9 TO 5

I’VE BEEN RETIRED SINCE JANUARY, AND OF COURSE THAT STICKS OUT THIS WEEK AS MARY RETURNS TO SLAPP’IN JACKS IN THE CASINO. TODAY I DID 9 TO 5. YUP, I LEFT HOME AT 9AM ON MY SCOOTER AND DIDN’T RETURN UNTIL 5 PM.

THE SCOOTER GETS USED A LOT MORE IN THE MOHAVE VALLEY THAN ON THE MOUNTAIN, AND YESTERDAY THE ODOMETER ROLLED OVER TO 6,000 MILES.

FIRST THING WAS A DENTIST APPOINTMENT ALL THE WAY ACROSS TOWN AT 10AM. NEXT WAS A HAIRCUT AT 11:30AM. HMMM…… IT’S AFTER 11 AM GUESS IT’S TIME TO STOP AT JESTER’S FOR A BEER ($2.00). NEXT IT WAS ACROSS THE RIVER AND A STOP AT THE MALL. I DID A “WALK ABOUT” IN LAUGHLIN TO SEE WHAT’S CHANGED AT THE LOCAL CASINOS, AND STOPPED AT THE REGENCY TO LOOSE $10 IN A SLOT MACHINE AND HAVE A BEER ($10).

AFTER LAUGHLIN IT WAS DOWN RIVER TO BAY SHORE WHERE THE BEER WAS $1.75, BUT I HAD FOUR SIXES DEALT TO ME IN VIDEO POKER SO I WON 400 NICKLES ($20).

LAST STOP WAS THE AVI CASINO TO LAUGH AT MARY STANDING BEHIND A BLACKJACK TABLE AND THEN HOME.

NOT A BAD DAY, 9 TO 5. 70 MILES ON THE SCOOTER AND MORE GOOD NEWS, GAS FELL TO $1.96/GAL. IT COST ME $2 TO FILL ‘ER UP.

MARY’S OFF TODAY, SO IT’S BACK TO WORK, STARTING WITH SEVERAL LOADS OF LAUNDRY.

“SUNNY & 73”