I’m in Vegas.  Tim had some meetings here. I get to go to sit by a pool for a few days.

They say what’s in Vegas stays in Vegas.  This is not going to stay in Vegas.  I'm going to share a story.  I spent my day yesterday by the pool.  It was a beautiful day to spend the day at the pool.  I love sunshine. 

I am perfectly fine striking up a conversation with people that I don’t know.  I do it all of the time.  I can sit and chat with anyone.  Not ever a big deal.  So some older man, who was probably in his late 70’s decides to strike up a conversation with me and the two people beside me.  I assume he thought we were together. 

He asked the typical stuff, where are you from?  What brings us to Vegas?  He chatted about playing football in the “olden days”. The conversation went onto discuss the Steelers, and southern Florida.  He tried to chat about my zodiac sign.  He told me first that he lived in southern Florida.  Three minutes later, he said that he lived in San Diego.  Maybe he just wasn’t sure. 

 He was hoping apparently that I had a “lucky sign”.  I don’t pay attention to zodiac stuff, so that didn’t go too far. He told me first that he lived in southern Florida.  Three minutes later, he said that he lived in San Diego.  Maybe he just wasn’t sure.   

 He was a nice guy.  After about 15 minutes, he seemed to get to a point of comfortableness.  He asked me if I was interested in going and watching him play some kind of gambling game.  He assured me that I would be his good luck charm. 

I told him that I was very satisfied sitting in my spot in the sunshine.  He asked me what he was supposed to do for luck.  I quickly said that I heard someone say that they rubbed the butt of a horse statue and they had great success.  He looked at me and again suggested me being his good luck charm.  I again suggested he rub the horse’s butt for luck.

The nice old man gave me some nice conversation. So all was good.  What occurred to me was the wide cast of characters that surrounded me.  Some people were extremely fake from their eye brows down.  Others just there to hang out and enjoy the sun.  That was at the pool.

If you have never been in a casino in Vegas, take a GPS.  They are nuts.  You walk around and everything looks the same.  Slot machines by the hundreds.  They all look the same.  The last time I was in Vegas, I literally watched a couple put entire shifts in everyday at slot machines.  Same couple, same two slot machines.  I cannot wrap my head around this.  What could possibly possess adults to sit and push buttons for hours? 

People ask me if I gamble.  No. No. No. I don’t ever gamble.  I go for the sun and this time I went to a Celine Dion concert.  It was my first concert ever.  I thoroughly enjoyed it. 

Tim was done with his work meetings today, and asked me if I wanted to go to another show.  Nothing really caught my interest, so we walked around for a while.  The cast of characters was more impressive on the street than it was in my little world at the pool.