A Little Shame, A Little Joy

So what do you do when you've been somewhere you shouldn't have been, done something you shouldn't have done, but it turned out so darned great?  You can't put it on Facebook so, thankfully, you have "the blog".

Not many people read my blog but remember I went to the casino a few days ago and only lost $4.10?  My reasoning is that it gives me a free pass to go again but I know my children don't approve.  I went back to the casino yesterday...and I came home $431 richer!  I won a huge bonus when I first got there and was able to play all day and still come home a big winner.  This rarely happens and certainly never this big a winner.  I'm so happy!  

I had another experience, too.  While having lunch, there was a young black lady sitting alone at the table next to me and I noticed she left her purse sitting on the floor when she went up to the buffet.  I mention she's black only because that was something I considered before speaking to her...was she prejudiced against white people?  Anyway, when she returned I motioned her over to my table and told her it wasn't safe to leave her purse alone at any time.  She thanked me politely and I noticed she had a strong accent so I'm assuming she's an immigrant.  I'd also thought this might be the case and that she might think safe old Canada was a whole lot safer than it is.  It's a strange feeling to have to worry that someone you speak to might hate you for the color of your skin, isn't it?  We white people are just becoming aware of that.

Back to my win...I don't even know how it happened.  I was on a bonus which often only gives you $4-5 and all of a sudden the bells went off and the screen lit up with fireworks.  Hot damn!  I knew that was a good sign but didn't know just how good it was because this is the first time it ever happened to me.  I'm going back to the casino on August 10th with Mary so I expect to win again.  We gamblers are so gullible!

Update:  2 of my 3 daughters read the blog and let me know they are happy for me.  The one who either hasn't read the blog or just isn't happy for me is the one who once dragged her boyfriend out of a casino.  I think that explains very clearly her opinion of casinos.  LOL!