I defied my husband’s suggestion to rent a car so I could have better mobility. I didn’t want to drive, park, drive, park. Throughout the day, I couldn’t go from place to place because I didn’t have a service car. And because of the 115 degrees FHARENHEIT temperature, I waded it out from 12-3 pm at some place cool and comfortable where I could also take an hour nap while seated on their lobby’s sofa without anyone bothering me or shooing me away.
This lobby doesn’t have a coffee shop but they have a free coffee corner and a water and cola vending machines.
I have a can of cookies I bought from CVS. It’s my lifeline to curb my hunger. And every time I ate a cookie, I thought about my kids when they were little. Cookies lang may pa-emote pa? Kasi I bought them this kind of cookies regularly as part of their munchies.
June 21 I woke up at 5:45 am and left the hotel at 6:30 am to be at my morning appointment at 7 am. June 22 I woke up at 6 am and left the Paris hotel at 7 am. On both occasions, I brought packs of ice (from my the hotel dispenser) to keep me cooler thru the hot sizzling Vegas day.
I go back to the hotel before 7 pm feeling exhausted. I would rest for two hours, wash-up, before going outside to get some late dinner and also to entertain myself.
I discovered a row of smaller stores in front of Ballys. I went back the second night. It was only a short walk from Paris.
Beginning on the first night (June 20), my tooth ache kept me awake for the first 3 hours at least (12 midnight to 3 am). The throbbing pain varied from moderate to ayyy super sakit. I couldn’t chew, It was hard to eat even soft food like steamed rice. I had to chew very slowly and kung pwede nga lang, lunok na lang ng lunok. I discovered I only brought one piece of Ponstan capsule from Manila. I took the medicine on the second night to stop the pain.
For my dinner, my best option was the ramen noodles again. Basta lunukin na lang.
I ordered the same thing as the first night, Karaage Miso Ramen. This time, I had an extra tofu for $1.50. It was hard to chew the chicken. Actually even the noodles. The simple up and down movement of my jaws, even at a slow motion speed, aggravated the toothache. Hayy kill joy naman ito. I couldn’t enjoy my food.
If my husband were with me, he would stop me from buying Maresh Ice Cream or any ice cream. Alam ko na sasabihin nya “kaya sumasakit ipin mo”.
$5.25 dessert, pistachio flavor. Mabilis matunaw.
