Day Eight - Everything Costs a Lot

I spent $67 yesterday. I'm not completely happy with it, not even really a little, but this entire town conspires to take all your money. I didn't lose any money on gambling, even though we all played a dollar on one machine in each casino we visited. The big thing is that food and drinks are ridiculous here. $21 dollars for a buffet, $8 for a Wendy's value meal, and $16 for a hurricane. That adds up in a hurry. I don't think I'll be spending as much the next few days, but needless to say, I think a few nights in Vegas goes a long way.

I finished working on the Weber book yesterday and did my final note taking. Today or tomorrow I'll go back and try to come up with summaries for the first few chapters from my notes, but I've got to look over my presentation for this conference I'm presenting at.

No running here. It's actually kind of impossible. There's just no where on the strip to do it. I'm a little disappointed, because it just seems impossible to carry out everything I'm working on here without setbacks at every turn.

On the up side, I'm having a good time. There are people from all over the place here, and they are a lot of fun. I can't wait to meet some other sociology folks at the conference today, and then maybe we'll have some good people to hang out with tonight.

Peace and Love