On A Break

So we (the Hubs and I) have been going to a lot of classes and exhibits in Vegas for this NAB thing. It's been interesting, even though most of it is not relevant for me. (I'm thinking I may get more out of SIGGRAPH, because it's more for designers, graphics people, artists, etc and I would love to go this year because it's in N'awlins, but alas - I can't. Maybe next year...but it will be in LA.)
Anyway...we've been doing a lot of running around. A little shopping. No shows. Most importantly no Elvis...sigh... and halfway through the day yesterday I realized - I forgot my camera! Oh well, we have not seen much worth taking pix of anyway.
Tomorrow we are going to see the Titanic exhibit at the Luxor, however, and that should be way cool.

And I found out I won a prize! Yea, me! No not here at Vegas, but on a lovely blog by my friend Midlife Slices! I have no idea what it is yet, but I really don't care. I just love the fact that I guessed something right and won a prize. The only thing I ever won were tickets to a Richard Marx concert back in oh, must have been '91?, from a radio station giveaway. It was cool, at the time. But this is more cool. Cool-er?
Anyway, if you haven't found Midlife Slices yet, in your blogging about town, check her out. She's a read-headed riot!

Vegas Baby

So Hubs and I are headed to Vegas! It is, unfortunately, a working vacation.
But still...it's Vegas!
Hubs has already headed that way this morning. I don't go until Sunday, but I'm still off work until then. Which is great, because I am about to lose my mind really need a break! I have not had an actual vacation since last year when we went to Vegas but I was sick the whole time I was there. This year I am not going to be sick. I am not going to have allergies. I am not going to get a migraine. I am not going to get heat stroke. (Me and the desert don't get along too well, which is a shame because I so want to live there! Not Vegas. But Sedona would be nice.)

Hubs goes every year for NAB, because of his job (which I can't talk about, because it's, like, top secret. No, really. But he does a lot of video stuff and I'll just leave it at that...) I usually tag along because when he's not in class we can go blow all our money in the casinos have fun. This year, because I am officially a business now, I can actually participate in some of the classes and things. They have a lot of Photoshop stuff and this year there are a lot of blog and web marketing classes. We'll see if they are useful!

What I really want, though, is to see Elvis. Or more accurately, an Elvis. Any Elvis. This is my 5th trip to Vegas and the only Elvis I have seen was a fat, ugly one hawking some kind of pamphlet in a used car lot. Talk about a disappointment! So maybe this will be the year. I even tried to see if the Flying Elivi were going to be around but I could not find an actual schedule for them. Bummer. I so want to jump with them. No, I have never been skydiving, but I would totally do it in an Elvis wig and cape! Woo hoo!

Anyway, I'm excited to have a little time off...hopefully I can get more artwork done.
In the meantime, I'm sitting around waiting for the Comcast guy to show up. Our internet connection keeps dropping for no apparent reason. At our house "Comcastic" is like a cuss word. Grrrr.

*** Well, I have to say the Comcast guy was very nice and helpful, even though he couldn't fix the problem. Seems we have "low db coming out of the tap"...??? I guess the signal is too low. Don't know why, we haven't done anything to it and it's been fine since we got the business account hooked up months ago. Anyway, I guess the big guns are coming out "some time" tomorrow. Okay. ***