It's becoming legal in so many US states but still not in Jersey yet </3 (should be soon I believe). But yeah the scenery from what I've seen of Amsterdam & just how everything seems legal & casual over there makes it reeeeally interesting to visit.

For some reason I assumed you didn't move into the hostel yet oop. Is it one you've never been to / how is this one? Aw that's cute @ her going everywhere with you. Idk why I'm picturing her like a mini Stacey / younger sister type thing. Is she your age, younger?

What did you drink this time? And have you ever been to Amsterdam? I wonder if it's as amazing to visit as everyone hypes up in the states???

Btw are you still going to a hostel or gonna be staying around at your friend's place?

BYE! I'd buy you some drinks... at a CLUB

Yeah I'm here for a new year. 2019 must be my worst year for gambling off the top of my head, it's mostly good results for me but rarely was this year (ok towards the end with sports betting). 2020 will be better

Drunk bowling is the way to go Yeah definitely need some spare money going in but give it a try when you have some spare.

Yeah I've won thousands of dollars before in poker (like separate stretches of time since I turned 21). Lately I've been mostly losing but I've definitely won more than lost in poker specifically (and prob sports betting) and I enjoy it a lot so I'm just waiting for another turnaround to start winning again I'm also dumb and been losing in casino games when that's just a scam lol

Ohhh that place sounds like a greeeeat time! Have you ever gone bowling btw? I used to like doing that every once in a while but haven't in a really long time. That atmosphere sounds exactly like my kind of thing, you should go back some time to try out some of it

Oh and yup I was exhausted but managed

Yeah but poker definitely includes luck too though. There's NO WAY my friend is as good at me in poker but he had a crazy good run and made some nice ballsy plays from what he told us so it all depends on so many factors. The only consistency is that it's fun af

It's mostly more expensive (not all you can find some good places / deals in there) but also you can use your points that you earn at the casino from gambling there (you can also use them at the food court by the poker room & most places to eat inside the casino as well) so that's pretty cool. Yeah the place is HUGE, really all the casinos are built that way. Pretty nuts I used to get kinda lost in there but I'm used to getting around by now, especially at the Borgata.

I used to be able to win there, maybe different luck or I was more focused / less careless, but particularly this year it's been like loss after loss over there (and a few times pretty big losses for me)

I'm like a just about 2 hour drive from AC and yeah there's gift type stores and then more like branded / regular stores. It's almost like a mini-mall within the casino really, it's actually a lot! And yeah it was Sunday at the sportsbook so there were a lot of games going on and they have them all on the TV's. It killed time really well but my friend finished the tournament after midnight so I was TIRED at work Monday All worth it tho

On Sunday while we were waiting for my friend in the tournament, we checked out some of the stores in there for the first time in a while and they're NICE! I didn't actually buy anything but one of my friends ended up buying like 11 things to send to his family members in Columbia for late Christmas gifts. Plus went to that sportsbook room/pub type place that's still a really great atmosphere for watching sports!

Ahhhh @ 1) you drinking it all walking back home and 2) you blasting Miranda Lambert tunes before going out for NYE Sounds like some good stuff & a pretty drunken night

Nah nothing at all yesterday I drank in AC tho, amaretto sour mmm! & some fancy looking rum drink (actually SO good) Idr the name even but it was limey & kinda makes sense that I liked it cause I love a Corona with lime and stuff like that. A lot of the same stuff with gambling but yessss I actually won money on this trip technically (literally like $40, but that's after spending money at the club, on food, etc. + my friend giving us our tournament buy-ins ($180) back after we lost / he won). So that was cool to actually come back with a slight profit for the first time in a while at AC (somehow 3/4 of us came back with profit & one was a huge win so that was a crazy way to end the trip & basically the year)

Even my win being practically nothing it was still nice to have a fun trip without wasting money this time