it was painful to rollover. So...that's why we don't stay overnight that often.
Here's a pic of the living room.
And another.
We had planned an anniversary 'Lalapalooza' for this coming Wednesday - our anniversary is next Saturday, the 25th - but we made the mid-week reservation because it's so much calmer than a weekend. But we decided last night that we weren't really feeling like we wanted another hotel night in a few nights. So we cancelled - we're going to use our Lalapalooza anniversary funding to make some trips to various casinos on Th/Fri/Sat/Sun next week. We'll have a lot of fun and spread our play around a bit. And of course, Atlantis will be on our list.
On the drive home (in rain, by the way), J. mentioned 'we need to clean out your closet' - the builder's guy is coming around 11AM tomorrow to get started on figuring out what's happening with my bathroom. I said 'why in the world do we need to do the closet'? 'Because the access to the crawlspace on that side of the house is in your closet back in the corner'. Oh my goodness! And we also have to empty and pack up things on my TV stand so they can access the wall from the bedroom side as well as the bathroom side.
This is going to be fun. (Not).
In other news - adding stress and drama to the days - H. is within 9 days of being released. He has phone interviews scheduled with two sober living houses and we are doing some research on the locations of the two homes. The thing about Houston is nothing is easy. I do think I've located some info on public transit that might help him a smidge - but we'll have to see. Mostly, we all keep reminding ourselves that at least for now, the most important thing is him finding a safe place to be. A place with other individuals putting their sobriety first. The two homes are Oxford Houses (oxfordhouse.org) - a long-standing, self-run (by the residents themselves) group of individuals renting available space to ensure they are in a place with other people committed to not using drugs or alcohol ever. Any 'use' is an immediate 'you are out'.
After he gets into a house, we'll work on figuring out all the 'what next' steps. It's hard to do all this thousands of miles away - but we'll figure it out.
OK - I really need to get unpacked and start working on my closet and the TV stand. This is going to be a very busy week.
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