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Well. My evening went as follows.

My parents tell me they're gonna take me out to eat at a restaurant in New Salem. About 45 minutes away.

We're driving. We pass the exit. I'm like.. "Uhhhh?" Dad's like, "We're taking the long way." I'm like... Whatever.

Then, after we've been driving for an hour, I begin to be a tad suspicious, but I'm half-dozing, so I'm just kinda ehhhhhokaywhatever.

Then I see a highway sign labeled Peoria. Which is when it hits me like a sack of bricks. They're taking me to the riverboat!

Me: thinking- This is gonna be fun!

We eat at the restaurant first. Me, freshly 21 years old, orders... a lemonade. Dad calls me chicken. *eyeroll*

Then as we go to enter the casino, mom and dad make the security guards card me. Oyyyyyyyy. I think I was approaching the shade of a pomegranate.

Anyhoo... Throughout the evening, I receive 120 dollars with which to gamble. I wanted to save some of it, but mom's like 'Nope. This is your gambling money. You can save winnings if you get them, but...' Me: Whatever.

... I lose it all. :\

Mom wins out the ass, though. *smirk*

They end up giving me 100 dollars as a present anyway, so whatever works.

Oh, and while I'm actually gambling, I get a rum and coke... I end up thinking it's absolutely horrible and drink about half before giving the rest to my dad.

But overall, I'd say I had fun. Except for the whole carding thing. *giggle*

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Oh. And I'd like to say... Rainee, I absolutely adore you!

I'll put it this way. She wrote me a birthday story, the Cubs won the World Series in it, and that wasn't even the best part.