Glen's Reward After All That Work

Glen decided to treat himself to something fun to look forward to after the big moving, home-improvement trip came to an end. He was exhausted and was anxious to spend a few days just sitting. Doing nothing. Nothing except watching nonstop basketball games. In Vegas for the West Coast Conference Championship games.

Glen paid extra so he could get good seats close to center court. And just look at these "good seats" we got! They were smashed up against the back wall as if the whole row were an afterthought. 

Someone thought to themselves, "Hmmm. There is enough room to put in a row of stadium seats, and surely the paying customers won't realize they have been shortchanged a full foot of leg space. And surely the people sitting in front of them won't mind the back row's knees in their backs.

No exaggeration when I say there was only my hand-width of space between our chair cushion and the back of the chair in front of us. It was HORRIBLE!!!!!!!

Thankfully the women's games were general seating. Surprised to learn we chose not to sit in our assigned seats for those?!?

BYU women were on fire and won the game.

Let's face it--Glen was looking forward to the games and I was looking forward to the buffets. Our favorite is the Wynn buffet.

You can tell the difference in Glen's plates and my plates. Mine are filled with colorful food and his are plain and mostly meat.

WOW! It looks like we ate a whole lot after posting all those plates of food. Well let's face it--we did! It was our only meal of the day.

We like that the tournament takes the Sabbath day off. We decided to attend a Spanish-speaking fast and testimony meeting to practice what we will be doing on our mission. I could understand some of the words. Still can't understand whole sentences very often. Feels like I still have a whole lot more to learn.

Out of all these fancy desserts...

...I picked sorbet and he picked mint chocolate chip gelato. He did surprise me with the chocolate-covered pretzel stick.

Another favorite thing for me to do while in Vegas is go to see the display at the Bellagio Conservatory and Gardens. This time it was a Chinese theme.

The framed plant artwork is usually magnificent, but this one was quite boring and disappointing.

It just wouldn't be Sunday without popcorn and candy. When we checked in we were given coupons for free popcorn from the movie theater located right there in The Orleans Casino where we were staying. We brought the candy from home.

The next morning Glen donned his "lucky socks" (which had been handed out to the fans at the last game he attended at BYU).

 The socks proved their luck and the BYU women won several games. Too bad they didn't win the championship game.

Another buffet--this time at the Rio. It was a bit disappointing to us, so we decided to scout out a whole new buffet for the next day.

 Unfortunately BYU men lost to Gonzaga. It seems like Gonzaga wins every year. Sheesh!!

Off we went to Cravings Buffet at The Mirage. We had never been there before and had a nice time trying out a new spot to eat.

Glen bugged the front desk for another coupon and this time upgraded to a large popcorn for an extra $1.80. He thought that was a wonderful deal.

Despite our horrible seats, when we were sitting in better seats and able to stretch out our legs a bit, it was a pretty enjoyable trip. Glen's poor, aching body was recovering--all except his smashed thumb which was causing him continual grief.

We were both happy the relaxing trip came after the hard-working trip. Good planning!!!