NASCAR AND NO SLEEP

THIS PAST WEEKEND ZACH AND I HEADED TO LAS VEGAS. WE LEFT THURSDAY EARLY AFTERNOON AND ARRIVED IN SUNNY VEGAS. WE STAYED WITH OUR FRIENDS THE LAMARRS. THE FIRST NIGHT ZACH HUNG OUT WITH THEIR KIDS GOOFING OFF WHILE CATHY AND I WENT TO A GIRLS OUT WINE PARTY. WE HAD FUN BUT DIDN'T GET HOME TILL LATE IN THE EVENING. THEN WE HAD TO GO TO THE STORE TO GET FOOD FOR THE NEXT DAY. CATHY HAS CONNECTIONS AND GOT US HOOKED UP WORKING AT THE NASCAR RACES. THEY PAY YOU $200 A DAY. CATHY , MYSELF, AND HER TWO GIRLS HAD TO BE AT THE TRACK BY 6AM. WE WORKED AT THIS CUTE BOOTH SELLING SHIRTS, HATS, AND ALL KINDS OF TRINKETS. THE FIRST DAY WAS A LITTLE SLOW DUE TO IT WAS ONLY QUALIFICATIONS. NOT VERY MANY PEOPLE COME THIS DAY. WE HAD FUN. IT WAS A LONG DAY WE WORKED TILL 6 AND GOT HOME AROUND 9. THE TRAFFIC WAS NOT TOO BAD. HERES A COUPLE PICTURES OF THE TRACK AND DRIVERS TRUCKS.THIS PICTURE SHOWS THE DRIVERS GARAGE. LOOK AT ALL THE TRUCKS. IT JUST AMAZED ME. AND THESE MOTORHOMES ARE NOT CHEAP EITHER. CAN YOU SAY MONEY!I TOOK THIS PICUTRE SO YOU COULD SEE ALL THE MOTORHOMES LINED UP ALL THE WAY AROUND THE TRACK ON THIS ONE SIDE.IT WAS CRAZY!THIS SHOWS YOU SOME MORE RVS THAT PARK ON THE INSIDE OF THE TRACK. EVERYONE PARKED IN HERE GO TO THE TOP OF THEIR RVS AND WATCH THE RACE FROM THE ROOFTOPS. SATURDAY ZACH AND AUSTIN CAME AND THEY GOT INTO THE RACE FREE AND VOLUNTEERED A COUPLE HOURS STUFFING PROGRAM BAGS. THEY STUFFED CLOSE TO 1100.THE REST OF THE DAY THE BOYS HUNG OUT AND WALKED AROUND. CATHY AND I WERE MUCH BUSIER THIS DAY. IT WAS THE SAMS TOWN RACE. THERE WERE MAYBE 100,000 PEOPLE THERE THIS DAY. MY MOM, DAD, BROTHER ,AND HIS GIRLFRIEND ARE REALLY BIG INTO NASCAR. THEY ATTEND THE NASCAR RACES EVERY YEAR HERE IN VEGAS. IT WAS NICE THAT THEY FOUND ME AND CAME TO SAY HI WHENEVER THEY COULD. I HAD THEM TAKE PICTURES OF THE PARKING LOT. HERE IS A PIC OF MY DAD.MOST PEOPLE HANG OUT AND TAILGATE. THEY COOK THEIR MEALS OUT HERE AND MINGLE WITH OHTERS. THIS IS MY BROTHER AND HIS GIRLFRIEND. HERE IS THE DALE EARNHART TERRACE THAT I WORKED IN FOR THE WEEKEND. ME AND ZACH. HERE IS CATHY AND ME HAVING OUR MORNING COFFEE. WE WOULD GO OUT AND ENJOY THE MORNING SUN AND PEACEFUL TIME BEFORE THE GATES OPENED.
AFTER THE SATURDAY RACE I WENT WITH MY PARENTS AND BROTHER DOWN TO FREEMONT STREET AND OUT TO DINNER. ZACH WENT HOME WITH CATHY TO HANG OUT WITH AUSTIN. WE HAD FUN AT FREMONT STREET I GAMBLED A LITTLE. OF COUSRE I LOST EVERYTHING I PUT IN. ANDY AND MICHELE GAMBLED AS WELL BUT DID BETTER THAN ME. OH WELL! IT WAS FUN TO HANG OUT WITH MY FAMILY AND GET INTO VEGAS FOR LITTLE WHILE. THEY TOOK ME BACK TO CATHYS PLACE AROUND 12.30AM. I WAS SO TIRED AND SHOULD HAVE KNOWN BETTER TO STAY OUT SO LATE. WE HAD TO BE OUT AT THE TRACK NO LATER THAN 6AM. WHICH MEANS WE HAD TO LEAVE BY 5AM. WHICH MEANS UP BY 4AM.!! YEAH TELL ME ABOUT IT! LOL....SUNDAY WAS C R A Z Y !!!! THERE WERE OVER 180,OOO PEOPLE... AND MOST OF THEM WERE REDNECKS!!!!YEP....REDNECKS....NO TEETH....DIRTY CLOTHES....LOTS OF DRUNKS...LOTS TO LOOK AT.!!!OUR BOOTH WAS CRAZY BUT IN CONTROL. IT WAS A FUN DAY!! TIME WENT BY FAST. BY MID DAY THOUGH I GOT ONE OF THOSE TIRED HEADACHES THAT WOULD NOT GO AWAY..WE HAD A FLIGHT THAT LEFT AT 9:10 PM. WE WERE STILL DOING INVENTORY BY 8PM. WE LEFT THE TRACK AT 8:40PM. YEP, TRAFFIC WAS WELL, I AM SPEECHLESS.... WE GOT TO THE AIRPORT AT 10:30PM. WE HAD MISSED OUR FLIGHT! AFTER DEALING WITH STUPID AIRPORT PEOPLE WE GOT HOME AT 12.30AM. THE AIRPORT TOLD US WE HAD TO BE BACK AT AIRPORT TO GET ON STANDBY BY 4AM. WHY GO TO BED HUH!!? SO ME AND CATHY WENT DOWN TO A PUB AND HAD A COUPLE DRINKS AND HAD BREAKFAST. WE GOT HOME AROUND 1.30AM. I PACKED AND GOT INTO BED AT 2. WAS BACK UP AT 3 SO WE COULD LEAVE HER HOUSE BY 3.45. ZACH AND I WERE AT THE AIRPORT BY 4AM. THE LINES WERE CRAZY. THIS AIRPORT WAS BUSY FOR THIS EARLY IN THE MORNING. WE WERE 1 AND 2 FOR STANDBY FOR ANY FLIGHT GOING TO SALT LAKE. WE HEADED DOWN TO OUR GATE AND ZACH SLEPT 0N THE FLOOR FOR A COUPLE HOURS AND I OF COURSE WAS TOO STRESSED OUT TO SLEEP. WELL NEEDLESS TO SAY THAT NO ONE WAS MISSING THEIR FLIGHT SO ZACH AND I HAD THE CHOICE TO HANG OUT IN THE AIRPORT AND SEE IF WE COULD FIND A FLIGHT THAT SOMEONE DOESN'T SHOW UP FOR OR CALL MY PARENTS AND DRIVE BACK WITH THEM. I CHOOSE CALLING MY PARENTS. ITS NOW 9 AM I AM SICK TO MY STOMACHE, SOOOO TIRED AND I AM CRYING . MY BROTHER AND PARENTS COME PICK US UP AND WE DRIVE BACK. WE GOT TO SLC AIRPORT LAST NIGHT BY 7 , FOUND OUR LUGGAGE, SHUTTLED OVER TO THE CAR AND WE WERE HOME BY 8PM. IT WAS SO GOOD TO BE HOME !!!! WE HAD A VERY BUSY WEEKEND. ZACH HAD A FUN TIME WITH ALL THE KIDS. I ENJOYED MY FIRST NASCAR AND HAD A GOOD TIME WITH CATHY. WHO NEEDS SLEEP WHEN YOU CAN HAVE AN ADVENTURE !!!!!