Basketball

Since moving home I have started as an assistant varsity basketball coach at Sheldon for the girls team. It's been forever since I've really played basketball so I have a ton to remember, but it's slowly coming back. We're putting in a whole new offense this year which means we're in for a lot of work and it also means I have more to learn! Games start in less than a week so hopefully we're ready!

Back in Eugene

Well I made it home safely and I'm still working for Boeing which means I didn't hit the jackpot in Vegas! We had a lot of fun on the drive. It took us 5.5-6 hours to get from Scottsdale to Vegas because of the traffic. We hit Phoenix at the wrong time to get out of town and spent most of the time not moving! However, once we got outside city limits it wasn't too bad. One of my favorite parts of the whole trip was driving through the Hoover Dam. That sounds really corny and I never realized how cool a dam could be, but it was impressive! I would love to go back for a tour sometime...

We got to Vegas late and pulled into our hotel around 11:00 I think. We were staying at Planet Hollywood so we decided to stick around there for the night. After checking into our room, we went down to the casino to do a little gambling and to have a drink. The great thing about Vegas is that you get free drinks when you gamble so we wanted to take advantage of that! However, we quickly realized that the waitresses weren't exactly frequenting the nickel slot machines so we decided to buy a drink ourselves. That was a BIG mistake! Two drinks (a beer and a malibu w/ pineapple) came to $20! So, for the rest of the weekend we figured out how to work the casino floor a little better to get our free drinks and we never paid for another drink again! I played the blackjack tables 3 times and walked away even for the weekend, which I thought was pretty good. If you've never played at a table in Vegas before, I must say it's a little intimidating so I was proud of myself :)

Other than gambling we spent a lot of time just walking around the strip since my mom had never been there before. We went to the Bellagio, the Venetian, Caesar's Palace, MGM Grand, New York New York and the Exaclibur. I thought that was pretty good when we were basically only there for a day. We had a lot of fun and I'm glad we drove that way to get home! I'll try to post some pictures soon.

We left Vegas on Sunday and drove all the way from Vegas to Eugene that day. Let me tell you, that is one trip I don't really want to make again. 15.5 hours in the car was more than enough for me! It definitely helped having two people to drive but by the end, it doesn't matter if your driving or just the passenger, you just want to get out of the car! We stopped by a Starbucks in Susanville, CA which really helped keep us awake for the rest of the trip. We were blessed to have no car problems so that was very nice. I haven't really seen much of Nevada or Northern CA so it was nice to see some different countryside along the way.

Now I'm home and trying to get settled in...kinda strange being that it's been 7 years since I've lived here! I'm working virtually for Boeing now and will hopefully find another job soon...I'm keeping my fingers crossed and know something will work out!