Games of Chance

The Race starts in less than an hour. Everyone else is in bed, sleeping in. Waiting for me to start breakfast, I guess. Blustery today, but better than yesterday. Went to the casino yesterday. After taking the dog for a walk to be sure. Had a good time: nice run at the craps table only to my winnings at a bj table in about 15 minutes. Brutal! Had a very nice dinner in the restaurant: something called Chicken Oscar. Chicken breast with crab meat and a very tasty sauce. I shouldn't have but got P to split a piece of "Grandmothers Cake" Some sort of lemon filling in a pie crust with pine nuts and generously sprinkled with powdered sugar. Very good. After wards I played some slots with P. Actually converted my $20 into $85 at one of the nickel machines! It was starting to get a bit crowded so when I found a seat at a bj table I took it. Did all right! They were using a machine that constantly shuffled the cards. They used five decks, but every time there was about a decks worth of played cards the dealer would feed them back into the machine. The pit boss said the dealing machine was for a different game except they didn't get the rest of the table set up in time for the weekend. They had already installed the machine, so they were using it to deal bj with. I think it created a better distribution of the cards. We didn't seem to get the runs of big cards or small cards that you usually get when they stop and shuffle the decks all at once. At any rate, I was able to covert my $40 into the $100 I walked away from the table with. So, I had some cash in my pocket when I got home! A pleasant change from the usual turn of events. And the place was so crowded when we left that we couldn't get to P's favorite slot machines to put the usual out the door $20 deposit. Not a bad day.

Nothing planned for today... Watch the race and crank up the bbq if the weather calms down some by late this afternoon. Tomorrow I think we're scheduled to go downtown, scope out the giant Mickey Mouse statue that is on display for the next couple of months before moving on. P's really into the Mouse. That's just an excuse to go downtown and explore a little more. Hope the weather is nicer!