Back on the Grind

Thus far, we have been pretty unproductive in the best of ways. Jed and Tanner have been doing a lot of business. When I say a lot, I mean an outrageous amount. I thought that fitting in with this duo would be easy but it seems I needed to have been practicing my business techniques since I was 12 years old. To break down our typical day its about 40% business (Tanner and Jed only), 8% eating, 25% watching tv, 25% making fun of each other, and the last 2% is put towards something productive such as searching for jobs. So far so good.

I will continue to speak about the rest of the weekend and our first Monday. Saturday morning came around and we had an extra pep in our step. We had a great first night in Sin City and we were settling in quite nicely. We first went back to Hard Rock Casino to pick up the money that had been gambled. We immediately found the nearest Bank of America so that we did not have to carry around large sums of cash. Its both very rewarding and extremely terrifying  to carry around lots of money especially when its all we got. We then proceeded to the nearest Sam's Club in order to get the essentials AKA the most bang for our buck. The high quality and nutritious food including kraft mac n cheese, ramon noodles, tuna, hamburgers, etc. were the most popular choices for our kitchenette. Followed by the Sam's run was of course the Walmart venture. We needed things in normal sizes. Instead of 118 hot dogs, we decided that 36 was a more reasonable amount. On the way home, we stopped to try the fast food restaurant known as Jack in the Box. Jed and I had never had it so we wanted to give it a try. Tanner made sure we were aware that it was literally the same as pretty much any other fast food burger and he was in fact correct. But we figured we were here so we might as well try some new things. After returning to the hotel, we emptied the car, filled our cabinets, watched tv (no surprise) and enjoyed a nice hamburger dinner. Yes, we did have a burger for both lunch and dinner. We really like branching out. Saturday evening we went to check out more of the strip. We went to the MGM, New York New York, Excalibur, and Tropicana. MGM was by far the classiest. There was a lion den, with real lions and their lion trainer. It was pretty cool. We ran into some characters on the strip, one guy gave us free pass, drinks and limo to a real high class gentleman's club. We are holding on to those to use at a later date.

Sunday started with a great honey bunches of oats breakfast and then moved on to a day full of NFL. I decided to bet a little money on the Giants to beat the 49ers. And that happened to pan out well for me. Also, Sunday was a day when Tanner literally never left the hotel room besides to feel how cold it was outside for about 30 seconds. Jed and I also ventured to Papa Johns where I was looking for an application to apply to the high level position of a pizza boy. I would say I'm a little over qualified for a job that a 16 year old can get but a jobs a job. 

Today (Monday), has also been filled with the bare minimum. We continued to apply for jobs but my day was mostly filled with watching tv and watching Jed play detective. However, we did make it out of the hotel for a while today. We went to papa johns, super cuts, sonic, gas station and the grocery store. First, Tanner and I dropped off Jed at super cuts. Then we continued to Papa Johns. I waited for about a half hour to speak with the manager. In that time, I met an old lady who seemed to be a washed up, old hooker. She had the fake bright red wig, red nails, and even red penciled eyebrows. As she waited for her pizza, she began talking to me. Turns out she was a very nice woman who was a dealer at the orleans casino. She has been a dealer for over 30 years and she loves it. She gave me a lot of advice for surviving Vegas. I'm glad I met her and she was very helpful. Tanner and I proceeded back to pick Jed up from super cuts. We thought that he would be waiting on us but he was still getting things chopped off his head. We went inside and happened to find Jed with minimal amount of hair. The backs and sides were buzzed and the top was very short. After making fun of all of our old hair dues and Jed's newest hair due, the hair stylist decided to put some gel in Jed's hair. And we quickly found Jed's worst hair cut ever. It was pretty amusing. Then we went to check out food4less, the even cheaper version of Kroger. It was also an experience and rather entertaining. Lastly, on the way home we stopped by to pick up my winnings from the NFL games at the rio and I swiftly gave it right back to the casino in 3 rolls on the roulette wheel. I came out $2 ahead and that's a win for me.

More to come, sorry I'm not sorry for the short story posted above