VIVA LAS VEGAS pt 3

So it's been about a month or so since I posted and once again ( like always I'm back!) .  Technically speaking I never left, but during my injury time I just wanted to focus on getting to the next step aka moving to VEGAS!  It's been a little over a week since I arrived and I'm really just looking for a job each day and working out.  I haven't joined a new gym yet since I'm trying to get back in shape after the two month lay off, but in a week or two I should be able to hit the mats somewhere.  Either way I'll keep you updating as things progress!! PS 36 hours of driving from MD to NV was completely worth it, but F..UGE doing it again anytime soon!

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Life Grind.

So it's been a little while since I've really posted,  but I needed to get back into the real life routine so blogging took the back seat for awhile.  Anyways I came back and went right to Ground Control.  I went eight days straight in the gym with two practices one day before taking a day off.  It was nice seeing all familiar faces in practice again since I was completely on my own for a month at Drysdale's and Wand's.  Past that I'm still trying to figure out my living situation.  This is the month to decide if I'm moving to Vegas or moving within MD.  I really wanna stretch my wings and experience a completely different lifestyle than what I'm used to, but it's kinda across the country. That's a wholeeeeeee country between everyone I know and Everything I'm used to including having a mom. I'm a mama's boy at heart and I realized that even though she nags and whines most of the day I kinda don't mind it.  Trust me I don't want to be a 30 year old Oedipus leaving at home, but after 22 years what can I say the old lady grew on me. Moving to Vegas would probably mean only seeing her twice a year and possibly seeing people I know from MD even less.  I'm weighing my options and ironing out all the details, but I'll keep you all posted when I know more for sure.

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6 am Zombie.

So anyone getting off a plane at 6 in the monring with 3 hour jet lag is gonna be confused and disoriented. I was confused enough to walk around Atlanta international for a good 20 min without a purpose.  Stumbling around for 20 minutes led me to Dunkin Doughnuts, which then led me to a large coffee and a much more frantic state of confusion. I Finally figured out where I needed to be  with the help of a nice old lady (who actually knew what was going on), BUT once I got there I found out that my gate switched back to my original ish location...  At this point I just let the little old lady go on autopilot and followed her back to my gate on the other side of the airport.  In 5 mins I learned where she was from, who she's with, where she just came from, where she's going, where she lives and her daughters name and location. Yeah I know I could really stalk the hell out of her after getting everything except her social, but I'm gonna skip on the eventual restraining order.  Either way there's this guy sitting in front of me that I just realized was a guy...trust me it's awkward trying to check someone out to only find out they're a guy. Actually it probably wasn't as awkward for me as it was for him...  ON TO THE NEXT ONE!! Just kidding, but my planes about to leave so I'll post later once I get home.

EDIT:
Coincidentally I was still at the wrong gate while writing this (more than one plane heading to Baltimore around the same time).

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ASKLFNRAJBFIR!@!!#&(#^&

^ That's how I feel right now, but I'm starting to cool off.  So long story short they wouldn't let me on my flight even though I had 25 min to get through security.  If I switch my ticket right now that'll cost me 150 bucks.  If I wait and try and catch the red eye it'll only set me back 50.  I can definitely live with 50 since I made 100 on with Black Jack last night.  Through out all my betting I've never had a night last night and at one point I was close to 200.  Either way with previous losses and the ticket factored in I broke even in that department.  Food wasn't really that bad since I cooked pretty much every single meal and I only took a cab once while I was here.  Past a few clothes, some small extras, and a couple nights out I didn't spend that much money.  I guess there were Mat fee's when I was testing out different places and the month membership at Robert Drysdale's, but it was definitely worth it.  I love Las Vegas, but I love Maryland too.  I feel like this could be the place to be, but well have to see in the next few months.  For now I really just wanna go home, but I have a 10 hour wait ahead of me. I could've gone back to my friend's place, but free WiFi was too tempting.  Pretty soon I'm gonna have to figure out my food situation, but I don't know if it'd be easier to have pizza delivered or to have a food court employee bring it to me for a fat tip. Hmmmmmmm either way I gotta figure that out soon since I haven't ate since this morning.

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Last Leg.

Yooooooo!  It's been awhile, but I promise I've been working hard while I was gone. I had a great time hanging with my friend Kim who's also visiting from Maryland.  Me and Kim love eating out at random food places so we ate at a Japanese place one day and a Hawaiin BBQ place the next( no camera cjhsfacjga!!!!).  I wish I could've shared the magic with you, but you're just gonna have to take my word for it when I say it was orgasmic... I finally got my phone back too so that was a pretty big change (20 days w/o), but seriously I really enjoyed the time away from it.  I could've had it mailed to me sooner and I was, but then I thought why not just go off the grid? So I guess starting a blog, using Facebook, and playing PS3 isn't what you would traditionally call going off the grid, but I'm winging it here!  Anyways I just got back from a run around the block and later on tonight I'm gonna go to BJJ at Drysdale Jiujitsu.  This last week I'm probably gonna tone back a little and enjoy Vegas a little more and so I can jump back into training as soon as I get back to MD. Vegas  has been a great experience so far and I'm sad to say it'll end in 11 days. As for the previously promised Wand goodies that'll have to wait till I get home and get a better connection or maybe the internet will improve, but who knows. I'd also like to share that the past Sunday was without incident with the people downstairs.  I thought things were gonna go down, but they stopped blasting their music.. Which was good because ironically I was about to bring the noise.

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After Traveling and My first Night.

So I finally arrived in Las Vegas after 8 hours of traveling/ layovers...Am I thankful, of course. Was it it smooth, no, but who's keeping track.  I went to dinner with my Aunt Brenda and talked about my pursuit of happiness. That's what I'm calling this trip and what i do from here on out in life.  It's definitely not conventional to take time off from school to pursue mixed martial arts, but it makes me happy.  It's what gets me up in the morning, it's what I think about during the day, and its what I dream about at night. It's my driving force to say the least.  If you had the chance to possibly get paid to do what you love what would you do for it? 

PS- By not smooth I mean that I left my phone on the east coast before I got on a plane headed for the west coast....

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In The AM Before Vegas.

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