Sunday, June 16, 2002 Happy Father's Day to all the daddy's out there!

my daddy has been through a whole lot in the last 15 years.  had a heart attack before he was 50, came out of a coma when all the doctors and nurses told us that he would not make it, and survived cancer barely before 60, put up with his mother who puts lies into her children's minds, plus he's put up with me for over 20 years.  haha. i have to admit he's an angerball most days, but i love him.  he has definately made me the stubborn headed person i am today, which i believe, makes me a stronger gal, but i'll always and forever be my daddy's little girl.

so sad that it's already sunday.  saturday flew by too fast.  we packed and checked out of silver legacy then headed to harrah's for brunch.  we love it there and always have brunch there before we leave reno.  they always have a good variety and an awesome omelette bar.  plus we had a dollar off with our harrah's card and complimentary mimosa's. mmmmmm...   they were really tasty, a great way to start the morning.  :P

i decided to just play the money i had gotten out of the atm, and just have fun with it instead of worrying about losing it.  i put $20 in the slots and came out even, walked around with a bucket of quarters, put a couple here, a couple there and then lost it all.  *dammit*  parkin and i sat down at a pai-gow table and i was doing really well for awhile.  i doubled, almost tripled my money, but then the dealer and the guy next to me noticed how good my cards were, then it went downhill from there.  i pulled out before i lost the rest of it.  parkin didnt' follow me tho, and came out of the pai-gow table then went straight to the roulette table.  *sigh*  we both came out in the negatives, but my negative wasn't as bad as his. hehe

we had a really good time nevertheless.  the two of us have been very snippy at each other for a couple of weeks and really needed a weekend to just be with one another.  i think that work was just stressing the both of us a lot.  so this weekend trip was very theraputic and relaxing for us both.  just what we needed, a get away from it all trip. <<parkin's ears were getting plugged while racing around the mountain, so i suggested he feign a yawn to unplug them.  it worked! since we hit some traffic around the sacramento area, i pulled out my tweezers and plucked away at my brows.  i've had a semi-mono-brow since way back before i can remember and like to pluck whenever i get a chance.  trust me, i will always find hairs to pluck.  i can spend forever finding hairs that i dont' think belong on me.  parkin even let me pluck off all of his finger hairs!  hella fun, hella fun.  he didnt' have a whole lot to pluck, so it only took a few minutes.  i love plucking, it's a challenge, especially in a moving vehicle.  we stopped by the emeryville ranch 99, picked up a few things and headed to sf to have father's day dinner with my family and my brother's in-laws at noriega's jumbo.    <<me, my brother and dad outside of jumbo waiting for our table. so sad that the weekend is over. *boo* hope y'all had good ones!

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