Star Trek: the continuing saga

So I told Max about The Experience closing doors and gave him the option of going this year, before it closes and no big Vegas convention this year or next; or continuing with the original plan. He chose to go this year - to experience The Experience before there is no Experience to experience!

Many many thanks are extended to the Grandmas Deluxe for providing a Grandma Grant that will allow us to take this trip. My sister also happens to be in great need of assistance. She lives in eastern Mohave Desert California and expecting her 4th child in August. It seems no one is brave enough to take care of her 10 yo, 3 yo, almost 2 yo boys, 2 dogs, and 1 kitten for two days and nights while she and hubby are in the hospital. Enter Super Sister to the rescue! Able to corral creeping critters, soothe screaming siblings, and cook nutritional meals in a single skillet. (I can't keep the house clean though - that's up to Fly Lady.)

Max and I will depart for Las Vegas the second week of August and drive to California where my sister will promptly enter the hospital and have a silent, serene, swift delivery. We will entertain the pets and walk the children for a couple of days, ooo and ahhh over the baby for another day. Then back to Vegas we go to experience The Experience.

I'm a huge Hell's Kitchen and Top Chef fan, so we may try to eat a meal at Rock's restaurant. Definitely will be eating at Quark's and any Wolfgang Puck restaurant. We want to go up in the Stratosphere and be at the top and I don't know what else.

This time, when I take pictures with Klingons and Ferengi, I will have them actually printed and not stored on my computer like I did the last time. Only to have them all completely lost due to a lightening storm power surge computer crash 2 months after they were taken.

We are really looking forward to this trip! It will be wonderful to see family and my new niece as well as say goodbye to a very big part of our world. Those who are Trekkies would understand - there is a lot of emotion involved, sort of like a Playoff football game. My only regret is that Blaise won't be able to go and he is a huge fan.