Life is a gamble

 Good day today... no OC duty today; rather, I attended new volunteer/home visit training today for SVDP.  I hadn't been in a while, and as a team from our new conference was going...I figured I should be there.  It was good -- some refreshers not only about what we do but how and why.  New wrinkles, too; not only with COVID but also how technology is changing things (the phone, for instance, can take pictures of utility bills and such).  It was certainly worth it, even if I missed food pantry duty...and it is good to see and be seen at HQ.

After some errands (and total neglect of paperwork), it was time to hit the casino; my aunt turns 80 Monday and some friends treated the her (and the cousins) to dinner... at Kosar's.  Yes, it was quite a tab, even with the casino chits...  it was good; not sure it is worth all that, but my veal piccata and risotto was quite good.  The carrot cake was quite delicious as well, and the service was outstanding (course, it should be).  Then it was off to the casino; I put $5 in a machine, lost it (61 pulls, I counted), and that was that.  It was good to hang with the cousins and such... my remark that after Mom died I would never return to one has now been proven false, and that is fine with me.

Daylight savings time ends today...I guess I am pleased about the extra hour of sleep, even if I will probably stay up and fart around.  I should read and get through the book pile...

https://www.politico.com/news/magazine/2022/10/27/democrats-debate-why-do-we-suck-00063718

I am still laughing about this one!