Off to the Races

I was in need of a night out...its always difficult for me to decide on what I really want to do when I have this need. But I wanted to do something different and new this time. Going to friends and hanging out or going to the local pub just didn't sound that exciting to me. Its easy to get in a rut by just staying at home all the time and forgetting that there is a whole new world of entertainment out there for your enjoyment. All you have to do is just make a decision to do it.
My decision was to try the race track...(I know...kind of a guy thing) but hey...the wife was gone to help our daughter start packing up her stuff for her move to Texas. So it was a perfect opportunity for me to do some MAN stuff. Kim is not a gambler...in fact she hates it. She loses twenty bucks and she acts like she just lost the family farm.

 Her idea of gambling is by saying " Hey Ian...I bet you a favor that you will forget to take the garbage out tomorrow morning"  (I don't usually take that bet) but I actually Love to gamble. I love going to the casinos or playing poker or betting on football. So horse racing just sounded like a lot of fun to me. I took my brother Dale with me and we had a ton of fun.

We arrived a little late so we weren't able to get a seat in the club house to order food and watch the races through the big windows. So we sat by the bar upstairs and watched the races on the monitors. We started out pretty well ....we won a little bit of money on the winning horses. We just couldn't seem to hit the big one...the "Trifecta". It seemed like the first 6 races that I had 2 of the 3 horses needed to win. One horse short of the big win. I mean...that's really why I like to gamble...I want to hit the big one....just once. I want to be the one where everyone is standing around looking at my slot machine wishing it was them.... as the guards are guarding all my winnings.Obviously that has never happened...but One day....just...One day...well...that's why I like to gamble. Winning the trifecta or the superfecta seemed possible as the night was progressing. I kept playing the horses with the best odds and I also tried the horses with the best times in their previous six races. I came so close to hitting the big one...so close.The winning did not get any better the rest of the night though. In fact it got worse. I was about to start picking horses by the color they were wearing. I didn't...but I probably could have produced the same amount of winnings. Really...How could a horse with 10-1 odds come in second place and ruin my chance to win the big one. Didn't they know my plans? Didn't they know that I was planning a very good Christmas for Kim with the money I was going to win? Sorry honey....but the good news is...I will definitely take that garbage out now. :) It was the thought that counts right?
I didn't lose that much really...I only lost 80 bucks the whole night. So it wasn't as bad as it could have been had I really had planned on that "Good Christmas for Kim". Otherwise I would have been forced to bet the proverbial farm on a race. So see honey...I do have self control !!