Birthday Week: Part II

So, Andy and I arrived in Vegas on Friday and two (out of our nine friends) met us in the airport and we got our bags and then proceeded outside to stand in line with thousands of people for a cab to our hotel. Once we got to the Luxor we stood in another hour long line to check into our rooms. Once we were situated the four of us headed out for lunch. This is then that I realized I truly was in Vegas…the long lines and the huge bills for simple food. After the very large lunch bill the four of us decided that we needed to head out for some cheap booze, and what better place to find it than O’ Shea’s. This is an Irish bar and casino that has a midget (probably not p.c. right there) promoting the bar/casino and very cheap booze. Beer was $1.50 while my vodka tonics were $5 and to us that was the jackpot in Vegas. After a short time we found beer pong in the back room…sweet! That provided us entertainment until Andy and I had to go back to the hotel to meet up with another couple for the Cirque du Soleil show KA. After a drunk run (because we lost track of time) back to the hotel to meet up with more friends we headed to the very hyped up show. I heard so many great things about this show, but I was completely let down and I was not the only one out of the four of us. I almost fell asleep and all I kept thinking was that I am crazy to be finding this show boring. I am into theatre and the arts so I was surprised that I didn’t like the show. The last half an hour out of the hour and a half show was great and filled with acrobats and crazy tricks. Now, if they just would have done that throughout the whole show, then the show would have been awesome. Sorry, but I just wasn’t that into it. After the show five of us trucked back to O’ Shea’s for some more beer pong and cheap booze and where Andy and our friend, Brian, declared themselves the beer pong champions of Las Vegas. This then took us to the wee hours before we stumbled back to the hotel to find some food. Come Saturday morning my whole group was in Vegas to celebrate my ripe old age of 30 and we all spent the day in a cabana by the pool. Some more hung-over than others, but it was nice to just chill by the pool and away from the “common folk,” like my friend Jessica would say. After a nice relaxing day in the hot sun sweating out the booze it was time to head out again. Of course we went back to our addiction, O’ Shea’s, for a couple hours of beer pong before heading to the piano bar at New York, New York. Since there was 11 of us we reserved a table in advance. It was the best time ever. We had so much fun singing and dancing. Of course the girls had to mention it was my 30th birthday so of course I sat next to the piano man at his bench and helped him play the piano. I also sang along to Jimmy Buffet’s song “Let’s Get Drunk and Screw” while screaming into the piano man’s microphone. Probably not my finest moment, but I am just thrilled that not one of my friends thought about recording this on their cell phone. As the night went on one-by-one my friends were dropping like flies and having to stumble back to their rooms. Andy and I eventually followed suit. On Sunday we sat lifeless in the Sports Book of the Luxor just waiting to head to the airport. I must say that I do have some pretty amazing friends. I had the best birthday ever and I am glad that my friends made the journey to Vegas to spend it with me.


The girls at the piano bar

Half our group at our table

The other half our group

Andy playing beer pong

Andy and I in the cabana by the pool