My Vegas Trip: The Good & The Bad (and a few pics)

So my trip – here’s a nutshell!

Good: We got in town pretty easily, had a wonderful dinner of sushi, lobster spring rolls, miso soup and coconut chicken/rice at the Mirage.

Bad: My Internet didn’t work for shiz so I wasn’t able to blog, read blogs, etc. from the hotel. I’m tres behind but am SO excited to catch up with you guys!!

Good: Our first night here we saw the Beatles Love show at the Mirage. It was A. M. A. Z. I. N. G. I just couldn’t get over it. I was literally on the edge of my seat. It was much more of a musical and a story, and less about acrobatics. Although, don’t get me wrong, it had that, too. But I loved all of the dancing and the constant surprises and the evolution of the Beatles and their work and music. Such a wonderful story and beautiful tribute to one of my favorite bands. It was seriously the best show I’ve ever seen!!! After the show we hung out in the “Beatles Lounge” listening to their music, then headed back to Mandalay to the House of Blues Foundation room – which provided an AMAZING view of the strip and city.

Bad: I had a hard time making good food choices whilst here. Monday was good, but Tuesday was a little rough with Mexican food at lunch (Mandalay Bay’s Border Grill) and then dinner was at the House of Blues reception for our company so I had just a spoonful of a creamy pasta (maybe 8 bow ties all together?) and 2 triangles of a cheese quesadilla. Wednesday was a toughie too – breakfast burrito followed by salmon salad with pasta salad and then pizza. Sigh.

Good: Me and Stacy made it to the gym on Tuesday. We walked/ran 4.5 miles including C25K Week 3 Workout #2 and abs. It took 1 hour and 16 minutes, and burned 329 calories. The runs felt great and I’m SO excited about my progress so far.

Bad: We never made it back to the gym. And drinking, drinking, drinking. Monday I had 2 vodka drinks, 2 beers and 1 glass of wine. Tuesday I had 2 vodka drinks and 2 glasses of wine. It all adds up and I hated being so foggy during the week ya know? But honestly it was VERY much the thing to do and certainly lent itself to great networking opportunities.

Good: We got our job done! We did a great job rocking out what we came here to do. Me and Stace are a great team and it was fun to hang out!

Bad: The hours got longer and longer as the week went on and I ended up not being able to get together with my stepsister Jill. :( Also, I didn’t get to talk to Austin nearly as much as I wanted with the 3-hour time difference. Sad.

Good: Natasha Bedingfield played at last night’s event!

Bad: We had a 5:45 a.m. wake-up call and lots of work to do… we did not attend. :(

Good: The Mandalay Bay is a beautiful hotel! We liked it better than where we stayed last time, at the New York New York. Also – there was another event here – some TV conference so Hugh Laurie, the Modern Family actors and some other peeps were wondering around – pretty cool! Me and Stacy walked RIGHT by Manny’s mom – her voice was EXACTLY the same!

I’m going to end on a good note. I will say that I TOTALLY miss Austin and Reuben and my life and my routine. This event/hotel/etc. was just crazy smokey and anti-working out! haha I figure, it’s only once a year and then I’ll get back to it, right?

What do you do when you return from a series of high-calorie days?

Have you ever seen cirque de soliel? If so, what show and did you love it?!

K friends – I’m off to my LAST event, and then i'll be at the airport. I plan to read your blogs on the 4-hour plane ride - WOO! Please know that I HATED not being able to read about your worlds, post pictures, etc. – TOTAL boo!

Here are a few pics (just the work-related pics - my personal camera's upload cord is in Atlanta!)

conference shot

Me interviewing a salesperson

Stacy getting ready for her stand up

Stacy trying to upload our company blog to let employees back at corporate know what we're doing out here!

Another interviewing shot