Vegas Planning
I am going to Las Vegas from 4-13 June. This will be the longest time I have ever stayed in Vegas, and I am a little nervous that I will get burnout. I stayed in Vegas 5 days once and I was ready to go home after 4 days, so this will definitely test my focus.
The trip just kept getting longer and longer. My original plan was to take my brother to Vegas for a surprise birthday present from June 8-10. He has Down's Syndrome, and I do not think either of us would do well in Vegas for more than two days given his limitations. When I asked my Dad if he thought there was anything wrong with my plan he was so enthusiastic that I invited him to come as well. Then my other brother got added in. Plus a side trip to the Grand Canyon. Then my Dad made the flight plans for them to leave Vegas LATE on the 12th, and being the master of ceremonies, I did not want to depart before them, so I am staying until the 13th.
On the front side I saw that quite a few of my ITH friends are going to be in Vegas for the first week of the WSOP. That is THE BEST time to be in Las Vegas, so I extended my trip forward to the 4th so as to be able to spend some time with them. That is how it got to be from teh 4th to the 13th.
I need to play some cash poker games while I am there. Those games are so very soft, and it would be nice to get some of the trip financed from the other tourists. I'll have two kids in private school next year, and they both need new shoes! My best time for that will be early in the trip before my family arrives, but that is also the time I want to provide some live reports on ITHers at the WSOP, so I will need to stirke a balance.
Plus I have to get loaded with these guys once, and I need to stay away from the tables AND THE RAIL when I do. 
Many of my poker playing friends encourage me to play in the WSOP or some of the large tournaments that pop up in Vegas at WSOP time. I have to say NO THANKS to that! I am not a bad MTT player, but I have no desire to play 10+ hours of poker in a day anymore. I played (and won) an ITH event at last summer's Atlantic City convention. It was about 5 and a half hours and I was getting nutty. I finished second in a big tournament on AP after 6.5 hours once, and I was ready to shoot myself I was so sick of playing. There's no way I am playing my best (or even good) poker at that point, so why bother? It's just not my cup of tea. Give me 4 hours of cash tables and a nice long break, and I can be back at it again.
I also want to try scalping live vs internet sports bets again. It was not good last year when I tried it, but I want to at least LOOk at it again this year. I might score a few comps at the hotel if I can give them enough action in their SB.