I went out to eat at a fast food restaurant and felt a bit lonesome and bored afterwards. So I did something I do once in a while and headed over to the nearby casino to people watch.

As usual when I do this, I leave my purse and money in the car, taking in only myself, my keys and my phone and a small amount of cash in case I get hungry.

I wandered around for a bit and finally stopped behind one of the blackjack tables where a group of women were thoroughly enjoying themselves. I stood and watched for a bit. They were wearing very nice clothes and each had hundreds of dollars in chips in front of them. They all looked to be about forty or forty five. After a bit they invited me to sit at an empty spot and I explained that I had just come to watch and had not brought any money.

I was wearing a jeans skirt and a t-shirt so I was not at all dressed as much as they but they insisted and each of the three contributed $5 for a stake at the table for me. I hit a blackjack on the first hand and kept winning after that. At one point I had over $200 in front of me (I'm good at blackjack but I was also very lucky, in two hours I had seven blackjacks) but since I had not started with my own money and they were enjoying thoroughly my winnings I kept playing. They were from Huntington Beach and all of them had grown children and we just talked while we played. Two of them eventually confessed to needing to sleep.

By that time I had been losing for a bit, blackjack takes a lot of concentration, and I also felt tired. I said I needed to go to sleep too and offered them the stack of chips for them to split up since it was really borrowed from them. They insisted that I keep half of it which by that time amounted to $32. So I came in with nothing and left with $32. Pretty good for someone who seldom gambles even on penny slots. LOL.

Hugs,
Erin