Ramblin', gamblin' women

I have told my sister Cyndy too many times "No, I will not go with you to a casino".

Well, last night I weakened. There was a sign on the door of the Bear River Legion that they were going to have a casino to raise money for the local health centre and Cyndy saw it. So I relented, after explaining to her that she wouldn't be able to win money. Just banana bread, pillows and other kinds of donated prizes.

So we went to the Legion. I found out that poker is totally a random game of chance that requires zero strategy. I lost. And I found it rather boring. Liked the roulette wheel though. Cyndy declared herself the Black Jack Queen, even though at the end of the evening we had less casino dollars to spend than we had bought. Goes to prove that the dealer always wins. Otherwise, why would there be any casinos.

There was also a massage stand there so you could get your angst massaged away after you'd lost at craps. And a fortune teller who could tell you how much you were going to win or lose. The fortune teller wasn't actually a fortune teller -- she was a nice woman dressed in a gypsy outfit who just sat and talked to her customers for $2 a pop. I had a delightful conversation with her -- her name is Paula, she's probably in her 70's, she lives up the hill and has no running water in her house. By choice. Her kids think it's awful and are always offering to pay to get it installed but she thinks some of the old ways are good. Including going to the outhouse -- she spoke with pride about how nice it is. And going to the well to dip out water to make tea and have baths. She loves her life, she loves her town and even if I didn't get my fortune told, I felt very fortunate I had the chance to talk to her.

Today, Simone and I are off to Frenchy's again to find something nice to wear tomorrow (that's the bargain used clothing store where I just found a beaded silk dress for $4, which I will model in a future blogpost for y'all). I'm having a chick party tomorrow night in the coach house and we are having a fashion show of the cool things we've bought for practically no money.

More later - gotta go do some laundry.