Losses and Gains.

Today can be summed up in one big word for me: disappointed. I'm disappointed I didn't win big; I'd've liked to have gone away with a couple thousand in my pocket. Oh well.

The bus ride was quite nice actually-mostly because I had my new ipod in, my headphones on and I slept on Sam's shoulder. We went through 3 states to get to Foxwoods. The place is IMMENSE. I never realized how HUGE it is. The hotel complex is massive in and of itself. There's 4 seperate casinos-the Rainmaker, the Grand Pequot, the Great Cedar and I forget the other one. The Rainmaker's the only one that's got a non smoking slot room, which is a little sad. Auntie Adrienne showed us how to play the slots. God, how high tech is all of this? Sam got lucky right away on one that was bacon themed (insert *SIGH* here) and I wasn't having much luck until we moved to another machine that had a bike as the main prize and the slots were "real" slots, as in the old fashioned ones. The newer computerized ones were all just LCD, if that makes sense. Holy hell Sam got lucky, though-he made about $50 on that machine from one $5 he put in and just rolled with...but then lost it all. And still had the capacity to just "Eh" and get on with it. He lost the $80 he brought with him-if he cashed out at the peak of all his winnings he'd've walked out with over $200. I was a bit "o_o" at his ability to just get on with it-I would've been celebrating my earnings. Mum won $72 out of a $5 machine, and then lost it all.

I enjoyed the slots a little too much according to Sam and Lindsay. I lost $30 out of the $155 I bought, so I came home with $125 in my pocket. They had a hard time peeling me away. I lost so little, only because I made all my money back in the end.

The buffet we ate at was HUGE. They had Soup/Salad, Barbeque, Oriental, Italian, International, Seafood and Sweet Shop destinations; and between all of us we sampled a little from all of them. I quite enjoyed the carrot cake I had for dessert; everything was nice, but oddly it's the cake I remember the best because it was the nicest.

Holy CRAP though-the place was FULL of the elderly; and the main table gaming room was FULL of Asians; mainly Chinese. Old memeres with walkers and canes, old peperes with fat bottoms drooping over the sides of the stool. I think we and about 5 other people were the youngest there, besides the employees. I know Lindsay was a bit put off by the fact there were so many old and awfully unattractive people there. I kept pointing out to her the few sexy men I could find (there was one smoking hot coffee skinned security guard in a business suit, another gorgeous security guard was a few feet down) but Lindsay was being Lindsay (lost in her own world) and didn't seem to notice. Besides, I had Sam, and the security guards had rings on.

Sam was a bit all OVER me (like a bad sunburn) in public and Lindsay getting all "Aww how CUTE" with it too. It was nice having Sam all over me but all I kept imagining was all the olds looking at us and tut tutting "young love, oh Mary/John remember those days *wink wink nudge nudge*" or "In my day we were NEVER like that! Rage rage rage young people these days!" On the bus I didn't give a shit so much-I could kiss him to my heart's content and I didn't care. Funny, that.

Tomorrow should be a relaxing day where Sam and I sit in the hotel all day and watch movies and only move when we have to-breakfast, . I'm feeling a bit upset that I didn't spend the night at the hotel tonight; but there's a couple reasons. I got the vibes from Dad that I'd be better off staying home; Sam is exhausted and has a dodgy stomach (no farting at 2:30 please!) and I'm tired myself and I want to sleep in my own bed.