Family hot pot
I tried to resist, but gave in.
I went to the casino at lunch time.
At first it wasn't raining, but I took my umbrella anyway. Then as I progressed through the usual walk, it started drizzling. Then proper rain. Then heavy rain. As I trudged through the rain, I thought about this addiction. I could've turned around if I wanted, but this addiction made me walk through this heavy rain to get to the casino.
If I wasn't addicted, I doubt I would've even left the office. It would've been pretty good to sit in my warm office and stare out at the rain. But it also would be pretty good to make some money and reduce my debt.
I arrived at the casino and took a quick look around. I couldn't recognise anyone, not even the dealers. I settled on a table where a guy had just finished up betting $100 chips on colours. It looked like the table had just started as well. This wasn't really ideal, as it didn't give me an indication of which sectors it was favouring.
Oh well, just go with probability, I told myself. That meant going with the majority.
I won a bit at first, being up $140. I wanted just a bit more but ended up losing that. I decided that the fresh wheel would favour the majority, and splashed out $400 worth of chips on the 1-2 sector.
It landed on...10.
I quickly looked at how many chips I had on 10. Two straight ups and two splits. 104 chips. $1,040.
Since I used 40 chips ($400), that was a gain of $680 (plus the four chips on the number which I get back).
I told the dealer I wanted "all cash". The guy next to me, who also had some chips on 10, said "not bad" and asked "leaving already?" I said that was pretty good for 20 minutes, and he agreed. He said he should do the same, but he didn't.
I went to cash in and left. I went to the bank to deposit the money bar $200. I had decided to take my family out to dinner.
So as I walked back, I called my dad and told him I'd take the family out to hot pot. He said ok, but did ask me why. I didn't expect that, and just said "I got money". Poor excuse.
After work I went home to play video games while waiting for my sister to return home. When she came back, we drove out to the city and had hot pot. I felt good showing them the hot pot place, and how things worked nowadays (like ordering using an ipad). I also felt good bringing the family together for dinner together. It had been ages since we had been out together, and even longer since our last hot pot (probably 20 years).
We ordered the spicy soup a bit too spicy, which we started avoiding halfway through. All in all it was good. I think I'm done with hot pot for now. Had it too many times in such a short period.
Best of all, it cost only $82. I had set aside $200 for it. As we walked back to the car, it made me think. Sometimes when I'm up $80 at the casino, it seems like nothing. From now on, I'll remind myself that it's enough to feed my family for dinner.
I went to the casino at lunch time.
At first it wasn't raining, but I took my umbrella anyway. Then as I progressed through the usual walk, it started drizzling. Then proper rain. Then heavy rain. As I trudged through the rain, I thought about this addiction. I could've turned around if I wanted, but this addiction made me walk through this heavy rain to get to the casino.
If I wasn't addicted, I doubt I would've even left the office. It would've been pretty good to sit in my warm office and stare out at the rain. But it also would be pretty good to make some money and reduce my debt.
I arrived at the casino and took a quick look around. I couldn't recognise anyone, not even the dealers. I settled on a table where a guy had just finished up betting $100 chips on colours. It looked like the table had just started as well. This wasn't really ideal, as it didn't give me an indication of which sectors it was favouring.
Oh well, just go with probability, I told myself. That meant going with the majority.
I won a bit at first, being up $140. I wanted just a bit more but ended up losing that. I decided that the fresh wheel would favour the majority, and splashed out $400 worth of chips on the 1-2 sector.
It landed on...10.
I quickly looked at how many chips I had on 10. Two straight ups and two splits. 104 chips. $1,040.
Since I used 40 chips ($400), that was a gain of $680 (plus the four chips on the number which I get back).
I told the dealer I wanted "all cash". The guy next to me, who also had some chips on 10, said "not bad" and asked "leaving already?" I said that was pretty good for 20 minutes, and he agreed. He said he should do the same, but he didn't.
I went to cash in and left. I went to the bank to deposit the money bar $200. I had decided to take my family out to dinner.
So as I walked back, I called my dad and told him I'd take the family out to hot pot. He said ok, but did ask me why. I didn't expect that, and just said "I got money". Poor excuse.
After work I went home to play video games while waiting for my sister to return home. When she came back, we drove out to the city and had hot pot. I felt good showing them the hot pot place, and how things worked nowadays (like ordering using an ipad). I also felt good bringing the family together for dinner together. It had been ages since we had been out together, and even longer since our last hot pot (probably 20 years).
We ordered the spicy soup a bit too spicy, which we started avoiding halfway through. All in all it was good. I think I'm done with hot pot for now. Had it too many times in such a short period.
Best of all, it cost only $82. I had set aside $200 for it. As we walked back to the car, it made me think. Sometimes when I'm up $80 at the casino, it seems like nothing. From now on, I'll remind myself that it's enough to feed my family for dinner.
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