Spring Break... girls' style!

Every year Melissa and I take a fun road trip or something for Spring Break... well, this year it wasn't in our budget so we decided to see what kind of fun we could have in town. After a few phone calls to Dear Old Dad who hooked us up with free show tickets and a hotel room, we knew that we would have a great time! We invited Erin to join us but she ended up being detained in Sacramento (I thought that would at least sound a little scandalous, eh Erin?)... It wasn't exactly our plan, but we rolled with it. Here are some photo highlights of Spring Break Oh Seven...

Melissa and I met for coffee in the morning...


Followed by scalp massages and hairstyles at the Academy of Hair Design...


And pedicures too!! We spent almost FIVE hours there!


Afterward as we had Hot Dog on a Stick for lunch, we learned that Erin couldn't get a flight out and we were totally bummed! So we called our pal Diedre who was more than happy to have a fun night out with the girls! All was going well until the babysitter called at about 3 to tell me that Violet was running a crazy high fever and just started vomiting everywhere. YAY. Back home I went to take care of her till Rick could get there... turned out she was suffering from a bit of heat exhaustion cause the kids had all gone and spent the entire morning at the park but Violet hadn't had a drop of water to drink. And it was in the 90s. So we hydrated her a ton, gave her a bath, and let the meds bring down her fever. Back on the road by 4:30 p.m.

Melissa and I had to pick up our tickets to Ka at least an hour before the show - so we drove straight to the MGM. We wanted to get the tickets and then go to our hotel (the Luxor) to check in there and change before the 7pm show. Traffic was fine until we got to the left turn lane to get into the hotel. No joke we were waiting there through THREE lights cause people kept blocking the intersection. So I jumped out of the car, jaywalked across the road, and jumped a 3 foot fence (in heels! LOL!) to get into the hotel. I got the tickets, met Mel out front (she finally got through the intersection) and we went to the Luxor.

It was now just after 6 pm - we needed to check in, change, and get back to the MGM to meet Deidre at 6:45... we valet parked the car and told the valet we were just running in and would be right out after we got ready for the show. We got our room - a nice one on the 17th floor (yay! Thanks Dad!) and Mel and I got ready in our sassy dresses in record time. We headed down to the car when Mel realized out front that she left her valet ticket in her other purse. I told her let's hope the valet remembers us - and luckily he did!!! Not only that, he kept the car out front with the ferraris! LOL! By this time it was 6:45 and Deidre was waiting for us... so we got on the road (the hotels are really close, thank goodness!)... and it was when we turned onto LV Blvd that I realized that I left something in my other purse... THE TICKETS TO THE SHOW!!! AAAAAAH!!!! We had to turn back... and I ran out, went upstairs, got them, and got back into the car. By now Deidre is calling us saying "I look like a dork standing here all alone! Where are you???" and of course it is like a minute to 7. With all the crazy mishaps that had happened so far we were starting to wonder if this trip was meant to be a reality for us...

But it was. We got to the MGM and valet was open right up front - we made it to the show which had *just* started, and we had awesome seats... as you can see...

It was AMAZING. This was my favorite part. There is something about this crazy contraption that is so stinking cool. And when those crazy Ruiz-brother-looking dudes spin around in that thing - JUMPING ROPE - ON THE OUTSIDE - it is incredible!!!


Afterward, we went to the New York-New York and had dinner at the mexican restaurant Gonzales y Gonzales... mmmm! Margaritas!


Being completely silly in the bathroom after dinner...


And then having a completely random "photo shoot" in the fake doorways of the fake New York City... :)

Deidre is so beautiful!


*snort* this was the only acceptable shot of me... haha


This photo makes me insanely happy :)
We were having soooo much fun even though the people sitting at the table just to the right of Mel here were not as happy as us. Too bad for them!


Then we moved the photoshoot outside onto the bridge...


Woohoo!


Deidre let her hair down... hee hee


I wanted to try a slow shutter speed with Mel standing still and people walking around her all blurry. The problem is that everyone wanted to be a helpy-helperton and stop while I was shooting. sigh. Oh and then there were the random people that decided Mel must be someone famous or something cause they were also taking her photo. hahaha! But we ended up with one that I kinda liked....


By this time it was midnight and we were ready for some dancing - Studio 54 was open in the MGM so we headed on inside :)


Lots o dancing - lots o scantily clad ladies... and this little bit of eye candy for us. We called him the Michael Jackson guy. He danced really well... and he really REALLY loved his own body. haha


We danced till about 2:00 and then decided to call it a night cause our feet felt like they were going to explode. Fortunately there is a 24 hour Starbucks at the MGM so we stopped there to rest our weary feet. And while we were sitting there some creepy guy that was waaaay too old for us with a fake foreign accent decided to try and strike up a conversation with us. So we all gave him fake names. We weren't Deidre, Melissa, and Jessie. We were Audra, Michelle, and Stevie. HAHAHAHAHA He finally left us alone after we gave him major hints that we were in no way interested in talking to him.

Finally we started feeling the effects of the night and knew it was time to get to bed - Deidre had to drive home and Mel and I went to the hotel. We closed the blackout shades and crawled into our respective beds. And didn't move from those spots till 10:30 in the morning!! I woke up and thought to myself how annoying it is to have to pee in the middle of the night... till I looked at the clock and saw the time. Let me just say that the blackout shades at the Luxor are freaking AMAZING. We had no idea it was daylight outside!!

Unfortunately, check out was at 11, so we didn't get to have a leisurely morning at the hotel - we packed up, checked out, and went to breakfast at a local restaurant called "Egg Works." I had lots of coffee ;)


After breakfast, we headed to the local tattoo/piercing parlor for my Spring Break Oh Seven souvenir...




No, it didn't hurt any more than when you get a needle prick from giving blood... but my eye and nose wouldn't stop watering afterward.


Here I am giving advice to my piercing dude on how to change the f-stops on his camera :)


After the Great Nose Piercing of 2007, Mel and I went to the movies and saw Blades of Glory. HAHAHAHAHA that movie is soooo stinking FUNNY!!! HAHAHAHAHAHA Seriously completely hysterical. And even better when afterward we stop at DQ for some Blizzard action ;)


And that, my friends, is how Girls Weekend goes with Jessie.
Don't you want to join me next year?? ;)