4:35p

the luckiest girl in the world
I'm full...'had the best time in Vegas with my friends.
'even got a chance to hang out with friends from out of state.
I got my b-day wish: time with friends and family.
I feel so blessed right now.

star struck, sleep-walking and dancing to Milli Vanilli in the wee hours of the morning
friday night was a little more mellow.
'decided to have a midnight snack before heading out to the clubs.
took the elevator to the first floor...the doors opened once we got down and who was waiting to
get on as we were getting off of the elevator?
Alyssa Milano.
Of course, all of us were like staring at her to make sure that was really her.
It was funny cause we were all giving eachother that questioning look like, "is that who I think it is?"
She was cute. VERRRY petite. I swear she looked a little shrunken..you know how TV adds 10 lbs.
Of course, the guys were all "aglow", too.
It was just wierd how she was right there in front of my face.
close enough to hug.

anyhow, we proceeded to the 24-hour cafe and had a midnight snack with my "niece"
and her family along with our hotel roommates E&S.
It was my bf's first time meeting our "'niece"...he fell in love instantly.
The child is so expressive and friendly. It was funny watching her
raise an eyebrow at us at one point. cracked us up!
oh, and we sat at a table next to Tia & Tamera of WB's "Sister to Sister".
neat!

Afterwards, a few of us walked to the other casinos to look for a dance club to hit.
It was like 2am by this time, so some of us were pretty much sleep walking.
We walked through New York, New York and Excalibur to get to
Ra Nightclub at Luxor. Long walk.
'decided to see what was going on at the Rum Jungleat Mandalay Bay instead, cause they were already
playing a lot of "trance" music at Ra. We were looking for some hip hop/r&b of course.
no luck either at Rum Jungle...but the place looked really cool!
I especially like the front of the club which had little torch flames coming out of the entire wall...floor to ceiling!

Anyhow, we opted insted for the House of Blues, which was in the same hotel.
It was kinda dead, but they were playing the music we were looking for...and it was FREE.
hahaha....even danced to some Milli Vanilli. Though not my fav. thing to dance to, I was laughing the WHOLE time doing it!!!!
We were done after 15 min. cause they were closing already.
Some of us went to bed and a few of us hung out at one of the lounges at our hotel.
'had the best conversation...'talked about our "top 5's" and stuff.
It was a really great way to cap off the evening...err, by this time it was 5 am.
Then, finally, sleep.

another clash with stardom and sunshine
Ring Ring!!! It was Bern. They just got in from the airport.
It's now 9:30 am Saturday.
Still sleepy, so I got in another 2 hours after hanging up with her.
We all decided to hang out at the little food court downstairs for lunch.
After finishing my orange juice, i decided on getting a chai tea at Starbucks,
which was right behind our table.
While waiting in line, who do I see yet again?
Alyssa Milano.

i couldn't believe it. kinda panicked a bit cause I wanted
to tell my friends so that they could come see, too.
'decided that I didn't want to cause a scene, so instead of
running to tell my friends, I walked real fast.
Then, once I was out of site, I sprinted like my life depended on it,
grabbed my friends (who FLEW out of their seats) and all 4 of us got in
line at Starbucks. 'didn't have time to tell the rest of them, cause they were all in line to buy food.
Alyssa was still there ordering.
We all kept looking at eachother again with that look of
"oh my god...it's really her again??!!...OOh, i like her hair!" (ok maybe the hair part was just me)

Then, this blond lady, who was part of Alyssa's little entourage, walked passed me.
and I had a revelation: "Alyssa and Justin Timberlake really ARE dating...maybe even exclusively".
I deduced this from the fact that the blond lady...was Justin's mom!
In any case, i felt like such a little teeny bopper with my being so star struck!
But as soon as I got to the Starbucks counter to place my order, I asked the cashier if she got Alyssa's autograph.
She was like, "Oh, that's why she looked so familiar!" but she wasn't allowed to do stuff like that while on the job, so no
autograph.

Anway, I finally got my chai tea and walked back towards my friends.
I almost choked on my drink from laughter when I saw
G wiping the drool off of R's mouth from seeing Alyssa!!! (G & R are married) Hahaha!!!! it was a site to see!

Hooked up with some other friends (who flew all the way from Washington D.C.)
and off we went to explore the casinos north of us. My bf and I haven't seen them
yet so It was all new for us. They all pretty muched looked the same, but
Bellagio was the most ornate and beautiful of them all!
My favorite area was their conservatory...filled with x-mas flora and fauna. It was so amazing!
Also caught a little bit of the water show in front of the casino. Very nice. reminded
me of Fantasia at Disneyland without the laser show.
And throughout the entire day, it was so incredibly beauooootiful out!
It wasn't even that cold, the sun was out and everything! There were even
people wearing shorts!
We took a group shot in front of the Bellagio...i swear, it was such a nice pic.
The weather was so nice to us all weekend long, in fact.

and I thought it couldn't get any better
after our site seeing, we parted ways to rest up before the night
ahead of us.
I'm telling you, my weekend could've ended right there.
I got everything I wanted for my b-day: precious time with friends.
but there was more....

(gotta fix dinner. will blog more later)