Girls Weekend in Vegas

Last August I had the opportunity to go to Vegas with some ladies from the ward. I felt guilty leaving my family to do something "fun", but with the assurance from my hubby that it was fine, I was glad I went.

We were there for a couple of days and obviously didn't get a chance to see everything. Two of the ladies had never been there before and the other one hadn't been to Vegas in a LONG time, so since I had been there a few times (including two months previous to this trip), I got to be the tour guide. The ladies were in total awe and they kept commenting on how different Vegas was than they had originally thought. (Not sure if that was a good thing or not. :) )

When we first got there, it was in the evening, so we went to our hotel and dropped our stuff off and then headed to the strip. We got dinner at P.F. Changs (YUMMY!!!) and then headed out to walk around for a while. We ended up going to the Coke and the M & M stores and then some of the little shops along the way.

As we were walking the strip that first night we also saw a lot of people dressed up as different things, which the ladies were getting a kick out of. We saw everything from Jack Sparrow, to Bruno, to a Storm Trooper, and since a lot of our sons (and husbands) are fans of Star Wars, we just had to get a picture with him. :)

Now for the most adventurous part of the trip...We got back to the hotel pretty late and were beat from the drive and all of the walking around. One of the ladies decided to go to bed while the rest of us stayed up to visit a little longer. A couple minutes later, we hear her screaming in the bedroom and saying, "Oh my gosh! Oh my gosh!" in between screams. We didn't move and didn't know if we should go in the bedroom or not. We hesitated because she had told us that she is an extreme talker and walker in her sleep and was worried about coming on the trip because of that. (It's so bad that some nights her husband sleeps out on the couch to avoid it.) So we weren't sure if she was just doing this in her sleep or if she was really awake. She then came running out saying that there was a cockroach on the pillow! So we all go running in there trying to find it and found it had gone behind the dresser. Yeah, that was fun. So one of the ladies called down to the front desk and was able to get us transferred to a different room that was NOT on the bottom level (they told us that the bottom level has problems with cockroaches getting in the rooms all the time because they can obviously get in with doors being left open, etc.). We figured that since the cockroach was under the covers that it had come in with the maids and was in the bedding when they made the bed. So not only were we all SO tired, but we had to pack up all of our stuff and carry it up to the third floor to a new room...in a completely different building. When we got to the new room we turned on all the lights, ripped the bedding apart, and searched the room for cockroaches. As far as we know, it was all clear.

Well, that wasn't the end of the fun. When we had all settled down and gotten into bed, this same lady had fallen asleep pretty quick and all of a sudden sat up and started to swat at the bed and saying, "Stop it! Get away!" It kind of scared us all because we thought that maybe she found another cockroach. The lady that shared a bed with her asked her a couple of times, "What's wrong? Are you okay?" and she then responded saying, "Oh, sorry, sorry", and laid back down and was fast asleep. Yep, she had talked in her sleep! We all started to laugh! After what we had already gone through that night (and with it being so late at night) it was hilarious.

Now, enough about our exciting first night...the next day we went back down to the strip and toured around. We went through some of the casino's and went to the Madam Tasaude Wax Museum. The wax museum was pretty neat...pricey...but worth going to at least once.

Then later that night we had tickets to see Phantom of the Opera. Okay, if you ever get a chance to go see it...do it! It was AWESOME!!! I've seen the Blue Man Group and Le Reve in Vegas and both of those were awesome and very impressive, so I knew we wouldn't be disappointed with Phantom. The other ladies had never seen a show in Vegas and were totally amazed and in awe with the play. They were practically speechless (in a good way) when we left the theater.

After the play, we got dinner and then did the last of our touring. We went by Treasure Island and the Mirage and then we walked FOREVER to get to the Bellagio. Unfortunately by the time we got clear down to the Bellagio to watch the water show, the last song of the night was just finishing up. :( So, we decided to rest there for a few minutes before making our long walk back to the Venetian to get to the car.

It was a really fun trip (despite the cockroach experience) and was so fun to get to know these ladies better.