June 22

9:30 Highlight of the day. I will not be today at Rolling Hills in Tualatin, to witness the blowing of the parking lot and mowing of the lawn with 200 mph blowers and 100 dB mowers. Lowlight. I got awakened by a bathroom fan after almost 6 hours of sleep (or what i like to believe) and then kept that way by desperate housekeepers left and right though there are 2 and a half hours till check in hours in what i thought was a soundproof room. I was wrong when i said that the hotel is new. Just read in Wikipedia. 1971. Wondering if they ever cleaned the AC ducts. However that is not the biggest problem here. When i went to restroom today i noticed this picture on the wall next to the throne. Ironic isn't it.

Considering i checked in at an automated kiosk.

In the first night after we checked into the rooms Angela won like 300 dollars which made us worry free and in the mood to play.

Yesterday at Atlantis. After the shock with the transformer at Eldorado, i was in a bad mood. Had some brandy but that didn't help. Went to Atlantis (wanted to do the tour of casinos), Eldorado was my choice, wanted to have a Cuba Libre in there like i did last year, but got pissed off instead by the "line of sight" game, which means everywhere i sat, immediately one came and sat so i can see her/him while playing, so after some misadventures got at Atlants. By far bigger than Eldorado and smaller than Peppermil, it was full of smoke. The big buffet was attracting people and there were many kids and even babies in the casino that at times made me (like Peppermill last night) choke with smoke. Forgot the decaf soluble at home and bought some caffeinated at Grocery Outlet (they didn't have decaf). For one more time out of 100 i got the confirmation that i'm not supposed to drink caffeinated coffee.

Or maybe it was something else. I was playing my 20 dollars at a poker game and it wasn't that bad (i was holding on) when a Japanese woman with a N95 type of mask sat next to me (one free place in between where she put her handbag). (Got to interact in total with up to 100 Japanese people, everywhere). I started to feel more and more tired, had some pain in the legs and finally decided to go in the car to take a nap.

Got outside, two planes took of going at a 30 degrees angle with big noise at the airport nearby. I was walking on a street thinking it was a parking lot but luckily didn't get hit by any car. Finally got on a sidewalk but at first stop light when i pressed the button, i saw there was this black woman with two kids ft behind me. A Police SUV waiting at the light. I crossed and met with another black woman with kids and another Police car. Made it to the car. Stinking badly like dog poop. Started the AC, tried to take a nap in the stinking car but couldn't. Up until 9 PM i was "crashed". That is i wanted to sleep badly. Went back to Peppermill, Angela went to the floor and me in the room, but was afraid to sleep because i knew i was sure i will wake up with severe apnea because of all that smoke. Finally after 9 got better but Angela got pissed from me being sick and unreasonable probably from sitting again next to a Japanese woman with mask and a big bag. Went to GSR and back to Peppermill. All evening i could not decide if it was me stinking like dog poop and sewage or the casinos, in areas where there was not thick smoke. Finally convinced Angela to go to the room to get some sleep before we leave tomorrow (check out time at 12 or one hour from now). The worst experience so far with road trips and casinos an probably my last time here. No matter how many postcards with cheap hotel offers they will send to me.