The last weekend in October Fred and I did an overnight in Las Vegas.
Fred has a retired Civilian Military ID that he had to renew at Nellis Air Force Base.
While he was there doing that, he learned there is a Base in Cedar City we can go to next time.
Anyway back to the story. I took a half day off work and we drove to Vegas.
It was a little stressful worrying about getting to the Base on time.
Wondering if the line would be super long, but everything worked out okay.
So next we headed to our hotel.
Checking in was a bit of a nightmare, but it all worked out.
Next we headed to The Rio where the show was that we had tickets to.
We decided just to eat dinner at one of their restaurants because we didn't want to be late.
We wandered around. Not much to choose from really.
Plus we actually were a little keyed up from the stress of the military badge thing,
the checking in hassles etc etc....
So we didn't really feel up to trying anything new or unknown.
We played it safe with Smashburger. We knew we would like it.
Burgers and fries are comfort food. We needed that.
We decided to order an Oreo shake to share.
Fred went up to order it and came back and said they were out of Oreos.
What the heck?
So we ordered a Salted Caramel Shake.
We both took a taste and Fred said "it tastes like coffee".
We sat there thinking now what? Did they make a mistake?
Pretty soon one of the workers brings us another one so we thought, oh we accidentally got someone else's order. We asked if there was coffee in it and she said yes.
So that was the end of our treat.
On to the show. It was very good, but definitely not a Big Headliner.
We were three rows back on the main floor.
We enjoyed it a lot.
Here we are.
In October I started a group I named my "Creative Circle". I'm doing it through the Relief Society.
It's my contribution to providing a way for the sisters to get together. We need more opportunities.
Plus, I wanted to take charge for myself. I did this back in Bremerton with some of my closest friends. Basically we got together every month and took turns coming up with an activity to do together. At the first meeting at my home, there were 20 women who came.
So that tells you there is a need.
Our first activity was dinner at an Italian restaurant in town called Cappelletti's.
Now our turn out for the evening was small, but that was okay. Not everyone can come to the events.
I won't orchestrate something like this again. It was too much hassle.
I invited Becky from work.
After dinner, we headed to one of our High School's to see their musical production of
The Sound of Music. This is the rest of our group.
The production was so good. I'm always amazed at the talent of young people.
The singing was so good and the casting was spot on from the movie!!
Then this last weekend my "ministering sisters" had an extra ticket for Time Out For Women and invited to me go with them. I was so happy about that. I waited too long to get a ticket.
As I wandered about the tables looking at stuff to buy, I ran into Kathleen Francom from Bremerton.
We instantly saw each other and starting talking, but I knew she couldn't remember my name and I was struggling to come up with hers. It did finally come to me. Isn't that just weird? You can be friends with someone for so many years, but being apart the names go. It was just so terrific to run into Kathleen.
It was a really fun day with my friends. I love that I'm living a new life here in St. George.
New people and places. New experiences. I feel blessed!!
