Adventures in Not Sleeping

I arrived in LA at around 9:30 pm on Thursday night. My train heading back east to Texas was scheduled to leave the next day at 2:30 pm. I didn't really feel like getting a motel room for the night. So I went to the Commerce Casino and played poker until 5 in the morning instead. I know, rational and constructive decision making is the best.

I started strong and was up around $180, but then bled slowly for hours and ended up down about $120. So, I could have just gotten a decent hotel room and slept for the same amount. Also, this happened:



(You're LOVING the effects, right?)

All that being said, don't think for a second that I'm not doing the exact same thing for the 12 hours I have in New Orleans in a couple of days. And Harrah's is only a short walk from the train station! Walk around the French Quarter, drink a hurricane or two, and gamble until my train leaves early the next morning. Bad experiences clearly don't teach me much.