Schmidt's Seven

I just returned from a whirlwind trip to the one and only sin city itself... Las Vegas!! I was only in the city for less that 24 hours but still managed to do up the town right!!

Here's how it all went down....

• 3 years ago - I told Gabriel (our Brazilian exchange student) and David (French exchange student) that when they turned 21, they could come to the US and we would take them to Las Vegas.


• 6 months ago - I received a message from David letting me know that he and his friend Thomas were going to be visiting us this summer and wanted to go to Las Vegas - I said sure... of course!!


• 3 months ago - David confirmed his trip to Fresno and wanted to make plans for Vegas - I thought hmmmmm, how am I going to make this work?


• 1 month ago - I thought, there is NO way I can go to Vegas, I just had a baby. So I decided to just send Steve with the boys.... and Suz!


• 2 weeks ago - I thought, I want to go!! So, I booked a $64 on-way flight to Vegas!
  

Sooooo......

Steve fired up the party-mobile (aka: my GMC Denali) and drove David, Thomas AND Suzanne to Las Vegas. They met up with Jon and Amy Pellanda. I flew in on Saturday night and drove back with the party on Sunday! We stayed at the not so glamourous Bally's but it was comped so there was NO complaining on my part (and the rooms were actually nice!!)

Side note: My flight was scheduled to leave on Saturday at 7:30 pm and arrive in Las Vegas at 8:43 pm. The unheard of thing is that my flight left at 7:15 pm (because all passengers were on board) and arrived in Vegas at 8:10 pm!! Here's a shout out to America West for the amazing flight!!

Here is MY cliff note version of MY Vegas trip:

• Saturday: Arrived in Vegas ready to go! Cab to Bally's where I met up with Steve, Suz and the French Boys.


• Cab to Palms Casino for a night at the Playboy Club (won $200 playing blackjack at a $25 table)


• Sunday: 3 am breakfast at America in New York New York


• BED


• Gambling and Lunch at Bally's (Lost my $200 and then some playing Craps)


• 6 pm drive back to Fresno (aka: laugh so hard in the car that your cheeks still hurt)

And the only things I came away with from the weekend were:

• Some Great Memories
• Fantastic Photos with some hot French Boys
• and how to say "I am a fucking pineapple" in French

"jes suis un putain d'anana"

David and Thomas showing off their American Smiles