My daughter, Kim, and I went to the casino yesterday because I had free tickets for 2 dinners. Of course, we planned on doing just a tad of gambling while we were there.
We took the back roads to escape driving on the QE which I thought would be too busy and it would have been a nice drive if there wasn't so much construction going on. Detours had us driving in zigzags. Finally, after settling for the QE, we proceeded quickly to the casino.
We gambled a bit and then met for dinner at 5 P.M. I was in the longest line I've ever encountered at the casino...one hour to sit-down. Kim left for a while to gamble, came back to show me her winnings, and then went off again until we got in the curlicue line close to the diningroom. We chatted most of the way with an American couple whose hobby it is to travel from casino to casino playing poker. They were very nice and I thought how lovely for both of them to have the same hobby.
Dinner was great but we gobbled it up so we could get back to the machines. Every time I came across Kim she was carrying a new win ticket. I just continued a slow spiral of loss as usual but before I could lose it all Kim decided it was time to go home.
We headed back on the QE and ran headlong into the longest bumper to bumper traffic imaginable. More construction had reduced us to one lane. It took us almost 2 hours to get home which is about double the time.
Speaking of construction, it seems that Ontario is in a maddening state of road repairs. What's worse is that many of the roads not under construction look absolutely dreadful. Did they wait too long to start repairs and now have no hope of keeping up with them? It really doesn't look good for the future.
Anyway, this was a lovely day to spend with my daughter. We talked and ate and played. She won some money. I lost some money. Just another day in paradise.
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