Dom as of late has not had any energy to do anything outside of staying at home. His neuropathy has been pretty bad and it takes all his energy just to get upstairs and shower and get dressed. He usually needs my assistance to put his socks and shoes on. But Dom had a rare moment this past Sunday where he actually wanted to get out of the house. He even suggested us going to the casino together where I can play some slots while he walks around the casino.
There was one catch though. Dom does not believe in me losing money and is of the school that if I'm even up $10 I should leave. I keep telling him that there is no guarantees of winning. I would say 95% of my casino trips are ones where I've donated (nicer way of saying I lost money...LOL) to keep the casino's electric bills paid. If I'm honest, it's closer to 99%. Leaving with a decent sum of money is a rare thing and days like I had last Thanksgiving is extra rare.
It's rare that Dom accompanies me to the casino. When he does, we're usually out of the casino in less than 30 minutes since he's bored once he makes his lap around the casino. But I noticed an interesting thing when Dom goes with me. It seems that my odds of leaving a winner increases. Yesterday was no exception. We went to the Four Winds Casino in New Buffalo, MI. Pretty much these days it's the only casino I go to (mostly because the Indiana casinos are smoke filled and the Illinois casinos are money pits). Plus Dom likes the layout of Four Winds better.
The first machine I went to called Brazil I was playing on $40 free play on. I managed to get two bonus games on the machine and scored a quick $180 win on. I moved around to a Wings Over Olympus game. I have not had any luck triggering the bonus on that game at all in the last couple years. I'm not sure why this time would be any different but I decided to give it a try.
Dom found me while I was playing machine #2. At the time I was up $160. I knew the minute he found out I was up he'd want to leave. He didn't disappoint. I was able to play it down to $150 without scoring a significant hit. It was then time to go. Dom is like my conscious sitting on top of my shoulder telling me it's time to go.
I will say I do not enjoy my hobby as much when he's with me but I looked at the bigger picture being grateful that he wanted to go out. He wanted to check out the beach and possibly get a walk in. We weren't able to find free parking so we kept on going.
We were hungry and wound up stopping at Shoreline Brewery & Restaurant in Michigan City, IN for a late lunch. I had an interesting moment when getting seated where I saw a gay couple sitting at a high table. I caught one of the guys checking me out and then having the other guy check me out. That guy didn't seem thrilled that his guy was looking at other guys and gave me a nasty look. The two left soon after Dom and I were both seated. Sadly Dom was oblivious to what was happening when I tried explaining. Nonetheless it's nice to know that I still can occasionally turn heads. I also had an encounter with another guy when I accidentally opened the door while he was coming out. He was sadly straight...LOL.
We had a good dinner though the winner for both of us were their onion rings. The batter they use on them is very good and crunchy. It's quite thick and doesn't easily fall apart which is a plus. Dom wanted an extra order which we took to go.
Overall it was a good day. I was glad that Dom wanted to venture out. He wound up being tuckered out once we got home and napped the rest of the day away. I may have drifted in and out as well. It's so much fun getting old.
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