Weekend in St. Louis

I'm working in Illinois for 2 weeks. It's too far to go home for the weekend, so I decided to go to St. Louis, MO for the weekend. I put a bid on a room through Priceline and got a $40 room at a Holiday Inn Holidome. When you bid on a room like this, they usually give you a less than prime room. My room was fine, but it faced the parking lot rather than the indoor pool. There are 2 nice casinos in St Louis. (Now you know why I chose St. Louis for the weekend). I played $3/$6 hold em Friday night for a couple hours and won $20. Saturday morning I drove to the St Louis Arch. I was in St. Louis about 20 years ago for a training seminar and tried to ride up to the top of the arch one evening but it was closed. I remember the trip distinctly because I was with 2 other guys and we took the bus through the ghetto to get there, so that was exciting. This weekend's attempt was also a failure because the tram ride to the top of the arch was sold out. After that attempt I went back to the casino and played all day Saturday and won $250. Then I play a couple hours on Sunday before driving back to Illinois and won another $60. It was a good weekend. I work through Thursday this week and then head home for a week off before the next job in Michigan.

Still in Ohio

I'm in Ohio to work so not much exciting going on yet. I worked a couple weeks in NW Ohio. Tomorrow (Sunday) I head for Illinois. It's a 9 hour trip so I'll stay in Illinois next weekend since it's a 2-week job. Then I have a week off, and then a 3-week job in Michigan. After that, Nan and I will pick up the RV in North Carolina. Yesterday I had one of those "Why am I here" thoughts as I watched 8 inches of snow pile up outside.