Ok.....i am continuing from when i left off yesterday......Where was i?......oh yeah.....Chocolate Burger!! Like i said, it was really rich chocolate, but it was good!!! Anyway, next day--Friday--i had another day off, but Daniel called me that morning after their audition and wondered when we could get together and play. So we got together around noon and we went to the Fashion Mall on the Strip. It is a very big mall! It was fun to just walk around, talk and stuff. They were actually looking to switch phone companies, so i suggested Verizon, since that's what i have and i have liked them. So they decided to go with that! Yay!!! Now we can talk for free!! We had lunch there and just wandered around. Daniel and Ginger then decided to go back to the hotel for a little while and then we could meet up later, with Gamyr, and do something that night. So, we did and we had dinner at their hotel, the Flamingo. We went to the Seafood Buffet. It was actually really good!! They had other stuff besides seafood--which was good, cuz some seafood i don't care for!! :) So, after that we went to the Wynn, cuz Daniel said they have a pretty cool little water show there that we could go watch for free!!! So we walked down there and saw that a couple of times!! It was fun!! I got some pretty good pictures! Well, after that, we decided to call it a night. The next day--Saturday--i had to work at the Venetian from 9-6, but i ended up not having a 5 o'clock appointment, so i left early and called Daniel to see what their plans were. They said they were up for anything, so i just went to their room and when i walked in the door, they asked me how i felt about Liza Minnelli. I told them that i liked her voice, so they asked "how would you like to see her in concert?" I pretty much said that that would be awesome!! Daniel was looking on Craigs List while i was on my way and someone was selling their tickets that they had for her concert that night. So we decided to go!!!!! Daniel looked at his watch and said that we needed to hurry, cuz the show started at 8 and it was 7:20!!!! So we ran out of the hotel and called the guy with the tickets on the way to the theater. Now, the concert was in a little place call Primm, Nevada--which was about 20 minutes away. I was driving, cuz Daniel and Ginger didn't have a car. Well, on our way Daniel looked at the clock in my car and said "why does your car clock say it's 6:35?" I said, "Cuz that's the time!!" (duh!!) He said "Oh!!! We have plenty of time!!!" He didn't change his watch from Utah time!!!! Hahahahahahaha!!! Yay!! So, i slowed down a little. :) Well, by the time we were able to contact the guy with the tickets, he said that he wasn't going to be at the show to give us the tickets!!! He was hoping we could just pick them up from him in Vegas!!!! Oh just great!! We were already at the theater and we had no tickets!!! So, what do we do? We went to an ATM and took out $60. We found a piece of paper and wrote "Need 3 Tickets" on it and stood by the will call line!!!! We stood there for a while and eventually 3 different people came up to us and told us they each had 1 extra ticket to sell!!!! No way!!! It was so great! So, we told them that all the cash we had was $60---so $20 for each ticket. Now, these tickets were $75-$100!!!! But, it was close to the start of the show and it came down to if these people wanted to sell the tickets for $20 each or let the ticket go to waste.........So, they decided to take the money!!!! We got tickets!!!! And actually, one of the tickets was on the floor, about 5 rows from the front!!!!!!!!! They were all separate seats and Daniel and Ginger decided to give me the seat on the floor!! So, i was just sitting there--amazed at how close i was to the stage--and then Daniel and Ginger just came and stood by me and we talked a little bit till the show was going to start. Well, it got closer to the show starting and there were about 5 seats in front of me and 4 seats behind me that were empty.........so when the show started Daniel and Ginger just slid right into some seats in front of me! They were willing to move if anyone came to claim the seats..........but no one did!!!!! We stayed there the whole show!!! It was so great!!! Who knew we would get so lucky!!!! It was a great concert!! We could tell she was struggling a little bit, but she still sang as great as ever!!!! And she was even dancing around in some songs!!! She is amazing!! Anyway, that was my fun filled weekend with my friends!!!! I loved seeing them and being able to play with them a little!! It was so great to see familiar faces!! That makes 2 weekends in a row of seeing friends. I really needed that.
Well, now that your eyes are probably tired from staring at the computer so long cuz my stories are longer than a novel, i will bring this to a close. I am having a great time here in Vegas--especially since i have started at the Venetian!! I really like it there!! Thanks for all the support all of you are giving me!! It means the world to me! Love you all and please keep in touch!!
Till we meet again......
Yay!!!!!! My internet is finally working!!!!!!! I figured i'd better do this before it goes out again for a while. Don't worry.....we are going to get our own internet soon!!! Well, life is pretty good here in Vegas!!! Still as hot as ever, but that's why i'm glad i work in a nice air conditioned building and live in a nice air conditioned house!!!!
I had my first day at the Venetian a week ago wednesday! It was really scary, but it was a good time! And......i didn't get lost!!!! Yipee!!! I just went in for a few hours just to get my feet wet and then right after i went to Massage Envy and did 5 massages!!!! Long day! But it was good. I then got a strange, but very welcome, phone messeage from one of the counselors of my bishopric back home in Utah and he said that he was inviting me to a BBQ that the bishopric was having for all the couples that got married while they were serving---cuz they would be released soon...........I had to listen to the message again to make sure i heard him right......married couples?.......did he know something i didn't? Haha!! So i called him back and asked him if it was really for married couples or if he just made a mistake in calling me and he said that there was another Carrie in the ward that got married and he got us mixed up!!!! I thought it was quite funny!!! But i did find out that they were going to be released in 2 weeks!!! That made me sad, cuz i was thinking they would be released around the end of August beginning of September and i was kinda planning on going back to Utah and seeing them before they got released. Well, i was thinking one night and i realized that the Venetian hadn't put me on the books yet and Massage Envy had already taken me off the books cuz i would be at the Venetian. So i talked with my boss at the Venetian and she said that since i wasn't on the books yet that i could have the weekend off and they would start me the following weekend!!!! What a miracle!!!! Now i could go to Utah and see everyone!!!!! I also realized that the ward was going to be up in Flaming Gorge that weekend and thought that it would be really fun to go up and suprise everyone!! So, i left for Utah on Thursday the 7th and drove to Jill and Dave's house and stayed the night there. The next morning i went and got some blonde highlights in my hair by my friend Stacee, who is going to cosmetology school. Yup, i think i will slowly go back to blonde!!! Anyway, after i got my hair done, i took off for Flaming Gorge!!!!! Yes, i know......i'm nuts for driving so much.......i did consider all the driving i was about to do, but i thought it would be worth it. So, i eventually made it and made my suprise appearance!!!!! It was at that very moment, all the driving was TOTALLY worth it!!!!! It was so great to see everyone's faces and double takes!!!! It was awesome!! So i stayed the night up there.....i just slept in my car---which was actually quite comfortable---and then got up early the next morning to catch the early morning skiing--or in my case, kneeboarding---Thanks to Jill and Dave for letting me borrow their kneeboard!!!! Wow, that was alot of random sentences i just put into one!!! :) It turned out to be the best trip ever!!! So i drove back to my good ol home in Bountiful and stayed the night there and then i went to church the next morning and it was such an emotional day!! The Bishopric and their wives gave their final talks and testimonies. It was so great!!! I have LOVED this bishopric!!! They are such amazing men and they have such strong testimonies!! I will really miss them!! I didn't find out who will be the next bishop, cuz they weren't going to be released until the next sunday. So, i went home after church and finished up a little gift i was going to give the bishopric and their wives. Nancy, Jill, Dave and the kids then came up to Brad's house and we all had dinner that night, so it was good to see them again!!! Afterwards, i went and stopped by the Nish's house, cuz Brady, Jonathan's brother, got home from his mission on the 6th, but he was out with friends, so i didn't get to see him!!!! Oh well. It was so good to talk to Mel and Jeff!!! I hadn't seen them in a long time!! Then on Monday i delivered the gifts to the bishopric and then met up with another friend, Jessica Richardson, for lunch, then made the mighty trip back to Vegas!!!! It was just a short trip home, but i have to say, that i truely needed it!!!! It made me feel so good that i got to say good-bye to the bishopric and tell them how much i appreciate all that they did for me. Most of all, it was so good to see family and friends! I consider myself to be so incredibly blessed to have such amazing people in my life!!!! How did i get so lucky?!? So, thank you to all of you that made that visit the best ever!!!!
So, this past week has been good and busy!! I worked at Massage Envy on Tuesday and Wednesday, had Thursday and Friday off and then went to work at the Venetian on Saturday and today, Sunday! So, I found out that my really good friends, Daniel and Ginger, were coming down to Vegas to audition for Phantom of the Opera at the Venetian!!! So, they came down on thursday, but they were tired and wanted to get sleep for their audition in the morning, so i went hung out with my other friend from Utah, Gamyr, who was down here doing the lights for a Kenny G show!! We went to the Bodies Exhibit at the Luxor!!!! It was so amazing!!!! For those who may not know, this is a place where they have muscles and bones of actual human bodies on display! Alot of them are in positions, like one is throwing a football, shooting a basketball, etc. It was really interesting to me, as a massage therapist to see all the muscles and actually see where they attach and everything!! Loved it!! Then we went to a place called the Burger Bar and we got something to eat. I got something called a chocolate burger!!!! It was so cool!!! The chocolate was very rich, but it was so creative how they made it. They took a donut--without the hole--and cut it in half for the "bun." Then the "patty" was a piece of fudge cut in a circle, the "pickles" were slices of strawberries and the "cheese" was a square piece of passion fruit in jelly form--really interesting!! Then they had a mint leaf for the "lettuce." It was really fun!! I should have taken a picture, but i didn't. Next time!!! Ok, have to go, but i will finish later......hopefully---if my internet was working!!! Take Care!!!
