Valentines Day (the Weekend) part 1

Normally I would be what most people would call a Valentines Day Scrooge. For most single people this holiday is the proverbial kiss of death. HOWEVER, this Valentines Day I got the privilege of not being a Nay-Sayer to this dreaded holiday and actually got to partake in some lovey dovey festivities.
Now be forewarned, this is a two part blog and.....all that glitters is not gold!

So since this year Valentines Day just so happens to fall on a Monday, which like most people doesn't work out so well since most hard working Americans work Monday-Friday.
Instead this year, for most, Valentines Day was celebrated on Saturday or Sunday.

This year, because i have been casually dating, I got to spend the weekend with one of my daters...that makes me sound so horrible and like a floozy, but meh...fuck it. (yea i used floozy...my grandma would be proud).

We planned a night in Kansas City that would include dining out and gambling (though I'm not a fan of gambling....its the devils playground).
I got the hotel very cheap due to a gift card I had been saving and cheap hotels always freak me out, HOWEVER we must have hit the hotel jackpot because this hotel ROCKED!
Starbucks and bar built right into the lobby...someone knew me all too well!
The rooms looked like something out of a design magazine, it was just awesome.

After settling in, we met up with D's best friend and wife. (first of, lets just establish that I am not, NOT D's girlfriend, but i still get to meet his best friend and wife.....hmmm) They were super nice and I liked them right away. After MUCH..way too much deliberation we finally decided on which casino to go to and where to have dinner (keep in mind it wasn't the casino i was dying to go to and we had to plan to go to all along, but HEY i can compromise). We got to the casino and it was GORGEOUS, Ameristar, you are amazing. We had dinner at a typical sports bar, the drink special was delish. After me settling into my buzz, D and I got into a stirring conversation with a couple, and would ya know it, the guy was Priest Holmes Trainer at some point....MMMHMMMM riiiiggghhht guy. He was highly intoxicated and smelled oddly of piss (and D made it a point to point out the guys fly was undone, UNCOMFORTABLE, especially since the guy told me i was beautiful and asked for my #, while D talked to his wife!!!!).
Finally we made it to the casino. Ill just say, i probably would have been better off drinking the night away at the bar. I ended up parked in front of a slot machine, while everyone else scampered off into oblivion.
by midnight...I found myself in a drunken induced sleep state, contacts shot from all the cigarette smoke, and half falling asleep on a railing while watching people play craps...waiting...and waiting...and waiting. By 130 am, I was finally rejoined by my group that were "ready" to go. KNOW WHEN I WAS READY!!!??? 2HRS PREVIOUSLY.
however in my time in waiting i had plenty of time think, but ill save that for part 2!.

We left the casino and headed back to the hotel where I promptly did not fall asleep, though ill leave all the details out, I did get much sleep (and no its not because of what y'all nasty minds are thinking for) because the bed just didn't do it for me, 4 hours of sleep is about what I got.

I wont lie, the weekend wasn't a total bust, however, I must have just set my expectations way to high. I was thinking about this unbelievably romantic weekend, the kind that you could come home bragging to your friends about....but it left me more confused then ever.
Nothing is ever easy my bloggers

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