OVERNIGHT GAMBLING TRIP UPDATE

I came home Tuesday evening from the overnight gambling trip to Firelake (Shawnee) and Cherokee (Tulsa) casinos weary and (almost) penniless, literally. I played every kind of slot machine imaginable with no wins to speak of. Occasionally I would win a dollar or two, but right back in the machine it went. Monday night I had spent more than half my money and I still had all day Tuesday to play. All my Monday night money did not go toward gambling though. Geneva and I went to the margarita bar and each of us had one drink and, as I have written in an earlier posting to my blog, Geneva on one occasion had to be the "designated driver" after I had had one margarita and was giggly and slurring my words. Well, the opposite occurred Monday night. Geneva could hardly think or speak after her drink and I was the elevator "designated driver". Our room was on the 4th Floor and I had to get us back to our room. We would still be going "up" if I had left it to Geneva to get us to our floor. Our room was beautiful and all amenities were quite nice. I lost on every slot machine I played, but Geneva could do no wrong. She won on every machine. She came home with more money than she left home with. I am envious!!! We met two nice ladies on the trip and hope to keep in contact with them. I have e-mailed one of them and hope to hear back from her. Our next gambling trip will be on July 30th when we go to the Winstar Casino at Thackerville. It will be a day trip, so no suitcase will have to be packed. Hurray!!

It is an extremely windy day today, a day you just want to stay indoors. I am not going to the mall and walk even though I ate so many buffets these last two days and need to walk off the extra pounds.

Tomorrow is my favorite day of the week, Thursday, and my day to work at the military museum. I hope we have a lot of out-of -town and out-of-the country visitors. It is very interesting to hear some of the stories that they tell. Art, a volunteer, has a group coming in for a tour from Ft. Sill. He is a good tour guide or a great storyteller. I can't decide which, but he has been there, done that. He was on the gambling trip with his girlfriend, Lorene. Lorene and I are neighbors and good friends. Art is responsible for me now volunteering at the museum. He wanted Lorene to volunteer but she has too many responsibilities, so he enlisted me. Everyone thinks I have nothing to do. I have plenty to do but I don't always want to do them, so I am always available to do something more interesting or exciting. Geneva and I do a lot of spur-of-the moment things.