RENO

FRIDAY NIGHT AT LIKE 4AM CASSANDRA, HER BROTHERS, AND TWO OTHER FRIENDS LEFT FOR OUR SNOW TRIP IN RENO. WE DROVE ALL NIGHT AND FINALLY GOT TO TRUCKEE AT ABOUT 8:30AM. EVERYONE EXCEPT ME AND CASSANDRA SLEPT IN THE CAR ON THE WAY UP (EXCEPT FOR THE TWO STOPS WE MADE, ONE BATHROOM, ONE FOOD) WHEN WE GOT TO THE RESORT EVERYONE WAS STILL SLEEPING AND WANTED TO SLEEP A LITTLE LONGER. CASSANDRA, MYSELF, AND HER BROTHER MICHAEL DECIDED WE DIDN'T WANT TO SKI OR SNOWBOARD SO WHILE THE OTHER THREE WENT SNOWBOARDING WE WENT INTO TOWN.

WE GOT LUNCH FOR EVERYONE AND WENT BACK TO THE RESORT. WE ATE IN THE CAR AND THEN HEADED FOR RENO. WE STAYED AT CIRCUS CIRCUS AND ITS A NICE HOTEL. WE CHECKED IN AND THE BOYS HEADED FOR THE CASINO. WHILE THE BOYS WERE CHECKING OUT THE CASINO CASSANDRA, MY SELF, AND KAREN (CASSANDRA'S BROTHER MATT'S GIRLFRIEND) WENT TO STARBUCKS AND DROVE AROUND RENO, TO SEE WHAT IT HAD TO OFFER US. KAREN ISN'T 21 SO SHE COULDN'T GAMBLE WHICH KINDA SUCKED BUT KEPT ME AND CASSANDRA FROM LOOSING OUR MONEY. WE ALL MET BACK UP AROUND 6PM AND HEADED BACK TO THE SKI RESORT. THE WEATHER WAS A LITTLE NASTY, BUT NOT TOO BAD.

SO AGAIN WHILE MATT, KAREN AND MATT'S FRIEND SNOWBOARDED, CASSANDRA AND I ATE DINNER IN THE LODGE AND THEN HUNG OUT IN THE CAR. WHILE WE WERE WAITING WE SAW 2 CRAZY PEOPLE DOING DONUTS IN THE PARKING LOT (WHICH WAS COVERED IN SNOW AND IT DIDN'T HELP IT WAS SNOWING AT THE TIME) THESE PEOPLE WERE COMPLETELY STUPID DOING IT IN THE PARKING LOT FULL OF CARS, WE EVEN MOVED OUR CAR BECAUSE THEY WERE TOO CLOSE TO HITTING US. AFTER THAT WE HEADED BACK TO THE HOTEL TO MEET UP WITH MICHAEL (WHO STAYED AND GAMBLED AT THE PENNY SLOTS, HE'S NOT A BIG SPENDER). WE ALL WENT TO EAT AT A RESTAURANT IN THE HOTEL, EVERYONE ENJOYED THEIR MEALS.

AFTER DINNER WE ALL DECIDED TO GO GET SOME DRINKS AND JUST HANG OUT IN THE HOTEL ROOM, SINCE IT WAS EXTREMELY COLD OUTSIDE. AT ABOUT 12AM THE BOYS DECIDED THEY WANTED TO GO BACK TO THE CASINO, SO THEY DID AND US GIRLS STAYED IN THE ROOM AND WENT TO SLEEP SINCE WE WERE REALLY TIRED. WE GOT UP SUNDAY MORNING AT AROUND 10AM, CHECKED OUT OF OUR ROOM AND LOADED UP THE CAR. MICHAEL, KAREN AND THEIR FRIEND WANTED TO GO SNOWBOARDING AGAIN, BUT THE WEATHER WAS REALLY BAD SO WE TOLD THEM IT WASN'T SUCH A GOOD IDEA. SO WE DECIDED TO GO TO THE BUFFET AND ATE BRUNCH. THE BOYS ONCE AGAIN WHET TO GAMBLE AND US GIRLS WALKED AROUND THE CASINO. CASSANDRA AND I GAMBLED A LITTLE BIT BUT NOT TO MUCH BECAUSE WE DIDN'T WANT TO LEAVE KAREN ALONE AND BOARD. SO AFTER I WON THE MONEY CASSANDRA LOST BACK AND THEN DOUBLED IT WE WENT TO THE CARNIVAL ROOM IN CIRCUS CIRCUS.

THEY HAD THE BIG CLAW GAME THE DAVE AND BUSTERS HAS (THE ONE THAT I'M A CHAMP AT) HOWEVER THIS ONE WAS FILLED WITH GIANT BASKETBALLS. I TRIED A COUPLE OF TIMES, BUT WAS NOT A WINNER, THEY HAD A BALL TOSS GAME WITH THE SAME BALL'S, HOWEVER, THESE ONES WERE BIGGER. CASSANDRA TRIED ABOUT 20 TIME TO WIN AND I THOUGHT IT WAS A LITTLE CRAZY, SO I TRIED AGAIN AT THE CLAW GAME (WE WANTED TO BRING 2 OF THE BALLS HOME FOR THE LITTLE GIRLS) AND ON THE SECOND TRY I WON. I WENT TO SHOW CASSANDRA AND RIGHT AFTER I SHOWED HER SHE WON A BIG ONE. WE THEN HAD TWO BUT THEY WERE DIFFERENT SIZES, SO WE WERE KINDA WORRIED WHICH GIRL GOT WHICH BALL. AFTER THAT KAREN WENT TO PLAY A BASKETBALL GAME, (WHICH HAPPENED TO BE NEXT TO THE CLAW GAME) AND AS SHE WAS PLAYING THAT I SAW MY CHANCE TO WIN ANOTHER BALL, SO I TRIED AND AGAIN WAS A WINNER, WE NOW HAD TWO SMALL BALLS AND ONE BIG ONE, THE BOYS WERE ALL AMAZED.

AFTER THAT WE ALL DECIDED TO GET READY TO GO, JUST ONE MORE GAME. SO AS CASSANDRA AND I PLAYED THIS INSTANT WINNER GAME, MICHAEL DECIDED TO TRY HIS LUCK AT VIDEO POKER (HE PLAYED BLACK JACK) HE DIDN'T WIN AND ENDED UP BREAKING EVEN, SO I ASKED HIM FOR A DOLLAR AND TOLD HIM I COULD WIN HIM SOME MORE MONEY. INSTEAD OF GIVING ME $1 HE GAVE ME $5. IN ABOUT 10 MIN I TRIPLED IT. WE CASHED IT OUT AND HE GAVE ME AND CASSANDRA EACH $5. AND IN ABOUT 5 MIN WE ALL HAD LOST IT ALL. AT THAT POINT IT WAS 4PM AND TIME TO HEAD HOME.

WE STARTED OFF AND WE DIDN'T GET TO FAR WHEN WE HIT TRAFFIC AND AN UGLY SNOW STORM. IT TOOK US 2.5 HOURS TO GET THE THE SKI LODGE THAT IS USUALLY ONLY 30 MIN AWAY. THE STORM HAD EVERYONE GOING 10MPH. WE GOT TO AUBURN AT ABOUT 8PM AND HAD TO STOP FOR DINNER AND BATHROOM. THEN IT WAS BACK ON THE ROAD. AGAIN EVERYONE SLEPT BESIDES CASSANDRA AND I (SHE WAS THE DRIVER AND I WAS THE CO-CAPTAIN). WE FINALLY GOT HOME AT 11PM AND WE WERE ALL HAPPY TO BE OUT OF THE CAR.

IT WAS A GOOD TRIP AND WE ALL HAD LOTS OF FUN. IT WAS A MINI VACA THAT WE ALL NEEDED. I HOPE WE DO IT AGAIN, BUT HOPE NEXT TIME CASSANDRA AND I WILL GET TO DO MORE THAN JUST DRIVE. MAYBE A QUICK TRIP UP TO THE FAMILY CABIN. SO THAT WAS OUR TRIP AND IT WAS ALL FOR MATT'S 21ST BIRTHDAY CELEBRATION.