Not Wearing Pants

I am writing this while sitting on a hotel bed in the Best Western attached to the Kootenai Casino in Bonner's Ferry, Idaho.  And, as the title would suggest, no, I am not wearing any pants.  We woke early this morning and traveled up from Post Falls the nearly two hours to Bonner's Ferry and had been busy throwing money into machines (hungry machines with no mercy), had a delicious home packed lunch of spinach wraps, and gone swimming.  We tried out the sauna and apparently I am a sweater (drenched in moments) while Hannah just sat there hot and uncomfortable but no beads of perspiration to be had.

It's amazing to me how quickly time flies in a casino.  You think to yourself 'wow that ten bucks went fast' but then you look at the clock and an hour has gone by.  In one way it's a comfort to know that you were entertained for an hour and are down only ten dollars.  That's close to what you would pay to go and see a movie... see how I'm trying to make myself feel better here?  It's not really working.  I'll stop.  Anyway, time does go by fairly quickly.  It's past seven now and I'm just now settling down to finish up some homework and get everything ready to email to my mentor on Wednesday.  I feel as though I was not as organized on this packet and would like to rectify that for the next one.

So, wish me luck on my homework because no amount of wishing will bring me luck in gambling.  Tomorrow will probably see me back here, broke and moping, and gearing up for some more homework.  I have some papers to finish up and then editing to complete.  So far I am optimistic about the novel though I am unsure how to get from point C to point D at the moment.  Between Hannah, me, and the feedback my mentor will provide after this packet, I think I'll be able to accomplish it.