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Things haven't been easy lately... I've been a little blue and trying to find a new job without succumbing to taking another call centre job... I don't want to deal with people over the phone anymore... It's a good thing I have my family for the little moments that make me smile and be thankful for what I do have.
The weekend has been a bit of a whirlwind for me - Friday night I took my sister to her sleep clinic, we went to a movie, then the Casino and ended up staying out all night only to pick my sister up from her sleep clinic appointment. Saturday we slept until about 2pm, and then later my mom brought her two lil yorkie puppies in for us to set up and look after for about a week and a half while she is away. And today I'm doing laundry, finished fixing up a cheerycraftpackage to go out in tomorrow's mail, and hanging out with Kay, Zack and the puppies.
I've had sleep apnea for about 2 years now and my sister's doctor wanted to rule it out for her so he scheduled a sleep clinic for her at the hospital for Friday night. We dropped her off at 10:30pm and as I know I've not enjoyed sleeping at the hospital - we told her we'd pick her up between 6 and 6:30am when she was supposed to be done. I know I appreciated it when Sean was there to pick me up the morning after so I was happy to do so for her.
From there we had decided to catch a late movie and following the movie, we decided to go to the Lac Leamy Casino in Hull. Since I had known I would be awake late and then early, I had taken a nap Friday afternoon so I wouldn't be too tired. Sean said he was okay so we travelled over to Hull. We didn't take much money with us, as with helping my sister and our bills, things have been pretty crazy money wise. We knew the less money we took, the less we could lose. We hadn't gone out on a date in a month or so, Sean and I like to do things together once in awhile without the whole family so we can have our time too as living with our niece and nephew can be a little crazy at times. It's nice and we always enjoy the time we spend together.
So when we arrived, Sean and I wandered over to find a seat for me at the horse track where I enjoy betting low with quarters and it is usually one place in the casino where you can play for some time without spending too much money. As well, the last time I went to the Casino in December, I won $170 on the horses so that's probably another reason I enjoy it. Once I had a seat (it's always full) and my $20 in quarters, Sean went off to play some Carribean poker. I played a few races and was happy when one of my bets paid off and I won 479 quarters. I figured this would be enough to play until close if we stayed that long.
A few races later, I had made a quinella bet on Cause I'm a Lady and Dr. Tom's Breezin (quinella is where you bet on the 2 horses that will finish first and second). For some reason I decided to bet 7 quarters on the 1-3 horses above because they had strong finishes in previous races, and the quinella odds were 338 for them to win the quinella. Well somehow I had chosen the right time to up my quarter bet - I won 1759 quarters... I was pretty much in shock. I didn't want to lose too much in continuing to play so I hit the pay out button. Usually for small payments this will start spitting the quarters out until the credits are done - well mine got to about 1500, then stopped and the service light came on. The floor manager came over and explained that when I was ready to cash out he would bring over my winnings and just to let them know. And then he returned with more quarters for the machine I was at.
So a few races later, I made another quinella bet with larger odds and my bet paid off - I won another 1000 or so in quarters... so this time I didn't want to push my luck - I was cashing out. So I decided to hit the pay out button again thinking this would send the floor manager over. Nope, it sent the quarters flying again. So when it was almost at 1800 and I had 2 buckets already pretty full on the side; I hit the button again and hit the service button as the man beside me who had won 4470 quarters had told me to do when I was a little flustered... lol... The floor manager and his manager came over and asked me to put 200 quarters back in to make 2000 quarters which they then told me they would bring me $500 dollars... I was even more flustered then as I hadn't really even thought about the math and just winning was enough to make me excited. The floor manager brought me my winnings which I promptly put in my purse.
As I thought the casino closed at 3am, and it was about 2:45 am when my winning were brought to me; I played a few more quarters - for good karma as I felt I should give a little bit back to keep me honest with my winnings. Then I picked up my purse which I clutched tightly to me, picked up my 2 buckets of quarters and went over to the cashier wicket to cash out and find Sean to tell him about my winnings and see if he was ready to leave. Well when I got to the cashier, the counter stopped at 155.00 so I thought that was the proceeds of my 2 buckets... and I was happy as that meant I made 635$ after my initial $20 of quarters. Not bad for an evening of fun. However, her counter machine was at $250 and full so she was just changing quarter bags... lol - turned out my 2 buckets of quarters totalled $298.75 - wow... I couldn't believe it.
I found Sean and when he asked how I had done - I told him I'd won $300 and the toonie and loonie the cashier gave me were his cut... he laughed and said well that's pretty good... then I laughed and told him about the $500 dollars I'd won a bit before that... He could see I was a bit excited and a lil nervous as I always am a little at the Casino.
So instead of going home, we went out to breakfast and read the newspaper so we could go pick up my sister at 6:30am and then go home to sleep for a few hours... We dropped the rest of the money off at the bank before breakfast and once we woke up Saturday afternoon, I paid some bills online and felt good about doing that with the money. We had takeout for dinner with my sister and except for a coffee run, some spending money for my sister and myself - that pretty much took care of the winnings... it just felt so good to worry less about some of the bills and to take the stress off of both my sister and Sean a little.
Well it will probably be another while before we go again, but definitely was an interesting night.
And as I said in the beginning of the entry - I do feel blessed, not just for winning money that helps out with things; but because I cannot go a day without smiling at something because of my family. Even when it's hectic, there is always something to smile about.
So here's a few verses from what I was listening to - the country mix I made a copy of for a fellow lj user's grandmother on cheerycraft - a few years back I probably would have never admitted that I enjoy country music - it just always has a story and is usually so heartfelt...
o/` I know she's not perfect but she tries so hard for me
And I thank God that she isn't 'cause how boring would that be
It's the little imperfections it's the sudden change in plans
When she misreads the directions and we're lost but holdin' hands
Yeah I live for little moments like that
When she's layin' on my shoulder on the sofa in the dark
And about the time she falls asleep so does my right arm
And I want so bad to move it 'cause it's tinglin' and it's numb
But she looks so much like an angel that I don't wanna wake her up
Yeah I live for little moments
When she steals my heart again and doesn't even know it
Yeah I live for little moments like that o/`
The weekend has been a bit of a whirlwind for me - Friday night I took my sister to her sleep clinic, we went to a movie, then the Casino and ended up staying out all night only to pick my sister up from her sleep clinic appointment. Saturday we slept until about 2pm, and then later my mom brought her two lil yorkie puppies in for us to set up and look after for about a week and a half while she is away. And today I'm doing laundry, finished fixing up a cheerycraftpackage to go out in tomorrow's mail, and hanging out with Kay, Zack and the puppies.
I've had sleep apnea for about 2 years now and my sister's doctor wanted to rule it out for her so he scheduled a sleep clinic for her at the hospital for Friday night. We dropped her off at 10:30pm and as I know I've not enjoyed sleeping at the hospital - we told her we'd pick her up between 6 and 6:30am when she was supposed to be done. I know I appreciated it when Sean was there to pick me up the morning after so I was happy to do so for her.
From there we had decided to catch a late movie and following the movie, we decided to go to the Lac Leamy Casino in Hull. Since I had known I would be awake late and then early, I had taken a nap Friday afternoon so I wouldn't be too tired. Sean said he was okay so we travelled over to Hull. We didn't take much money with us, as with helping my sister and our bills, things have been pretty crazy money wise. We knew the less money we took, the less we could lose. We hadn't gone out on a date in a month or so, Sean and I like to do things together once in awhile without the whole family so we can have our time too as living with our niece and nephew can be a little crazy at times. It's nice and we always enjoy the time we spend together.
So when we arrived, Sean and I wandered over to find a seat for me at the horse track where I enjoy betting low with quarters and it is usually one place in the casino where you can play for some time without spending too much money. As well, the last time I went to the Casino in December, I won $170 on the horses so that's probably another reason I enjoy it. Once I had a seat (it's always full) and my $20 in quarters, Sean went off to play some Carribean poker. I played a few races and was happy when one of my bets paid off and I won 479 quarters. I figured this would be enough to play until close if we stayed that long.
A few races later, I had made a quinella bet on Cause I'm a Lady and Dr. Tom's Breezin (quinella is where you bet on the 2 horses that will finish first and second). For some reason I decided to bet 7 quarters on the 1-3 horses above because they had strong finishes in previous races, and the quinella odds were 338 for them to win the quinella. Well somehow I had chosen the right time to up my quarter bet - I won 1759 quarters... I was pretty much in shock. I didn't want to lose too much in continuing to play so I hit the pay out button. Usually for small payments this will start spitting the quarters out until the credits are done - well mine got to about 1500, then stopped and the service light came on. The floor manager came over and explained that when I was ready to cash out he would bring over my winnings and just to let them know. And then he returned with more quarters for the machine I was at.
So a few races later, I made another quinella bet with larger odds and my bet paid off - I won another 1000 or so in quarters... so this time I didn't want to push my luck - I was cashing out. So I decided to hit the pay out button again thinking this would send the floor manager over. Nope, it sent the quarters flying again. So when it was almost at 1800 and I had 2 buckets already pretty full on the side; I hit the button again and hit the service button as the man beside me who had won 4470 quarters had told me to do when I was a little flustered... lol... The floor manager and his manager came over and asked me to put 200 quarters back in to make 2000 quarters which they then told me they would bring me $500 dollars... I was even more flustered then as I hadn't really even thought about the math and just winning was enough to make me excited. The floor manager brought me my winnings which I promptly put in my purse.
As I thought the casino closed at 3am, and it was about 2:45 am when my winning were brought to me; I played a few more quarters - for good karma as I felt I should give a little bit back to keep me honest with my winnings. Then I picked up my purse which I clutched tightly to me, picked up my 2 buckets of quarters and went over to the cashier wicket to cash out and find Sean to tell him about my winnings and see if he was ready to leave. Well when I got to the cashier, the counter stopped at 155.00 so I thought that was the proceeds of my 2 buckets... and I was happy as that meant I made 635$ after my initial $20 of quarters. Not bad for an evening of fun. However, her counter machine was at $250 and full so she was just changing quarter bags... lol - turned out my 2 buckets of quarters totalled $298.75 - wow... I couldn't believe it.
I found Sean and when he asked how I had done - I told him I'd won $300 and the toonie and loonie the cashier gave me were his cut... he laughed and said well that's pretty good... then I laughed and told him about the $500 dollars I'd won a bit before that... He could see I was a bit excited and a lil nervous as I always am a little at the Casino.
So instead of going home, we went out to breakfast and read the newspaper so we could go pick up my sister at 6:30am and then go home to sleep for a few hours... We dropped the rest of the money off at the bank before breakfast and once we woke up Saturday afternoon, I paid some bills online and felt good about doing that with the money. We had takeout for dinner with my sister and except for a coffee run, some spending money for my sister and myself - that pretty much took care of the winnings... it just felt so good to worry less about some of the bills and to take the stress off of both my sister and Sean a little.
Well it will probably be another while before we go again, but definitely was an interesting night.
And as I said in the beginning of the entry - I do feel blessed, not just for winning money that helps out with things; but because I cannot go a day without smiling at something because of my family. Even when it's hectic, there is always something to smile about.
So here's a few verses from what I was listening to - the country mix I made a copy of for a fellow lj user's grandmother on cheerycraft - a few years back I probably would have never admitted that I enjoy country music - it just always has a story and is usually so heartfelt...
o/` I know she's not perfect but she tries so hard for me
And I thank God that she isn't 'cause how boring would that be
It's the little imperfections it's the sudden change in plans
When she misreads the directions and we're lost but holdin' hands
Yeah I live for little moments like that
When she's layin' on my shoulder on the sofa in the dark
And about the time she falls asleep so does my right arm
And I want so bad to move it 'cause it's tinglin' and it's numb
But she looks so much like an angel that I don't wanna wake her up
Yeah I live for little moments
When she steals my heart again and doesn't even know it
Yeah I live for little moments like that o/`