It was a big day in Atlantic City for me, Andrea, my mom, my Aunt Nancy, and my Aunt Barb and Uncle Nick. It started with all you can eat seafood (a delicious buffet experience that started with a lot of butter and ended with piles of chocolate.) My full belly and $2 win on the lottery tickets my mom gave me for my birthday should have prepared me for what came next...
For the first time EVER I did not have a miserable gambling experience. I usually sit in front of the slot machines and get sadder and sadder while the balance on my little ticket thing gets lower and lower. I play the slots because they are the only ones I understand (and don't fear). In fact, I can only play the quarter slots, because the nickle and penny slots are somehow VERY expensive and the dollar slots are definately very expensive (my $20 ticket does not last long there). This time, although I didn't get an a-cha from my mom at any point during the trip, with the family there I played the big wheel with the dollars on it. Playing as a group is great, because no matter what number it lands on someone you know wins! So while Andrea played the table, I siphoned her winnings away and we walked away up a couple bucks (although I think Uncle Nick supplied the seed money so it doesn't really count). And finally at the end of the day I hit it big ($19 big!) on the slot machines. That's success right there.
Here's the photo album - aren't we a good looking group?
