ANYWAY......
We made our way to the RIO for "free" stay. What a beautiful view of the strip we were lucky to have and a great suite.
On Monday, we made our way to the tennis courts for practice and to await the posting of the doubles draw. Due to the family wedding in Chicago, Natalie was planning on only playing doubles here as a warm up for the upcoming tournaments. And to work on her dubs ranking.
Well, another bad note! Not only did Natalie and Jackie not get a wild card, but neither did some other VERY deserving double teams. A decision that "reeked" of fish.
After much convincing by me and others, Natalie decided to attend the player's party at the Cosmo. I'm very happy to say that the tournament director had a bit of a heart to heart with Natalie and she was feeling much better. Much to her surprise she had a great time....evident in pic below.....
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| Natalie, RedFu (LMFAO) and Allie.....having fun at players party.....RedFu was the host! |
We were able to stop by the Pawn Shop that is featured on the hit TV series. What a tiny little shop, was very surprising how tiny. We decided that the TV film crew, def works the camera angles. Glad we stumbled onto it, fun fun fun.
While here we, we had a great time catching up with a former Lady Vol....Blakeley and our new friend from our visit here in the spring Rob. Natalie was going to play an event for them this weekend, but we are now leaving earlier and she won't be able to do so. Yet another "bad note" UGH!
Blakeley, Rob and Natalie had a great practice with their VERY good team. Natalie being able to practice with them and others this week has been the silver lining for sure. So, Vegas has not been a total "bad song"....only a few "bad notes".
We are hoping DELTA is good to us today. Natalie tried to go "stand by" yesterday, that didn't work. So we will be back at it today. Homeward Bound to try a new song! Sweet Home Alabama next week! The Troy 25K....here we come.......la la la la la
