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As hip hop legend LL Cool J said way back when...
Don't Call it a Comeback!
Its been a long, long, long time since the last time I blogged about my life on the Left Coast. Lots of things have happened and I am going to do my best to recap the last year of my life. So here we go.
Last time we talked, I was in the middle of baseball season. See, here is me coaching my team. Well this how our season ended like this. It was a great first season and it ended with me receiving this little guy (Over or under 5 times I have worn it since I got it? WAY under).
After my 1st year of teaching ended, I took another job in the West Valley of Phoenix in Peoria, Arizona. Which means I had to leave the wonderful city of Laughlin (its been real) and head to my new home of Surprise, Arizona. Liberty High School was my new home for the year and I couldnt have been happier to be there. I am coaching the freshman team now and hoping there is another state title in my future (we were #1 in the state earlier in the year).
Here are two fun facts about Surprise Arizona...
1. People drive golf carts on the street like they are cars. No really, they do. Check it out.
2. The stadium we won our state championship is in Surprise. Small World.
Here is a quick list of some of the highlights from the last year I havent mentioned...
-I have passed all my state tests (finally) and am certified in the great state of Ohio. I'm so excited!
-Ohio State beat *ichigan and restored the balance of my life.
-Felix Hernandez threw a perfect game and signed a long term deal with Seattle. Favorite Athlete Ever!
-I got a new tattoo and plan on getting one more this summer.
-I saw two of my close friends get married and was in both weddings. See check me out here and here;
-Kate moved back home to Michigan because she has potential job lined up.
-My long time NCAA football punching bag, Brad Brown, is getting married too. Super exciting.
I hope I didnt leave anything out. I am going to try to keep this going (yea, I know I have said that before but changing the lives of young adults everyday is sort of time consuming). So I hope you enjoyed this post and I will be back soon.
As always, stay out of the heat and watch out for scorpions.
PS. I have some new projects in the talking phase. If I can them off the ground, this summer will be pretty cool.
Saturday, April 20, 2013
Sunday, February 5, 2012
I feel violated and the Altima has a rough week
Well I am back for another post. Let's get this party started...
Last weekend, Kate and I decided to head up to Vegas to go shopping. On our way up there we were driving on the expressway and the wind was blowing HARD. Out here, because there are so few cities close to each other (I would assume) the wind blows really hard. On the way to Vegas from Laughlin, there is a stretch of highway where there is nothing. 75 miles of road and nothing else. On this particular day, the wind was blowing 45 mph and it felt like it could blow my Altima right off the road. Kate and I were talking about where we wanted to spend the day (off topic-The real reason I love going to Vegas is because the abundant number of Chipoltes. As all of my friends know, I love Chipolte and I love lunch. When I can get both, I am willing to drive an hour to get it.) and out of nowhere something hit my car. Kate and I were startled and I pulled over. I thought that it couldnt be an animal. The object flew right over the top of my car. I was so confused. I got out of my car on the express way and went to look at the front of my. When I got there I was shocked. I thought this couldnt be right. The wind was blowing so hard that it blew the grill right off my car. My beautiful car was not missing a part. Kate proceeded to laugh her ass off all the way to Vegas. Jokes on her, I made her buy Chipolte.
After the Nevada wind took a piece of my car, Kate and I laid low for the week. School has gotten to be very monotonous. The days start to bleed together and it seemed like I was just in a rut. Well on Friday, a student decided to get me right out of that rut. It was the last period of the day on Friday and the kids were (and always are) restless because they can see the end of the tunnel. On this day, four students just wouldnt stop talking. I told them if they didnt stop talking I would write all of them up. One of the students looked me right in the eyes and said "Mr. Holliday, if you write me up for that I will take a shit on your car." Yep, these are my students.
Yesterday, I realized something that I should have known for a long time. Anyone who knows me and my family know I am (financially at least) just like my father. And everyone knows Doc loves Sam's Club. I didnt realize why he loved so much. I knew he LOVED buying Gatorade by the 100s, loved buying Almond Joys in bulk and would swear up and down Sams had the cheapest gas (which is debatable). Well yesterday I decided to buy Kate and I a Sams membership (we all know what that means. I have to be with her for at least a year haha) and I was shocked. We walked around for like an hour and a half and realized something terrible. I have been wasting SOOOOO much money on food. I would estimate I could save over 100 dollars a month just by shopping there. I felt violated. Nothing makes me feel worse than spending extra money when I dont have to. Moral of the story...Doc likes Sam's for more reasons than cheap candy bars and sports drinks.
As always, stay out of the heat and for God's sake, watch out for scorpions.
Last weekend, Kate and I decided to head up to Vegas to go shopping. On our way up there we were driving on the expressway and the wind was blowing HARD. Out here, because there are so few cities close to each other (I would assume) the wind blows really hard. On the way to Vegas from Laughlin, there is a stretch of highway where there is nothing. 75 miles of road and nothing else. On this particular day, the wind was blowing 45 mph and it felt like it could blow my Altima right off the road. Kate and I were talking about where we wanted to spend the day (off topic-The real reason I love going to Vegas is because the abundant number of Chipoltes. As all of my friends know, I love Chipolte and I love lunch. When I can get both, I am willing to drive an hour to get it.) and out of nowhere something hit my car. Kate and I were startled and I pulled over. I thought that it couldnt be an animal. The object flew right over the top of my car. I was so confused. I got out of my car on the express way and went to look at the front of my. When I got there I was shocked. I thought this couldnt be right. The wind was blowing so hard that it blew the grill right off my car. My beautiful car was not missing a part. Kate proceeded to laugh her ass off all the way to Vegas. Jokes on her, I made her buy Chipolte.
After the Nevada wind took a piece of my car, Kate and I laid low for the week. School has gotten to be very monotonous. The days start to bleed together and it seemed like I was just in a rut. Well on Friday, a student decided to get me right out of that rut. It was the last period of the day on Friday and the kids were (and always are) restless because they can see the end of the tunnel. On this day, four students just wouldnt stop talking. I told them if they didnt stop talking I would write all of them up. One of the students looked me right in the eyes and said "Mr. Holliday, if you write me up for that I will take a shit on your car." Yep, these are my students.
Yesterday, I realized something that I should have known for a long time. Anyone who knows me and my family know I am (financially at least) just like my father. And everyone knows Doc loves Sam's Club. I didnt realize why he loved so much. I knew he LOVED buying Gatorade by the 100s, loved buying Almond Joys in bulk and would swear up and down Sams had the cheapest gas (which is debatable). Well yesterday I decided to buy Kate and I a Sams membership (we all know what that means. I have to be with her for at least a year haha) and I was shocked. We walked around for like an hour and a half and realized something terrible. I have been wasting SOOOOO much money on food. I would estimate I could save over 100 dollars a month just by shopping there. I felt violated. Nothing makes me feel worse than spending extra money when I dont have to. Moral of the story...Doc likes Sam's for more reasons than cheap candy bars and sports drinks.
As always, stay out of the heat and for God's sake, watch out for scorpions.
Sunday, January 15, 2012
MTV wants a peice of the Scorpion King
Well, this week has been relatively boring. Each day at work seems to blend into the next. However, my sleep schedule has been all screwed up the last two weeks. As most of you know, I am going to be coaching baseball this year. Starting last week, every Tuesday and Thursday, all the athletes in the school come to school early (6:15) to attend a speed camp held by the weight lifting coach. I have to be there as one of the coaches to help and and supervise. I really cant add anything to the camp because I was never known as a speed demon. However, I am still pretty sure I can beat this guy in a footrace. With the camp starting at (6:15) I have to be there around that time as well. It wouldnt be that bad if Arizona had day light savings time like the rest of the country. Laughlin is 1 hour behind Arizona. So when I have to be at school at 6:15, I actually have to be there at 5:15 Laughlin time. With it taking me a half hour to get to school from my apartment, I am waking up at 4 am. Welcome to the real world I guess....
The one interesting thing that has happened this week was I heard a rumor that MTVs show made was going to be at River Valley. I didnt believe the gossip because frankly I thought the students were wrong. Well, one day during my prep period I went to pick up some papers on the copier and I saw a camera crew interviewing some students. Again this is a rumor, but I heard one student at the school wants to be turned into the prom queen. So when the new season of made returns, look for the Scorpion King to make it big. I knew once I started this blog back up I would hit it big.
Stay out of the heat (it is 70 degrees and sunny every day) and watch out for Scorpions.
The one interesting thing that has happened this week was I heard a rumor that MTVs show made was going to be at River Valley. I didnt believe the gossip because frankly I thought the students were wrong. Well, one day during my prep period I went to pick up some papers on the copier and I saw a camera crew interviewing some students. Again this is a rumor, but I heard one student at the school wants to be turned into the prom queen. So when the new season of made returns, look for the Scorpion King to make it big. I knew once I started this blog back up I would hit it big.
Stay out of the heat (it is 70 degrees and sunny every day) and watch out for Scorpions.
Tuesday, January 3, 2012
I am back!
Sorry for the HUGE absent everyone. I know I said this before but I just got lazy and didnt think anyone really cared about the blog. I had gotten some compliments from people but they were close friends and have my same sense of humor. So I guess I am saying I figured they would like it. However, after coming home for Christmas, I ran into a bunch of people I hadnt seen in awhile. I got so many questions about the blog. So many people were wondering why I stopped writing. It was actually pretty cool to see and hear so many people like it. So now I am back and hope to make this a regular thing. So here we go. The first post of 2012 has to do with Kate moving in with my (and the MAJOR changes my apartment has gone through) and flying back with some interesting people and animals. Here we go...
Well, Kate finally moved out here. Its been great so far. Our first few nights together she cooked dinner (which she will undoubtedly be doing regularly do to my lack of culinary skills and her disdain for my poor hygiene skills) seasoned pork chops, turkey tacos, home made chipolte chicken bowls and tonight we had home made turkey chilli. Needless to say it is much better than my grilled chicken, beef tacos and Chef Boyardee Beefaroni. I was living off of for the last 4 months. Yea for real food.
The first time Kate visited, I wrote about how she came and made some changes to my apartment. Before she came, I was living in a pretty plain apartment with the bare necessaries. Now, I feel like I am living in a place that actual adults would live in. The only thing I am having problems understanding is why I now have so many pillows in my apartment. There are 6 pillows on my couch and like 10 on my bed. I am being out numbered by pillows 8 to 1 in my own home. As one of my favorite hip hop artists Kanye West would say, that shit cray. Take a look at all the changes Kate has made around the apartment (and one I botched)...
A nice flower on a table thing
The pillows take over
Here is the bookcase that took me 3 hours to build and its still a little slanted
This is the first thing you see
A hanging mirror candle thing-y
Kate is taking over
Yep, this is her apartment now
I now have a thing that hangs in my shower. The ledges were not doing a well
Well after we went home to visit family, we had to fly back. However, this time Kate had to bring her two cats. Well I guess this means that I have two cats now. So I had to fly my two cats out here. Beside the fact that each cat cost us (and when I say us, I mean Kate) $125 each, we had to keep them in their cage for over 10 straight hours. It was brutal. Sophie, the older and more independent one, was not happy at all. From the moment we got into the car to head to Detroit, she was in a foul mood. She cried and howled the whole way. The only time she didnt cry was the 20 minutes I put her cage on my lap while we waited for out plane. For whatever reason, she was loving me and we really bonded. Well the worse had yet to come. We had to take the two cats on the plane for 4 hours.
While on the plane, we had to keep their carriers underneath our seats. While the people we shuffling in Sophie and Kate's other cat Bella were crying because they were scared. This lead the to the multiple awkward conversations that all went like this...
(Meow, Meow)
(Spike is embarrassed)
Joker #1: Is that a cat?
Spike: Yeah, we have two.
Joker#1: Wow I thought I heard a cat.
Spike: Yeah, cats tend to make that noise.
Joker #1: Wow, I cant believe it. I thought I heard a meow but wasnt sure. Must be a pain to have them on the flight.
Spike: Yeah, its been an adventure (these conversations only add to the adventure).
Joker #1: Well have a nice flight.
Spike: Thanks.
(Meow, Meow)
Joker #2: Is that a cat?
Spike: (Sighs) Yeah we have two...
This happened like 8 times. Attention people of Detroit and Las Vegas Airports. When you hear two cats howling and a guy carrying two cat carriers, chances are he has two cats with him. Figure it out guys.
I want to end this post with a picture of the this. See if you can figure out what this is. First person to post the correct answer on the comment section gets a post card courtesy of the Scorpion King. As always, stay outta the heat and watch out for scorpions.
PS. Thanks to Ashley Morris for this awesome Christmas Gift.
Well, Kate finally moved out here. Its been great so far. Our first few nights together she cooked dinner (which she will undoubtedly be doing regularly do to my lack of culinary skills and her disdain for my poor hygiene skills) seasoned pork chops, turkey tacos, home made chipolte chicken bowls and tonight we had home made turkey chilli. Needless to say it is much better than my grilled chicken, beef tacos and Chef Boyardee Beefaroni. I was living off of for the last 4 months. Yea for real food.
The first time Kate visited, I wrote about how she came and made some changes to my apartment. Before she came, I was living in a pretty plain apartment with the bare necessaries. Now, I feel like I am living in a place that actual adults would live in. The only thing I am having problems understanding is why I now have so many pillows in my apartment. There are 6 pillows on my couch and like 10 on my bed. I am being out numbered by pillows 8 to 1 in my own home. As one of my favorite hip hop artists Kanye West would say, that shit cray. Take a look at all the changes Kate has made around the apartment (and one I botched)...
A nice flower on a table thing
The pillows take over
Here is the bookcase that took me 3 hours to build and its still a little slanted
This is the first thing you see
A hanging mirror candle thing-y
Kate is taking over
Yep, this is her apartment now
I now have a thing that hangs in my shower. The ledges were not doing a well
Well after we went home to visit family, we had to fly back. However, this time Kate had to bring her two cats. Well I guess this means that I have two cats now. So I had to fly my two cats out here. Beside the fact that each cat cost us (and when I say us, I mean Kate) $125 each, we had to keep them in their cage for over 10 straight hours. It was brutal. Sophie, the older and more independent one, was not happy at all. From the moment we got into the car to head to Detroit, she was in a foul mood. She cried and howled the whole way. The only time she didnt cry was the 20 minutes I put her cage on my lap while we waited for out plane. For whatever reason, she was loving me and we really bonded. Well the worse had yet to come. We had to take the two cats on the plane for 4 hours.
While on the plane, we had to keep their carriers underneath our seats. While the people we shuffling in Sophie and Kate's other cat Bella were crying because they were scared. This lead the to the multiple awkward conversations that all went like this...
(Meow, Meow)
(Spike is embarrassed)
Joker #1: Is that a cat?
Spike: Yeah, we have two.
Joker#1: Wow I thought I heard a cat.
Spike: Yeah, cats tend to make that noise.
Joker #1: Wow, I cant believe it. I thought I heard a meow but wasnt sure. Must be a pain to have them on the flight.
Spike: Yeah, its been an adventure (these conversations only add to the adventure).
Joker #1: Well have a nice flight.
Spike: Thanks.
(Meow, Meow)
Joker #2: Is that a cat?
Spike: (Sighs) Yeah we have two...
This happened like 8 times. Attention people of Detroit and Las Vegas Airports. When you hear two cats howling and a guy carrying two cat carriers, chances are he has two cats with him. Figure it out guys.
I want to end this post with a picture of the this. See if you can figure out what this is. First person to post the correct answer on the comment section gets a post card courtesy of the Scorpion King. As always, stay outta the heat and watch out for scorpions.
PS. Thanks to Ashley Morris for this awesome Christmas Gift.
Sunday, November 13, 2011
Difference Between Here and There
Sorry it has taken me so long to write. I wanted to try to write a lot but things have come. Basically, I got a little lazy and was waiting for something interesting things to write about. Well today I have decided to compare kids in Arizona to kids in Ohio. I have put together the following list of things I have noticed about the kids out here. So for the following list, these are things that Arizona kids do but Ohio kids do not. (I understand this isnt true about all Arizona kids and/or all Toledo kids but its just an observation) Enjoy.
Some Arizona kids....
1. Count on their fingers
2. Drop out of their Senior year to take a minimum wage job
3. Drop out of school
4. Wear I love Boobies bracelets (Yea I dont know)
5. Think Mac Miller is an awesome musician
6. Know who Mac Miller is
7. Complain about 65 degree days
8. Go home because it rains
9. Celebrate when it rains
10. Ride their bike instead of studying (A kid actually said that to me)
11. Take a zero on a test instead of finding a pencil to use (True story)
12. Swear in front of teachers
13. Swear at teachers
14. Call teachers playboys (True Story)
15. Skip school because it was their Dad's birthday (Sad, but true story)
16. Think they will own an Aston Martin on a firefighter's salary (Crazy)
17. Get suspended for fighting and then first day back get suspended again
18. Come to school on something and assume I cant tell (C'mon man)
19. Think education is worthless because they are going to be a famous model, skater or X-Gamer
20. Tell a teacher I'm not doing anything today because my stomach hurts
21. Tell a teacher I'm not doing anything today because I dont feel like it
22. Tell a teacher hes a dick because he makes them take notes
23. Claim they must call their mom because its an emergency (It wasnt)
24. Claim they must text their dad because its an emergency (It wasnt)
25. Finally, some kids openly admit they dont care about school
I hope you enjoy the list. This is not true about every student out here and I'm sure there are students in Toledo like the ones out here. With that being said, I have experienced every situation on this list. So it is what it is. Stay out of the heat and watch out for scorpions.
Some Arizona kids....
1. Count on their fingers
2. Drop out of their Senior year to take a minimum wage job
3. Drop out of school
4. Wear I love Boobies bracelets (Yea I dont know)
5. Think Mac Miller is an awesome musician
6. Know who Mac Miller is
7. Complain about 65 degree days
8. Go home because it rains
9. Celebrate when it rains
10. Ride their bike instead of studying (A kid actually said that to me)
11. Take a zero on a test instead of finding a pencil to use (True story)
12. Swear in front of teachers
13. Swear at teachers
14. Call teachers playboys (True Story)
15. Skip school because it was their Dad's birthday (Sad, but true story)
16. Think they will own an Aston Martin on a firefighter's salary (Crazy)
17. Get suspended for fighting and then first day back get suspended again
18. Come to school on something and assume I cant tell (C'mon man)
19. Think education is worthless because they are going to be a famous model, skater or X-Gamer
20. Tell a teacher I'm not doing anything today because my stomach hurts
21. Tell a teacher I'm not doing anything today because I dont feel like it
22. Tell a teacher hes a dick because he makes them take notes
23. Claim they must call their mom because its an emergency (It wasnt)
24. Claim they must text their dad because its an emergency (It wasnt)
25. Finally, some kids openly admit they dont care about school
I hope you enjoy the list. This is not true about every student out here and I'm sure there are students in Toledo like the ones out here. With that being said, I have experienced every situation on this list. So it is what it is. Stay out of the heat and watch out for scorpions.
Thursday, October 20, 2011
I'm Back!
Well I decided to get back at this thing. I havent written an article since I took home big money on the slots. I went back home to Toledo last week and and enjoyed all my family. So I am sorry I havent been blogging as much anymore. Lets see if I still know how to do this....
For those of you who read my blog, you know I bought a car when I got out here. My brother-in-law Rich says its a girly car but what does he know. Kate says she loves it...oh wait. Anyway, I finally decided to to register it with the Silver State (what an awful name). I went into my local DMV expecting not to pay too much. Back in the Buckeye state, I think it is $40 dollars to register a car. I was expecting somewhere around 200 or 300 dollars. So the DMV lady gets my paper work, inspects the car, and takes my ID. After typing my info into the computer she says, "Oh, thats weird." I asked what she was talking about. She said and I quote, "You didnt pay taxes on your car so you owe my $1,778. Will that be cash or credit?" Over $1700 dollars to register my car. Holy Hell! I replied with "Umm, I have to go." And I scurried out of the DMV. After calling my dad (he was pissed) and the guy who sold me the car, I was told I would be required to pay the full price. Tax, title and registration aint no joke. So the DMV said suck it to my perfectly planned budget. Growing up sucks.
After the debacle at the DMV, I started to get settled in. I started visiting more and more places and started noticing something very interesting. Every bar I go to, I always ask what the specials are. Every single bar I go to, Coors is always the special. Not Coors Light. Coors. The Banquet Beer. I had never even had a Coors. Now everywhere I go its the special. Not Bud Light, Budweiser, or Miller Light. Coors, the Banquet Beer. This place is very strange. Ill be back soon.
For those of you who read my blog, you know I bought a car when I got out here. My brother-in-law Rich says its a girly car but what does he know. Kate says she loves it...oh wait. Anyway, I finally decided to to register it with the Silver State (what an awful name). I went into my local DMV expecting not to pay too much. Back in the Buckeye state, I think it is $40 dollars to register a car. I was expecting somewhere around 200 or 300 dollars. So the DMV lady gets my paper work, inspects the car, and takes my ID. After typing my info into the computer she says, "Oh, thats weird." I asked what she was talking about. She said and I quote, "You didnt pay taxes on your car so you owe my $1,778. Will that be cash or credit?" Over $1700 dollars to register my car. Holy Hell! I replied with "Umm, I have to go." And I scurried out of the DMV. After calling my dad (he was pissed) and the guy who sold me the car, I was told I would be required to pay the full price. Tax, title and registration aint no joke. So the DMV said suck it to my perfectly planned budget. Growing up sucks.
After the debacle at the DMV, I started to get settled in. I started visiting more and more places and started noticing something very interesting. Every bar I go to, I always ask what the specials are. Every single bar I go to, Coors is always the special. Not Coors Light. Coors. The Banquet Beer. I had never even had a Coors. Now everywhere I go its the special. Not Bud Light, Budweiser, or Miller Light. Coors, the Banquet Beer. This place is very strange. Ill be back soon.
Sunday, October 2, 2011
Winning!
Well, I havent had a post in a long time. I am not sure why. I guess I have just been a little busy, a little lazy and/or I havent had anything to talk about. Well that all changed when I went to the casino. Heres the story...
Kate visited again and this time her mom came with her. They spent all Sunday in Vegas and came to Laughlin on Monday. We had a ton of fun. A majority of our time in Laughlin was spent casino hopping, gambling and trying the local restaurants. Kate and her mom did very well playing the slots in Vegas and they wanted to try their luck in Laughlin. Now you all know me and how I dont like to spend my money at all. Well, Kate's mom was giving me some money to gamble and I decided to try the slots. The first few days, I hadnt won anyting and I was getting very frustrated. I was playing the Wheel of Fortune 25 cent slot and I wasnt winning jack. Kate and her mom were once again doing pretty well. So after the first few days, I decided to take Kate and her mom to the Avi casino. The Avi is an Indian Reservation and in my opinion, is the nicest casino in Laughlin. So off we went.
When we got to the Avi, I had 17 dollars in my pocket and I knew I wanted to bet on some football games for the weekend. Well the Parlay cards dont come out til Thursday so I decided to try my luck again with the Wheel of Fortune. Once again, I wasnt hitting anything. I had gone through 6 of my 17 dollars in less than a minute. I was so pissed. I kept thinking what was the point of playing these stupid games. No one ever wins. At this point, I just wanted to get rid of my remaining $11. So I found this game. White Ice was a dollar slot machine with a maximum bet of 2 dollars. I thought I'd be done with this nightmare in 6 spins and I could just watch (and not lose anymore money) Kate gamble. I hit spin for the first time and came up empty. I hit spin again and nothing. My expectations werent to high at this point. I hit spin another time and nothing. So I was done to $5 and was ready to be done with it. So I hit spin again and this time something different happened. Instead of coming up with a bunch of junk, this was what the slot machine read. When it comes to slot machines, most of the time, I have no idea what is good and what isnt good. So when that came up and I saw I was winning, I thought it was going to stop at like 20. But it kept going and going and going and going. At this point, Kate could hear my machine was winning so she came over to see what was up. As the numbers turned from two digits to three digits, I looked at Kate and said, "Kate, I think those numbers mean dollars." She said, "Uh, yeah. You are winning a lot." At the end, this is what I had won. After I picked me jaw up off the floor, I instantly hit cash out. The machine spit this ticket out and I knew I had won some pretty big money.
Kate and her mom were so happy for me. I felt awesome. I turned $17 into $800. I couldnt believe it. The best/worst part of the night was Kate's reaction. At the point I won, she had won over $100. Heres the proof. Any other night, she would have been pumped to win that much money. The rest of the trip, she tried her best to win some big money. It didnt help that her mom won $300 in Vegas the next day. So by the end of the trip, Kate had lost all of her money. Sorry babe, some of us are just lucky.
Stay out of the heat and watch out for scorpions.
Kate visited again and this time her mom came with her. They spent all Sunday in Vegas and came to Laughlin on Monday. We had a ton of fun. A majority of our time in Laughlin was spent casino hopping, gambling and trying the local restaurants. Kate and her mom did very well playing the slots in Vegas and they wanted to try their luck in Laughlin. Now you all know me and how I dont like to spend my money at all. Well, Kate's mom was giving me some money to gamble and I decided to try the slots. The first few days, I hadnt won anyting and I was getting very frustrated. I was playing the Wheel of Fortune 25 cent slot and I wasnt winning jack. Kate and her mom were once again doing pretty well. So after the first few days, I decided to take Kate and her mom to the Avi casino. The Avi is an Indian Reservation and in my opinion, is the nicest casino in Laughlin. So off we went.
When we got to the Avi, I had 17 dollars in my pocket and I knew I wanted to bet on some football games for the weekend. Well the Parlay cards dont come out til Thursday so I decided to try my luck again with the Wheel of Fortune. Once again, I wasnt hitting anything. I had gone through 6 of my 17 dollars in less than a minute. I was so pissed. I kept thinking what was the point of playing these stupid games. No one ever wins. At this point, I just wanted to get rid of my remaining $11. So I found this game. White Ice was a dollar slot machine with a maximum bet of 2 dollars. I thought I'd be done with this nightmare in 6 spins and I could just watch (and not lose anymore money) Kate gamble. I hit spin for the first time and came up empty. I hit spin again and nothing. My expectations werent to high at this point. I hit spin another time and nothing. So I was done to $5 and was ready to be done with it. So I hit spin again and this time something different happened. Instead of coming up with a bunch of junk, this was what the slot machine read. When it comes to slot machines, most of the time, I have no idea what is good and what isnt good. So when that came up and I saw I was winning, I thought it was going to stop at like 20. But it kept going and going and going and going. At this point, Kate could hear my machine was winning so she came over to see what was up. As the numbers turned from two digits to three digits, I looked at Kate and said, "Kate, I think those numbers mean dollars." She said, "Uh, yeah. You are winning a lot." At the end, this is what I had won. After I picked me jaw up off the floor, I instantly hit cash out. The machine spit this ticket out and I knew I had won some pretty big money.
Kate and her mom were so happy for me. I felt awesome. I turned $17 into $800. I couldnt believe it. The best/worst part of the night was Kate's reaction. At the point I won, she had won over $100. Heres the proof. Any other night, she would have been pumped to win that much money. The rest of the trip, she tried her best to win some big money. It didnt help that her mom won $300 in Vegas the next day. So by the end of the trip, Kate had lost all of her money. Sorry babe, some of us are just lucky.
Stay out of the heat and watch out for scorpions.
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