630 AM the phone rings

[cornerofmadness]

My first thought is if someone isn't dead, someone is gonna be (never mind I have to get up in a half hour anyhow). I look and see it's my friend (and dept chair) EB. A water main broke, campus has no water, we don't have to come in until 1230 if even then. I hang up and go back to sleep for the rest of the morning, not even caring I'm going to miss two labs. Screw it, I was up every hour having to pee as it was.

When I dragged out of bed I found out why (not that I was wondering, I knew) I had to pee every hour. My sugar for whatever reason (i.e. I ate a small meal like the doctor told me and as soon as I DO that my sugar spikes) was over 300. I check the email like EB said and sure enough no work all day.

I party a little.

I clean a little and even organized something in my bedroom that hasn't been organized in years and now everything is more efficient and I find future candidates for shit to toss out of here.

I get some of my big bang done because OMG I can't find time for this.

I write something else

I even do more research and watch a Netflix dvd.

I love my stolen day.

What I didn't love was seeing the price of the convention rate at the Mirage. Holy fuck 200$ a night and they won't give us many rooms because it's a holiday weekend. Seriously? It's Memorial day. Not one I associate with let's party in Vegas. I might have to reserve a room (If I can even get one) then find a close by hotel that's cheaper. I KNOW I could stay much cheaper at the Luxor or Excalibur but I'm not sure I want to hike that far carrying all the stuff I know i'll be carrying.

While not really a 'kindness' post this made me happy

a mother turns her grief into fuel for helping others

Declutter day 21 Item tossed-Cardboard jewelry box why kept-To put my own designs in to give away.
why tossed-Not making that much jewelry and have many in better shape, into the recycler with it

Comments

[wildrider.livejournal.com]

Look across the street at Harrah's or "The Quad" (used to be Imperial Palace) -- sometimes good prices there. There's also the non-Strip places like the Westin -- or down the block behind Bally's, at the Super 8 next to Ellis Island (best BBQ in town). That would be almost as bad a walk as Excalibur, though.

[cornerofmadness.livejournal.com]

yeah Harrah's is the one I was thinking of. I was fairly sure it was like across the street. I'll have mom look at the quad.

the problem with the walk is a) gotta be there early in the AM and come back late in the PM (would be nice to go rest up at the hotel in between) B) will be dragging tons of crap

[wildrider.livejournal.com]

Yeah, walking in Las Vegas is never as easy as it looks. I think there's some spatial forces at work there which make everything SEEM very close when it fact it's separated by miles and miles.

And definitely for a convention/conference of any sort closer is better.

[cornerofmadness.livejournal.com]

I will not argue that since even though I DID walk a lot of it, it was not easy and I wouldn't like to repeat it when I have to be somewhere by a certain time.

Depending on the money I get for this, I might just stay at the mirage but I know a ton of profs put in for the faculty development funds so...