I have never taken a girls trip. I have visited family without Jesse or the kids, but I have never planned a trip with friends alone. I went to Las Vegas this past weekend, but I don’t think you could say that I planned it!
The great thing about having very spontaneous friends is that they can coerce you into doing spontaneous things with them from time to time. Sarah mentioned the idea on Tuesday and I thought, “Oh Sarah, you are crazy.” And Saturday morning I was packing my bag and headed towards two nights of very little sleep and three days of sore legs from running around Sin city.
Sarah is a fitness guru and coached a girl who was swimming in Cirque Du Soleil’s “O” for a limited time and Sarah was not going to miss this. We left Saturday around 2:00, got to Vegas at 7:30, picked up our tickets and sat down to frozen hot chocolate at Serendipity. Checked that off my list as it was not really that spectacular and highly overpriced. Then we ran back to the theatre for the 10:00 show and struggled to keep our eyes open despite the amazing performance.
After the show we enjoyed a behind the scenes tour from Sarah’s friend and then made our way back to the car finally arriving at the hotel at 2:00 am. Only to find out the reservation is all messed up. It took us nearly two hours to get checked in. There were not two beds for the four of us, so Beth and Suzy, twin sisters, slept on the bed, I slept on a horrible twin mattress and Sarah, crazy as she is, slept on a box springs. But when I say slept, I mean napped because we only slept for a few hours.
Sunday morning we took the stairs down 16 flights and began our run of the town. I am pretty sure we logged 8-10 miles of running, skipping, stair climbing and the like. These girls ran up the down escalators and Sarah even danced a mile or so. I am not sure why we had to run other than Sarah does not hold still and is not a slow mover. Unless she is planking, which she did a lot of. Occasionally convincing us to join her. 
Sarah kept the world posted via Facebook, more crazy pictures for the public to see than I would have liked! At one point she was confused because she had sent Jesse a picture of us and he hadn’t sent her a text back. I had to remind her that it was 2:00 a.m. and he would probably be sleeping.
Between all the snacks we each brought, we ate a total of one meal out. A buffet at the Bellagio. Despite the photo, we ate more than just desserts. I am by far the least healthy of these girls and I consider myself to be a pretty healthy person, but one can not only eat banana millet muffins and kale chips.
We walked and ran and shopped until evening and then took the bus to Fremont street to ride the zipline. I don’t like heights but this was super fun. 800 feet of zipline above thousands of people under a canopy of lights.
The street performers at Fremont street were a little on the creepy side. And thats saying something because here is a “tame” one that Sarah danced with on the Las Vegas Blvd. He calls himself Kotton Kandy…have I mentioned she is crazy?!
Monday morning we woke up at 6:30 and loaded up the car to head home. Short and sweet but so exhausting! If anyone wants a workout disguised as a vacation, run Vegas. But don’t be surprised if it ends up on Facebook.
Hey! You look pretty dang cute with dark hair!
I am laughing so hard reading this! I have known Sarah for many years now…and I KNEW that vacation would be crazy! She is so spontaneous, and I don’t know how she has as much energy as she does, but she is a ton of fun that’s for sure! I’m sure there was never a dull moment. I’m glad you had a great time–only wish I would have joined the party, you only live once!
This post makes me happy. I love that you ladies were spontaneous and had a blast together in Vegas. How cool is that? Loved seeing all of the pictures to boot. It’s great to see you having some fun my friend. Especially Vegas style. haha