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Location: MGM Signature T1 patio |
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Input Device: TATANKA |
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Audio: Resort muzak |
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Visual: MGM Grand, resort landscape, pool, monorail |
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Energy: 70% |
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Mental: 50% |
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Emotional: pre-airport anxiety |
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I'm in the city of Lost Wages, Nevada, again. I'm here tagging |
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along with my wife since she has a convention to work. I don't |
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really have much to do so I have just been hanging out, trying not |
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to spend much money. We both needed to get away, but |
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unfortunately, this is a working trip for her. |
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We are staying at the MGM Signature. I hear it is nicer than the |
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MGM Grand, across the way. The hotel is more like a high-rise |
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condo in a gated community. There are 3 towers here and the rooms |
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are really nice and spacious, especially for extended stay. The |
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room had 2 bathrooms with 2 showers, jacuzzi tub, separate living |
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room, and a full kitchen with stove, oven, dishwasher, etc. |
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Definitely very comfortable to stay here for extended periods, but |
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a bit overkill for our stay. I still enjoyed it, but |
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unfortunately, my wife did not so much, since she was busy working |
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at the convention for work. So again, I got to enjoy the resort |
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while she was busy with work. Bummer, but not really such a bad |
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thing since I don't really like to interact with her when she is in |
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work mode. |
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I've been doing a lot of walking since I've been here, which is |
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kinda not by choice. I realized I forgot my insulin when we were |
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at the gate at the airport. Not a good thing. So I have been |
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doing a lot of walking and closely monitoring my blood sugar. Good |
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thing I wear a CGM (Continuous Glucose Monitoring sensor, which has |
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been a big game changer since I started using it a few years ago. |
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If I had the old system of pricking my fingers to test my blood |
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sugar, I would probably not do it and end up getting sick. |
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Unfortunately, much of the time has been spent walking around |
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Vegas to bring my blood sugars down and also disciplining myself |
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with eating properly (un-fun in Sin City.) So on Monday, I walked |
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26,876 steps and yesterday, 26,971 steps. This is about 13.6 |
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miles / 21.9 kilometers, according to my watch. Not sure how |
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accurate, but whatever. At least there is some kind of reference |
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point. |
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So on my walks, I was able to find a 7-ELEVEn in this shopping |
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plaza that was sandwiched between White Castle on one side and |
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Sbarros on the other side. Behind the 7-ELEVEn was a large weed |
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dispensary, Liquor World, and a Dunkin' Donuts. I did eat my lunch |
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that day at White Castle and got me some supplies from |
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7-ELEVEn...then the walk back where I saw several unhoused...some |
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doing the fentanyl fold, the nests of the unhoused, and a blonde |
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working girl, a little worse for wear with 2 black eyes and missing |
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teeth. Hard times to be had going down that road. My prayers |
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go out to them. Good thing I made it back without incident. |
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Only in Vegas. |
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