I�m posting this morning from fabulous La$ Vega$. I have been here for two days now. Our fight in was uneventful and despite My Darling being up for 24 hours in order to accomplish this feat everything has gone pretty well so far.

Thursday was spent prepping flowers for the event. My friend getting married is an extremely talented floral designer and thus decided to act as her own florist (questionable choice I know but I somewhat understand since I opted two weeks ago to be my own tailor). Speaking of which the dress still fits,Yay!! This is why I arrived so early for the event, to assist in this task. From morning until night I foil wrapping little crystals for inclusion in the wedding bouquets and making 75 little bouquets to hang off the back of each chair. By the time I was done (actually nine bouquets short of the required amount but I mean I was done) it was time for a late dinner and collapse.

Friday I spent on the strip. We walked most of the length. Due to my condition and my dutiful attempt to consume enough water it quickly became my �Tour of the Bathrooms of La$ Vega$�. I should write a review book (or someone should, what fun). It felt as though I peed in every casino from one end of the strip to the other. *Sigh* Still I enjoyed most of the sights. I still can�t get enough of the Bellagio and it�s Chihuly gass sculptures, amazing. With the rehearsal dinner to eat up the entire evening we never did se a show (not even Treasure Island). I offered to go even being tired but My Daring was tired too and so we opted to return straight to the Hotel. At the restaurant my friend tried to solicit a ride from on of her other guests but both My Darling and I were both concerned over the sobriety of the partiers. They are a party crowd (go figure, one of my friends from �before�) and since we had not tracked their overall drinking we preferred to take our chances in a cab.

The cab drivers story was a little perplexing. He was born in New Hampshire, grew up in Wisconsin and after college moved to Vegas to drive a cab. There�s something big left out of that story. Nice enough man though and he got us from point A to point B with minimal fuss.

Today I am supposed to arrive at the Hotel where the bride and groom are staying around nine am to start preparing for a wedding that will take place at five pm. I don�t know about you but that seems a bit early to me. If I start that early I will be ready for a nap by the event and I still have the reception to look forward to. I�m sure there are still flowers to be working on so I will be busy but I really am concerned about my ability to keep up with these girls in my condition.

House update�

Come to find out the two previous attempts at purchase of this home got hung up at the same point for the same reason. This means that the other realtor knew in advance that it could be a problem and either hoped it would slip by or we would up the money for the missing document. Basically she wasted our time and money and is currently refusing to produce the release document she originally requested last week when she thought she had another sucker, um buyer, on the line (turned out to be nothing but an old boot evidently.) Now she has made the suggestion that, since there are only 12 or so houses on the street, she and I knock on doors and ask them to kick in 150 dollars to pay for the road paperwork. As if it�s my job to help her sell this home. Ridiculous!! Our realtor is going to sick her boss and the sellers realtor and we are going to review one of the other places we looked at when we return from Vega$.

On the upside, my best friend from CA will be arriving this morning and I am so looking forward to seeing her. I�ve missed her so much.

Gotta start getting ready for this marathon, hope I can cross the finish line.

I wish you Peace

~alison~

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