operation: sands.

I haven't been here in awhile, so it's high time I fire it back up. For starters, Merry Christmas!

Now that we've got that out of the way...

I've been doing some soul-searching of late. I've got some irons in the fire just now, but it appears some of them may be cooling off. So I'm beginning to think it's high time I put together a definitive game plan for getting to Vegas.

I was talking to a dealer friend of mine who works at The Palms. I told her my tentative plans are to arrive in the desert sometime in 2k8. What'll it take? Well, a job is the lynch pin to any Vegas plan. I will not move until I've got something lined up. My dealer friend is of a mind that I could—with assistance from the right "juicer"—make my way to The Strip as a dice dealer. The fact that I haven't dealt any action since May 2k1 makes me think I'd need about six weeks of intense training to get my hands back.

But any dealing gig is strictly a Plan B; a "get me the hell out of here and the hell over there" Hail Mary pass. My goal is to land as a PR practitioner at a major casino operation, PR firm or University. Those are my three industry areas of choice.

So let's say my plan—we'll call it Operation: Desert Storm Sands—has a D-Day of 1 July 08. That's about 18 months away. That means I've got to get crackin' at figuring out the cost of moving the animals, myself and my essentials to Vegas.

Let's break it down:
* Cost of a moving fan/shipping
* Fuel costs of driving the rig to Vegas
* First month's rent, security deposits, start-up costs

The latter two will be in the $2,000 range, easily. Perhaps I'll look into ditching/selling lots of crap before loading up the truck and heading west.

But again, the only thing that makes the plan go is a job. And that means I'll need to be ready to jump anytime after 1 Jan 08. So, in summation, I've got about 12 months to get my financials to a place where I can pull up the tent stakes and get outta dodge at the drop of a hat.

Yikes.

That's all for now. I'll have to wait and see what Operation: Plainfield yields.