Sweet!

Last year...Not this trip to Vegas, but December 2002...I had serious dumb luck! I brought $200 to gamble with...I was winning left and right, hundred here, hundred there...But I kept losing my winnings...

On the last night, last two quarters, we were LEAVING, and I said "I'm going to drop these quarters in, hold on." My friends said "NOOOO, you already lost everything you won, if you would have quit..." I wouldn't listen and I dropped the quarters in. The machine started chinging like crazy...people were running over to watch! I called Mike at home at 4 am to have him listen to the chinging on the phone. Then, the machine ran out of chings...we had to call staff to refill the machine! While I was waiting, I dropped a dollar in the machine next to me and won big there! All in all, I won $2600 right on those two machines. The bad news is I'd been drinking for three days straight, so my judgement was bad. I paid for everyone's (3 rooms) hotel rooms for the trip (4 days). I also bought the entire bar a round. I came home with like $300. But still, that was after the trip was paid for, free and clear!

We won't talk about my gambling luck this year.