1. Like Ishmael, in the opening chapter of Moby Dick, whenever I find myself growing grim about the mouth; whenever I find myself involuntarily pausing before coffin warehouses, and bringing up the rear of every funeral I meet; and especially whenever my hypos get such an upper hand of me, that it requires a strong moral principle to prevent me from deliberately stepping into the street, and methodically knocking people's hats off -- then I account it high time to jump into the Camry, roar out to Kingston, pick up Ed, and head to Winning Wednesday at the Coeur d'Alene Casino.
2. As far as spinning reels, it was not a Winning Wednesday for me.
Luckily, these trips are about more than winning or losing some money.
Ed and I got in some seriously fine yakking going down and coming back.
Even as my luck was lousy, I enjoyed escaping into the machines' fun and often funny animation and sounds. I bounced between old classic machines that have been around for years and newer games that have recently come out, but it was just one of those days when things just didn't spin my way.
We ended our visit with a delicious lunch at the casino's Red Tail Bar and Grill. I totally enjoyed eating Buffalo Hot Wings with a half a Caesar salad and washing it all down with a non-alcoholic Heineken beer.
3. Back in Valley Cottage, New York, Debbie is with Patrick and Meagan, Adrienne and her children, Molly's family, and the adult kids' dad. Debbie has been very good about texting me and Christy and Carol pictures of everyone and updates on things going on as everyone prepares for two dinners: a turkey dinner on Thanksgiving and a steak dinner on Friday to celebrate the birthdays of Jack and David. It's fun to vicariously join in by reading Debbie's updates and enjoying the pictures she's sent.
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