Disneyland for adults

Im here to say, that vegas is amazing.
yes, i finally got on the flight, and after 9.5 hours of flying i finally arrived in Las Vegas. Scotty was there to meet me at the airport (how sweet). Was hanging for a ciggie by the time i got off. walked out of the terminal to have one, and was confronted with 40 degree heat. almost did an eddy and patsy in morocco, and fainted on the spot. got to the hotel, quickly changed and then ran out to go to the star trek experience. it was like my mecca. ive always wanted to go see it. i really tried hard to contain my inner nerd as i walked around the exhibit. you get to go on 2 rides, one being the borg invasion and the other is a klingon attack. pretty cool actually. even scott liked it. was a little disappointed in the shops merchandise range, but still managed to buy a tshirt and a set of coffee mugs as seen on the series. (NERD!!!!)

scott took me to dinner at the Wynn, one of the best hotels in vegas. the all you can eat buffet...oh my god they had everything under the sun. we ate ourselves silly.
we then went up the stratosphere.. which is like their sydney tower, and saw all of vegas lit up by night. they even have 3 rides on the top, which neither of us were crazy enough to go on.

then we walked the strip, from treause island to mandalay bay.... before finally returning to the hotel at 2.30 am (ish)

i swear vegas is like disneyland for adults. and seeing it at night seems so much more exciting than daytime. each hotel has something special to offer and go see, and you really coudl spend days watching free shows and exploring.

got on the flight home, and all the crew were really friendly and i stood in the galley for a bit having a yak.

we got home, a bit tired, but it was time for me to start heading home. disaster has struck again. got offloaded from flights to sydney 2 days in a row now, and now all flights to australia, seeming from anywhere in the world, are full. what the hell is going on. i know we are popular but from every major city around the globe, we are full to sydney, brisbane or melbourne. so im calling around to find a cheap deal to get me home. cheapest i can get thru my own staff travel is about 2 grand one way.. and i just dont have the money to pay that, and even then thats mid august.
so im kinda stuck here. virgin look like they have a few seats midweek next week so i have no choice but to wait til then and hope. have had to contact work and take a few more days off as emergency leave without pay. hopefully my boss isnt going to be too angry but in reality there is nothing else i can do. on the upside it means i get to spend more time with scott, but i really do need to return to work. scott is schedulled to fly down to sydney crewing, and arrive n the 6th of august. we are currently joking that he may get to sydney before i do. but we know at worst case, he can get me a jump seat on his flight if for some reason i dont get home before this.

it could be that because flight centre is having its annual global ball in dublin this weekend, lots of flights are full with thousands of flight centre staff in europe at the moment.

never let it be said that the adventures of mighty mouse and wolf pup are dull.

at least scott also has about 2 weeks holidays in sydney mid august. its so hard to believe how much time we spend together considering we live on the other side of the world from each other. how lucky are we.