JJ and I have been grounded for the last month since we both have an insane amount of work for our classes. The weekends tend to be spent sleeping late and catching up on required reading (Me)/trying to get prepared for the week ahead (JJ).  Even though we both have a ton of work to do, we decided on Friday night that we were going to wake up on Saturday and drive down to Gulfport.  We have both been wanting to sample a burger from 5 Guys.  We were not disappointed.  The burgers were juicy and the amount of fries that came with the order could have fed a few people; We left with about a half a bag full of leftovers.

Yum. That would be about 5% of the fries that came with the order

You can already see where the grease was soaking through.

We left 5 Guys and decided to drop by the Island View Casino and spend 30 minutes or so playing the slots. We haven’t really gambled since our last trip to New Orleans about 4 to 5 months ago.  We started playing at a couple of slot machines side by side, and then JJ decided that she wanted to play cards.  She was gone about 20 to 30 minutes and later found me at a different slot machine.  I had turned my $20 dollars into $140, and I was starting to get the feeling that it was time to go.  JJ said that she wanted to drop another $15 and would be right back.  I kept playing never really getting up more than $150.  She came back and as we were getting ready to leave, I told her that I wanted to play one more pull at the max amount. Well, it hit and finally stopped at just above $500.  Needless to say, It was a good day!

Not my machine, but you get the idea

We stopped by the outlet mall on the way home and tried not to blow all of our winnings.  After paying for gas, lunch, and JJ’s shopping, we came out ahead about $400.  It was a great day, and our profits will be placed in our travel fund.  We are shooting for a few weeks in Europe next June, but it will depend on the balance of our travel fund.  If I could keep hitting jackpots, the trip would be placed on the calender in permanent ink.