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Viva Las Vegas!

pir8fan
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Elvis and Ann Margret did that in 1964, I believe! BecomeanEXer's did the remake in 2013! I saw them both, and the second one was better!

What a challenge! I am going to try to describe one of the most moving EXperiences of my life, without making the people that missed it feel any worse than they already do! OK! I am not that good! So let me apologize in advance to those of you who were not there!

I arrived at Harrah's after flying in a very hot plane from Chicago, and waiting in a long line at the rent a car center! I am ashamed to say that my deodorant did not live up to the challenge! I was not about to show up at the pool smelling like a goat, so I went to my room first and washed up, and changed clothes! I knew that everyone who was there, were waiting by the pool! So, I rushed down there to make my appearance! The pool closed 15 minutes before I got there! (My thinking) That is OK, I will call Cindy and ask where they went! Where the hell is my phone? Oooops, left it in the room! Raced back upstairs and found my phone! Hey Cindy where are you! "We are in Toby Keith’s I Love This Bar!". Dammit! That was 40 feet from the door to the pool! I saw it! Should have looked inside! Back down stairs! Hurry up elevator! Rushed to the bar, and stopped just inside to let my eyes adjust! And suddenly time slipped into slow motion!

I heard Cindy scream my name! Everyone looked at me! Not just EXer's but the whole place! Cindy ran to me in slow motion, and the hugs started! Four days later the hugs had not stopped! Rick and all his crew were there! Stacy was there also! Soon we would be joined by SkyGirl and Teddy! And the next day by MistyDawn and Patty-Cake! And Sarah and her husband! And at long last, the one and only, Strudel! In the place where dreams are made and broken, Avatar’s came alive! The weekend had started! The people to whom you had sent the cyber hugs and kisses were suddenly flesh and blood! There were no awkward moments of getting to know each other, for that had happened many smoke Free days ago!

There were margaritas for some, and milkshakes for others! There was fine food and cheap snacks (that were not cheap), there was music, and there was the buzz of the gaming from the casino! There was all of the Glitz and Glamor of Las Vegas! There were distractions everywhere! But above it all was internal "radar?" that kept us connected! In a huge casino and hotel, we never had a problem seeing each other, or finding the one we were looking for! Somebody, tell me how that happens!??

The brunch party in SkyGirl and Teddy’s suite was the main event, that no one saw coming! Sky printed our first blogs (actually a couple of mine)! Dale and Giulia skyped with us, and brought an extra ray of happiness to the room! Then, the most moving part of our trip! We went around the room and read what SkyGirl had printed! There were chocked voices, and tears in every eye! We looked back at the people we used to be, in those printed words, occasionally looking up, and into the eyes of the people who helped us become who we are!!! You had to be there! I don't think I can put the emotions into mere words!

Sunday we went for the Champagne Brunch Cruise! It was awesome, but we had all found so much more than we came to Vegas looking for! We had found the LOVE that only a family can find in each other! We had discovered a CARING that crosses the lines of all demographics! We had found the MAGIC that is BecomeAnEx!

How appropriate that no one gave second thought to having our next event in Orlando! The home of Disney World! The land of The MAGIC Kingdom! Anyone who was in Vegas will tell you "DON'T MISS THIS ONE"!!   

Tommy

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