My mom and I went to Vegas over J-term break. Overall, I had a great time. We went through at least half of the hotels/casinos and it was fun just walking up and down the strip and gambling with my mom. We don't usually get to do things with just us so it was nice. We went to see Seinfeld stand up, which was amazing. Obv, he is extremely funny and he does it without swearing. We played a lot of blackjack switch at Casino Royale because it was a cheaper game and it was very funny and interesting. It was very crowded because it was Super Bowl weekend, so I'm not really sure how Vegas is on a normal weekend (FU Giants). We bet on some games, relaxed, and had a good time. It was a nice break from school. The airport was an interesting experience and below I typed out what happened (I typed this as it was happening so I wouldn't forget it).
"•Lady at baggage checkin: said that flight was cancelled when we knew it wasn't cancelled but other chicago ones were.. after a debate she admit that it was still going to go but delayed a half hour.
•We got to our gate and waited as our flight was delayed from 4:40 up til 7:30.
•Then someone noticed that our flight had changed gates but the workers claimed that this was our gate. After 20 mins they realized that we had moved to gate 11.
•We moved to gate 11 and after at least a half hour, the flight crew got on the plane and it felt like we were about to board (probably 7:40)
•Then they said that this one was canceled so we rushed back to gate 11 (another chicago flight) right after this one was going off around 8:15
•We got tickets for this flight and eventually got onto the plane around the time we were supposed to leave.
•We got seated and I noticed that the bags were being taken off the plane after they were put on. This made me suspicious
•Right after that they said that the flight was canceled so we got off and figured we ere screwed
•We stood in line for about 20-30 mins waiting to get our tickets back and to find out other options or other flights. (they kept our bags and said that they would send them to chicago the next day on the first flight, which is illegal)
•After taking with the nice woman for 30 mins we found a flight to Albuquerque that departed at 10:25 (it was delayed from 9:10), so we took the last two seats.
•The plane was a little late (10:40), but we were almost onto the plane then they said that we had to go back because we were delayed because of more fog.
•After about an hour we were able to get going and it took about 1 hr 20 min to get there. it's 2:54 now and we are waiting to see if we can get onto a flight at 7:40 to Chicago
•We got to the terminal around 4:40, and waited in line for about hr 20 mins then we got on the standby list. I took a nap and we then knew that we were headed to chi midway at 7:40
• Flight was actually on time, but our bags weren't there bc the flight from LV hadn't come in yet. We ended up waiting about 2 hrs for our bags, but my mom's bag didn't come in so it took another 1/2 hr to fill out complaint forms. It took another 1/2 hr to fill out complaint forms."
J-term was great. The class was very easy and enjoyable. This semester hasn't been fun so far. The MWF classes seem like they could take a lot of work and I feel stupid compared to some of the others in that class. Oh well, guess I'll see what I can do.
Thanks for the trip, Mom. I had a great time.
R.I.P. Illini
You are a lot better than I'll ever be.
