on a plane to Las Vegas.  Or I’m going through a body scanner or being patted in all sorts of unmentionable places.  Or still trying to figure out what to take and what to leave behind. 

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Sin City.  I hate it.  It’s loud and crowded and filled with fake lighting.  On the other hand, I’m sure I’ll wager my standard $100 limit at the blackjack table at some point.  I walk away when I lose it or when I’m up $200.  And yes, I have walked away up $200 a couple of times. 

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Packing for a trip like this wears me out.  When you are my size, your clothes take up more space and weigh more.  My extra pair of boots ain’t light either.  Yes, I do have to have 2 pair of boots.  I’ve got my standards.  Then there’s the question of whether I’ll make it to the gym or not, which 2 or 3 of the 60 books I have waiting to be read to take depending on my mood, extra everything just because I can’t run in any store and buy what I need.  Sheesh.  There’s the laptop because I will have to work at some point and a documents I’m in the middle of that need to be read.  What a pain.  All to go somewhere I don’t enjoy but it’s a work trip and I have always wanted to see the NFR so Monday night I will be a-hootin’-and-hollerin’…or maybe just clapping.  There are 4 guys from Decatur performing so that’s cool and 2 of them are our endorsers so that’s even cooler and 1 of them has already won his record breaking 8th All Around Cowboy title so that’s really cool. 

I’ll try to post something while I’m there.  I’ve got a couple of posts I’ve already worked on that I’ve been saving for when the brain was ginning so you might see those or I might have some epiphany while soaring through the skies and have to write all about it. 

I hope to be turning you on to a new blog soon too.  I have a friend who is getting ready to launch in January and I know he’ll have some good things to say.  He has been a close friend of mine and someone who’s thoughts and opinions I value highly.  More on that later.

I’m starting a book that I think will stir some thoughts to share too.  I hope to delve into that in the next few weeks.  OK, off to begin the packing beat-down…

Grace and peace to you.