Another Weekend Away

So...good news #1: our car made it to Reno. Good news #2: our car made it back from Reno. No problems!

It snowed Friday, so Reno was cold! I find high desert lovely anyway, but it was especially lovely today: clear, cold but not bitterly so, and not windy. The drive through the mountains up and back was also a nice reminder of what a beautiful state we live in, and how we should get out of town more often.

Monte-Carlo Motel: service was bad, price was okay (burnt-out lightbulb which we had to replace with the walkway light because the clerk left and never came back all night, plus our friends couldn't get into their room and we had to climb through the window to open the door, which made some of them very uncomfortable, but it was better than trying to sleep six people in two beds).

Breakfast as Circus Circus: only so-so, though it was my first time ever in a casino, I think. Oh, wait, I visited one in Australia, so it was my first time in an American casino. We didn't do any gambling all weekend--not even a single quarter!

A stop in Sacto at RR's deceased grandmother's house was nice. It was one of those perfect Sacramento fall days, where the sky is impossibly blue, and we ate fresh ripe persimmons from the trees.

Now, I just have to get a lot of school work done in a very short time. Hmmm. Once again, I'm imagining a career that doesn't involve bringing any work home in evenings or on weekends. What job would that be?