Tucson or bust ?

First of all let me tell you all that you never get used to changing time zones and that is why I’m up at 5 am in Arizona . Some people say they do but there is a firm reason as to why I arrived here yesterday and passed out before 10 pm local time and that’s because it was almost 1 am on my watch which by all standards is way later then what I’m used to . I’m getting old and those early mornings are more for coffee then going to bed these days . 

Getting here yesterday was not super easy as we had to wake up bright and early to get packed and head to the airport which was a breeze aside from being chosen for extra inspection at security and no I didn’t get the full inspection 😛 no rubber gloves were needed but it’s made me start thinking about what these foreign countries have against me ? I am never able to check in online and I always get pulled into security ... ok not always but it seems to be acceptably normal for me now . I remember how pissed off I used to get and now I just roll with it and go through the motions . Is it because I travel so much or because of the countries I visit ? Who knows but if that’s the case wait til they find out I’m going to Turkmenistan lol 😂 I’m sure that elusive cavity search might be around the corner 😬 

We had seats at the back of the plane and the flight was full ... I popped on my Netflix and watched the Wanda Sykes standup which was pretty good and then watched Lego Movie 2 which was interesting as I’ve worked on a commercial this past year with Will Arnett and I was dying to ask him to say “I’m Batman “ ! I would have died if he did but you can’t just ask actors to perform for you when trying to be professional on set .... or maybe I can . Anyways I was entertained on the flight and when we arrived in Phoenix the first thing I wanted to do was to get a SIM card for my phone so I can use my GPS while driving here . I’ve always heard how dirt cheap it is here and I was blown away to find out that was wrong !!! I went to a shop and was offered two options .... one had 5 gigs and that was $65 USD which is way more then what I pay at home and the other was unlimited for $100 USD which is ridiculous times ten . I guess Rogers (my provider) will have to do at $7 CDN per day , may I add that I hate my provider or will it ruin any possible sponsorship opportunities ? At his point I’m sure it will and won’t and who cares ... money grubbing scum 😑 so that didn’t work the way I expected and I have no time to run around pricing SIM cards out so we head to our car rental place which we need to get a shuttle bus to go to and when we arrive they were super friendly there . We rented a surprise vehicle from Dollar Rental  which I’ve never used before and the premise is that you get whatever car they give you and it will be automatic .... of course my luck puts me in a mini van just like the ones I used to drive as a production assistant which works for me ... we sort out the gps in the vehicle and only made one mistake driving to our first destination which of course is the Puma outlet so I can get me some new kicks ! I love Puma shoes and I’m always buying new shoes while travelling .

After buying my new red Puma kicks I jumped back behind the steering wheel and headed to Tucson which was almost a two hour drive and boy oh boy was I dying for an alcoholic beverage when we finally arrived at Casino del Sol in Tucson which happens to be where the Combate Americas event will be held tomorrow . I can get drunk and stumble back to my room after the fights yay ! Too bad we had just missed the weigh ins but we saw some of the fighters in the lobby and were too chicken to approach them as we were still getting our bearings on the situation . I almost forgot to mention that when we arrived here we saw a road runner in the parking lot before finding out that the hotel thought we were supposed to be here on June 9 instead of June 6 .... hearing that damn near made me shit myself and luckily we had a print out of the receipt which we always carry on us . Better to be safe then sorry . Apparently the hotel is full but they had a room for us ...does that make sense ? Sure whatever ... we got our room which is really big and super comfy and then finally we decided it was time for a drink. When we got to the casino we went straight to the bar and watched the rest of the Blues/Bruins game and I was happy to see Boston lose 🥳 and I quenched my thirst with a lovely local IPA called Dragoon and it had some serious kick . Either that stuff has date rape drugs in it or the alcohol content is like 9% regardless I will likely have a couple more of those today hahaha ! 

With a good buzz going we then headed to the Mexican restaurant for some food and we gorged ourselves with carbs and whatever we could get our hands on . I’ve been on this keto diet for months now and I’m losing tons of weight but this week I’m probably gonna put it back on as everything goes while I’m travelling . No exercise, no diet and best of all no work ! The margarita I had with dinner put me over the edge and as I mentioned earlier that jet lag had its effect and by 10 pm I was fast asleep 😴. It’s a beautiful day out today and I should proebably hit the pool while my swimming trunks still fit me hahaha ! We are both enjoying the Casino del Sol and would highly suggest staying here if you are ever in this neck of the desert 🌵 I think today I will get drunk and try hugging a cactus .