My Summer Vacation....

Over the Summer break we had here at the office, Mark and I went to Vegas. I had never been and am so glad I went because we had such a great time. Knowing our destination, we knew that we would see some not cool things and some really awesome things. (I thought I was going home alone when Mark saw the M&M store)



My favorite hotel was Caesar's Palace. The size of it was insane. I have never seen anything like that in my life!! We saw the Volcano at the Mirage erupt twice. We saw the Treasure Island Pirate show (only once as it seemed that the main content was a lot of lip syncing, sassy standing and some serious hair flipping - from both the women AND the men). The fountains at the Bellagio hotel were amazing and we felt VERY Ocean's Eleven-ish standing there watching them and planning our massive M&M heist. The wax museum was an adventure in which we met several new friends......




But, hands down my favorite experience was the Vegas Motor Speedway.

Now...let me explain. I LOVE to drive. I LOVE to drive fast. I LOVE to drive fast in a fast car that was meant to go fast. Knowing this...for my birthday Mark gave me the opportunity to choose a car and head out for 5 blistering laps around the Nascar track in Las Vegas!! I had the choice of a Lamborghini, Ferrari, Porsche or the Astin Martin Vantage(shown here).

I chose the Astin Martin because c'mon....when am I ever again going to get the chance to drive the same car as James Bond?

I had the most amazing instructor- Roddy - who encouraged me to "floor it". The track was pretty curvy and as I entered in to the corners at about 90/mph, I felt like a rock star. It was SO awesome!!!! But, before I knew it, it was over. Let me tell you, 5 laps at 100/mph?....they go by pretty quick. Still...it was the coolest thing I've ever done. So, ya... Vegas was pretty amazing.

Back home, as I went over some entries in my journal and I noticed a "Dream List" I had written over 3 years ago. Right near the top, in bright pink pen is drive a race car.

(please know that writing it in pink doesn't make it any less cool).


So, the feeling of driving a race car is amazing, but the coolest part is putting a big, fat check beside that particular entry in my journal.

I must also say a HUGE thank you to my handsome husband, who after 7 years this September continues to make my dreams come true.