Last weekend, I went on an overnight trip to Reno with my 4 of my co-workers. Despite the 25+ years difference, I still had a great time, though I spent most of my time on the casino floor, playing pai gow, craps, and roulette. Even though I didn't come up, I enjoyed the ride. And if I wasn't playing at a table, or driving behind the wheel, we were someplace eating. It seems like every time I'm around this group, we end up eating a lot. Definitely not good for my "diet" (I'm not really on a diet).
We stayed at the Peppermill. I had never been there before. It's pretty nice. The room we got was hella ballin. The birthday girl sprung for the suites (boys & girls had their own suite). Kinda felt bad that the she paid for the rooms (her request, not ours), but I wasn't about to complain. I'd definitely stay there again. The tables were pretty cheap, too, but too bad it's so far away from the main group of casinos.
Oh, and I met up with Chris. He happened to be in town for work. It had been a while since I last saw him, so we caught up & stuff. Justin also happened to be in Reno that same night (small world, right?), but I didn't get the chance to meet up with him for a number of reasons:
- I was still playing pai gow, and doing alright and wanted to let it ride. I played till around midnight.
- They don't allow phones at the tables, so I had to step away from the table in-between hands to check my phone, plus my reception was cutting in & out, so I was getting his texts hella late.
- He couldn't stay out late cause he had leave early the next morning to drive to Vegas. (craziness!)
- I was playing for maybe 5 hours, and I definitely was getting my money's worth in drinks, jack & coke and bailey's on the rocks all night, so I couldn't go drive to him (Justin was staying across town at the Sands)
So yeah, sucks we couldn't hang. It'll happen one of these days.
Anywho, one of the reasons I agreed to go on this trip was two-fold: I didn't have to plan anything, and I didn't have to drive. Birthday girl did all the planning, and the other guy volunteered to use his suv and drive. Basically, all I had to do was show up. And that was the plan, up until the day before the trip. Dood's car broke down, so that plan was out the window. Of the other 3 people, 1 didn't have a driver's license and the other 2 had compact cars that weren't very comfortable for 3 passengers in the back. So I was basically forced to volunteer to drive and borrow the parental's X5.
Oh well. It still worked out, I guess. Still had a good time. But now they want to plan more trips, like to Tahoe, and big trips like to Vegas, or a cruise. I don't know about all that. The age gap may be too big for big trips. I don't know about them, but for me it was kinda awkward at some points, especially when they were referred to their "bucket lists" and referring to younger groups of people (to me) as "your people". So I guess we'll see.
