Vegas, Baby!
I just flew in from Vegas, and boy are my arms tired. But seriously, folks... Yes, we just returned from our first "real" vacation in 11 years, just me and the Speaker, and our two great friends, Brian and Lindsey, who were kind enough to invite us along to enjoy their timeshare for a week. I am jotting down a few thoughts (mostly for myself) while they are still fresh in my ever-fading memory. Some (most?) will find it boring, but it's my blog... so there. Anyway, the four of us headed to Sin City on Valentine's Day under the pretense of celebrating our anniversaries. Brian and Lindsey will be married 25 years in June. The Speaker and I will be married 20 years in September. But mostly we just wanted to get the hell away from the snow and cold and have a little fun. And that's exactly what we did. First and foremost, a big thank you to Grandma for watching our two tax deductions so we could enjoy some time away. There was some separatio