So, Athica, Athip and I left Dallas for Las Vegas last Sunday. We stayed until Wednesday. We stayed at Aria, which is between Monte Carlo and Bellagio. Up until a few weeks ago, I had no idea that hotel even existed. The last time I was in Vegas, Planet Hollywood was called Aladdin.

Anyway, for people who don’t really go out and party at night and can’t gamble – there wasn’t much to do in Sin City. We walked around a lot. We ate a lot. We slept in a lot. It was pretty great. Well…that is until Athip got food poisoning. I’ll tell you about that in a second.

My siblings and I had planned on seeing a show. We had gone back and forth between a few of them. Ka (Cirque du Soliel), Vegas The Show, The Ultimate Variety Show and so on. We wanted to go see something entertaining and fun for the whole family. So on Monday night we saw Holly Madison’s Peep Show. Yep. Sure did. It was fun. Not what I expected though. I mean, yes, I expected to see boobs. However, when you see signs up everywhere saying “Starring Holly Madison”, you’re thinking it’s starring Holly Madison. It should have been more like, cameo appearance by Holly Madison. It was still good though don’t get me wrong. We got to see her boobs. We’ll call it a day.

Anyway, by the time the show ended and we got back to our hotel room, Athip was starting to complain about feeling puny. He soaked in the tub for a while and felt light headed when he got out. We thought all was good when we turned off the light and said goodnight. About a half hour later I was woken up by the sound of someone heaving and a loud splash coming from the bathroom. Poor Athip. He had projectile vomited all over the marble floor.

Just between you and me, it was the nastiest thing I’ve ever seen. Seeing as how Athica is working towards becoming Dr. Athica, I told her to take care of him and I’d clean up the puke. It took me a while to clean it up. Not because there was a lot of it, which there was, but because I had to take about 20 breaks. I almost added to the pile a couple of times.

So, Athip was super sick throughout the night. We should have known. The kid always gets food poisoning on vacation. That’s his bag. We think it was from eating at the _____ buffet. I won’t name names.

Anyway, Tuesday was pretty much a wash. We did nothing, but hang out in the hotel room. We all kind of just slept from exhaustion throughout that day. Athica and I did walk over to CVS and picked him up some necessities. Gatorade, aspirin, apple sauce and what not. Things that he would need while he was feeling puny.

I was kind of glad that Tuesday was a rest day. I was tired of all the walking around. I walked so much, I had to Ace bandage my right knee. Every time I lifted up my right leg, my knee would scream in pain.

By Wednesday (the day we were leaving) Athip felt a lot better. It was nice to go away with my siblings and have a mini vacation, but I was ready to come home. It’s not the same without the parents. Plus, I missed Boog and Jack.

It was around 80 degrees when we landed at DFW. The weather here has been so nice! It was hotter than a mother when we left for Vegas last weekend and now it’s really kind of mild. I hope this weather lasts. I can’t take much more of the 100+ degree weather!

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