Hotel Room

Michael and I had booked a hotel room at the Ameristar casino a couple weeks ago for tonight and we since didn’t call to cancel within 24 hours, we had to go. When we checked in, conveniently the only room left was a handicapped room. There were so many bars in the bathroom, it kind of freaked me out. We had received a coupon for a free hotel room and a free $15 to spend at the casino. We brought with us just $50 and ended up losing it all. I had noticed online that if you earn 15 points you could get a free buffet or $10 off another restaurant in the casino. So out of our spending money we were able to get two “free” meals and then some.


The view from our room when we arrived.


The view at night.


The view in the morning.


The bedroom.


The bathroom.


The view of St. Charles.

At the restaurant, I had ordered a cheeseburger (well done) with a salad (blue cheese dressing). The food took forever to come out and my order was wrong. I had honey mustard salad dressing and a hamburger, no cheese! Also, I had noticed the hamburger looked a little pink, but I thought it was the lighting so I didn’t say anything. Well I only took a few bites out of the hamburger and took the rest up to our room.

As soon as we got into our room, Michael said it’s a good thing I didn’t see the hamburger that it was at best medium rare cooked. My stomach had been hurting the whole way to the room and I wonder if it could have been from the food. I called to complain and the receptionist said she took a message and would pass it on. When Michael went to check out, he complained some more and ended up getting two more meals at the restaurant. Not a bad deal after all, just an upset stomach.

Also tonight, Michael was able to feel baby Emma kick and it was a legitimate kick. Most of the time, I have Michael feel my belly and I will push my stomach out, but this time he put his hand on my belly and she kicked him good. And it kept going for a little bit. He was so excited that he sent a text message to his friends telling them that he felt his baby kick. It was an exciting time because now he can connect with the baby by either feeling her or talking to her. Just a few more months and she will be here!