I’m sitting in my hotel room right now, hoping that I can fit all the shit I bought in my suit case. It’s going to be tight.

Anyway, just winding down my first trip to LA. Work wise, it was a really productive week. Got done what I wanted to, even though the schedule was a little crappy at the beginning of the week. I flew into Baton Rouge airport on Sunday night and I had to drive up to Lafayette which is where my hotel was. It’s a little over an hour drive. The problem with that is that I was working at our Baton Rouge store first thing Monday morning, and I had to be there by 7:30am. So I woke up on Monday, and drove the hour+ back down to Baton Rouge. I worked that day, then headed back to Lafayette to the hotel. I was at the Lafayette store first thing Tuesday morning, worked there all day, then I left at 6pm to drive up to Bossier City, which is a 3.5 hour drive. I arrived sometime Tuesday night, and was at the Bossier City store first thing Wednesday morning.

I had no idea what kind of town that Bossier City was. This place is friggin great! Our store is located on whats called the “Louisiana Boardwalk” which is an area of stores and bars/restaurants on the river that runs through the city. You park in the garage, and just walk around the cobble stone streets to all the stores. It’s sweet. There is an Adidas factory store, a Nike factory store, Banana Republic outlet, and a ton of other cool stores. You walk down to the river, and our store is right on the water. This store is awesome. We have a patio with a bunch of tables, and a full bar with a view of the river and city that is kick ass. Especially at night when the casinos and the bridge are lit up. Speaking of casinos, I had no idea that there were casinos here. Binions Horseshoe, Boomtown, Sams Town, The Elderado and Diamond Jacks all have casino/hotels here. It’s great. On Thursday, I went to our Shreveport store and worked, and when I was finished, I did a few things at Bossier City, did some shopping then headed back to the hotel. I was sitting here and I decided to shoot over to some of the casinos, just to get $1 chips from them, which I collect. I went to Horseshoe, then to Boomtown, and when I went to Diamond Jacks I noticed that all these places have $5 minimums. So I figured, what the hell, I’ll play let it ride for a bit. I sat down, and ended up losing $80. However, when I was sitting there the pit boss asked me if I had a card. I said that I didn’t, and she made me get one because of a “hot seat” give away they are doing. I said fine, and what do you know, 30 minutes later someone came up to me and said that I had won, and she handed me $250! So I dropped the $80 at let it ride, but won $250 on their give away and said fuck it, and left. Not bad.

I fly out tomorrow morning, but with a lay over in Dallas, and the time change, I won’t be home till sometime early evening. Back to the cold weather and snow and shit. Did I mention that it was 70 and sunny here the past two days?