Furrows

I have the world's deepest sleep wrinkle - completely dissecting my left eyebrow right down the middle.  It's been there before but today?  It's huge.  Looks awful.  And there's not a damn thing I can do about it.  Thankful for bangs that while technically in need of a trim are a good disguise over the cavern on my face.  I'm going to have to look around for some plumping and/or I might even consider medical intervention of the injectable variety 'cuz this is serious. I must sleep on my left side more than I realize.

Two beers yesterday led to a decent night's sleep wherein I put crevices in my face without knowing.

The casino is being good to me and I'm playing on their money for the most part.  Still have 4/5 of what I brought to lose and if I stopped right this minute, I'd be up a few hundred.  The next 'random jackpot' round starts in 52 minutes so I'm pacing myself with some time in my room.  Ate an apple. Did a game thing or two.

I'm playing with really fun people and it's been a blast.  So fun to play with folks that are enthusiastic and love to share the highs and lows of slot play with others.  The lady I played with today had a diamond on her finger that was at least 4 carats.  Definitely a high roller.  She lives in Paradise, CA with her husband - long retired - they come to Atlantis every month.  She suggested J. and I buy a 4-wheel drive now so we wouldn't have to skip coming up in the winter months.

Update....I lost the rest of this post - on my laptop and always manage to hit something that wipes out full paragraphs of writing.  I'm down a bit (into my fun money now vs. their money).  The 2nd random jackpot was given away within 10 minutes of the second round starting - so that led to a very abrupt end to what could have been 4 hours.  Everyone participating in the event received a coupon for two free buffets - and that line was HOURS long.

I headed to the Italian cafe instead and had a salad and a small mini pizza - thin crust with chicken and artichoke hearts.  I'm proud of myself for eating carefully - I had the buffet this morning but ate a bowl of oatmeal with raisins for sweetness; one piece of bacon; scrambled eggs, fresh fruit and a very small biscuit with a little gravy.  Dinner last night was a salad and 1/2 sandwich - and I left most of the bread on my plate.

I resisted cotton candy this morning - it's a buffet and they have EVERYTHING all the time - and J. can attest to cotton candy being something I never, ever decline.  But I skipped it.  And also skipped the waffles with butter and syrup.

Salads are delicious when you are really hungry.  I devour every morsel.  Tonight, the five tiny croutons on the salad felt like the biggest splurge ever!!

The furrow is greatly improved 13 hours after I woke up.  I'm heading to bed shortly and I'm going to try to figure out the pillow issue to see if I can prevent it from being quite so bad tomorrow.  I've had Blue Moons again so...not sure.  Will probably just be really glad for long bangs again.

My plan is to get up, have breakfast, play a little - I've hit a machine for a pretty big jackpot two mornings in a row so it might happen again! - and then head home.  Might stop at Thunder Valley - haven't decided yet and it will probably depend on how I do in my brief gambling stint in the morning.

It's been a fun trip and the only thing missing is my sweet J. - we need to come up again before the snow makes it impossible.  Or buy a 4-wheel drive vehicle.  :-)