Fun Times

Ken and I had a blast this weekend. We stopped at one of the casinos on the way up. I played some blackjack and left with what I started with. It was a lot of fun. Then we headed to our hotel. It was right in the middle of downtown Palm Springs, only a block off of the main street with all the activities. We walked up and down the block trying to find something to do. Ken had seen an advertisement for a bar with dancing. But literally there were bars up and down the whole street. What we found was a great little karaoke bar. You know how much I love those. It wasn't very crowded and the people were all so nice. A bald gay guy singing the hits of the Carpenters, a gay couple singing Rebel Yell, a 70 year old woman singing Patsy Cline, and on and on. We all just sang, laughed and drank all night, it was fun. I sang about 5 songs on Friday night. We went back to the hotel around midnight (because I thought Ken was bored, later he said he wasn't and wished we had stayed longer.) Saturday we slept in, had a leisurely breakfast, then headed to the Tram. It is this huge revolving tram that takes us to the top. It takes about 15 minutes to make the trip. Once up there we hiked around. There was a short nature walk (I wasn't up for anything too strenuous. "Accidentally" wore the wrong shoes.) It was beautiful and peaceful. So quiet and serene, not crowded at all. After that we went to a couple of casinos in the valley. I played blackjack for a couple of hours. Again, left with a little more than I started with ($10). We had dinner in downtown Palm Springs and headed back to the karaoke bar. Kind of funny, many of the same people were there. Since your name comes up when you sing, everyone knows every one's name. By the end of the night, we are singing and dancing and hanging out like old friends. There was a group of "young chicks" celebrating a birthday. So, I joined in and took a shot with them. The whole bar sang us the birthday song. She was 28, I am 45, yet we were kindred souls. Saturday night was the best. I sang about 7 times (I honestly lost track.) I sang California Dreamin with the DJ, I sang a Journey song with some random guy who walked in and wanted to sing with me, the whole bar sang along with Bon Jovi Living on a Prayer. AND Ken got up and sang Don't Go Breaking My Heart with me. It was just so much fun! Next time I am with you and you want to do something fun, let's go sing karaoke. I LOVE IT!

We slept in on Sunday, had a leisurely breakfast. We stopped at a casino on the way home, but couldn't find any $5 tables, so we didn't stay too long. We got home around 2, and took a nap. Now, Megan is off to find us some food.

And, I didn't see one person going into the pool with slippers on. It was a fantastic weekend. Thanks honey, the best birthday in a long time. Maybe since the big 40th party, or the time we had the Month of Birthday, or.... well, you get the point. I'm a little spoiled. Next time I bitch about him, smack me.