61 days and counting

It's been a thoroughly exhausting day. This morning, the three of us went to Mandalay Bay to see the shark reef and aquarium which was very, very cool. There were all sorts of cool aquarium-y things there like jellies, rays, SEA TURTLES (OMG!), and some of the most amazing tropical fish in the world.

Then we went to the MGM Grand to have lunch at The Rainforest Cafe. The Rainforest Cafe in Colorado closed some time ago, so I was really excited to go back. I've been talking about it pretty obsessively for a few weeks now. I'm sure my roommate loved that.

If you've never been to a Rainforest Cafe, I'll be sure to post pictures after I get back to DSM so you can see it. Needless to say, I would very much like my house decorated this way.

Then we went to the Bellagio to check out the conservatory. There's this gorgeous indoor garden that's constantly changing based on the season or big holidays and that sort of thing. I've seen it several times and it has always been different, but I've never seen it look more beautiful than it did today. Again, pictures to come. But it was SO spring-like and happy. There were bright colors and massive butterflies hanging off the ceiling and it was just glorious to look at after the bleak grey of winter.

We also milled around The Paris hotel and scoped out the Eiffel Tower. We'll probably go up to the top while we're here. We also cut through Bally's, Harrah's, and The Excalibur. Admittedly, these places MAKE you cut through them. A bunch of them are connected for one thing and you'll have to walk through more than one to get to the street. Or, as is more commonly the case with us on this particular trip, we're riding the monorail to get around and the stations are hidden deep in the back, making us go through all the shops and casinos first.

Don't think that was an accident.

Tonight we went to see the AMAZING Blue Man Group. I've seen them once before and totally loved every minute of it and I felt the same way after seeing them again, despite the fact that their show didn't seem to have changed very much. It's beautiful to look at, amazing to hear, and the energy that radiates from the performance and the audience is incredible. Go see them sometime.

We turned in a bit early because my PHONE INTERVIEW (omg!) is tomorrow morning at 10am Iowa/Missouri time, which is a whopping 8am Veagas time.

In other news - graduation is exactly two months from TODAY!