Fridays musings

So the 4th was fantastic, hoping to get my little brother out of the house and gambling and myself just away for a while. I needed the break and didn’t really see it until about 4 hours on the road. Tuesday night we packed our bikes and set out for the adventure. Chris pulled in last minute to make the trek with us as well. I loaded my MP3 player with new tunes and settled down for the ride. Half way out we hit rain but with a quick pull over and change into rain suits we were on the way again. Made it to the casino about breakfast time. I was starving and wanted a sit in the Jacuzzi with a beer before we gambled the day away. Jacks was abnormally quiet, figuring because he doesn’t really care for Chris that much I was hoping that might be the issue. We gambled and chatted and ran into some old family friends and stood and talked a while, they wondered how Jacks made it in here since he’s not of age. As we talked I decided to put in a 20 in a dollar slot machine just to pass the time and fiddle with something, about the 3rd pull I hit the jackpot of 4800 dollars. The lady I was talking with at the time said “Oh my Mark I think you just hit it big” I did! That helped on the trip the bells chimed and lights blinked as if I won a million dollars. I felt like I had. Dinner was on me. We stepped out for a while to watch the fireworks and I thought of my baby and hoping some day this would be us. I’m in no hurry, things are perfect for us as they are. Today, I sit at home and just reflect on life, its storming outside and I don’t want to move. I’m counting lightening strikes and how far away the storm is. Knowing inside my brothers head and heart the storm isn’t far, he’s many battles to conquer before he can move on. A update on Mom, she seems to be better but weak the injections of vitamins and fluids put her back. They wont be coming home early from their trip.