4 days

Less than one week remains until I leave for Las Vegas!  Four days to be precise.  I am about halfway packed, but I am so busy over the next few days that it's going to be hard to get everything done.  Tomorrow after work  I'm meeting some friends to deal all the variations of poker to them so that I stay sharp before the series starts.  Friday is the party for Bamboo's and Polly's first birthday.  I know it's weird to hold doggy b-day parties, but we're celebrating anyway.  Saturday morning is our last dealing class at the Casino College.  Then Jessica and I are driving to Brentwood to my nephew Jimmy's b-day party.  After that, we're driving back to Sacramento to Jess' mom's place to celebrate her youngest brother's b-day.  Saturday is going to be busy!  Then Sunday I'm finally picking up the grill my parents gave me and we're having a BBQ.  All in all, a ton of stuff going on, and I still need to do laundry and pack!  I probably won't post again until Monday night or Tuesday when I'm actually in Vegas and the journal officially begins!