Wetlook World Forum

I have been to Six Flags Magic Mountain and it's adjacent Hurricane Harbor waterpark several times this year.  This year I got to go to the California Extreme classic arcade show in Santa Clara.  The Friday before I went to California's Great America, which includes a waterpark. Amusement parks provide lots of wetlook sightings on river rapids and flume rides. I went to Las Vegas back in May and lost $130.  I have been doing good during most of my weekly or more often visits to my favorite Indian casino, which gives me $5 free play plus a blackjack $5 match play every time I go.  By taking advantage of their promos, and then playing penny slots one line one credit, I have a net WIN of $423 year to date there!  Next Sunday I am going on my first ever (since being old enough to gamble) trip to Reno.  I will be there until the following Friday.  I will play $1 craps and roulette and $2 blackjack at the Western Village.  I will go to Wingfield Park and hopefully see some fully clothed women in the Truckee River (and get in the river myself).

All has not been good this year.  I have had to spend over $2200 for a root canal and 2 crowns on my teeth.  In early May I had to go to the emergency room.  I was having shortness of breath and dizziness and thought I was having a heart attack.  The enzyme test showed that I definitely did not have a heart attack.  Totat out of pocket cost: $424.  My dog chewed on a Raid roach bait and had to be rushed to the emergency vet at 3am one night.  They were able to give him shots that saved his life (I lost a dog to cancer last year.  Search the archives for that story.  Losing another dog this year would have been horrible).  One of my cars just required $475 worth of repairs.  My other car needed new brakes for $350.   Altogether I have racked up over $3000 in credit card debt, and the Reno trip will add even more.   I was very tempted to abandon my low roller strategy and put a $100 bill in a dollar slot machine and try to hit a jackpot and get out of debt quickly and easily.  Fortunately I resisted that temptation.  

Well, that's it for now.  Hopefully a wild, winning, and wet week awaits in Reno.