May 4, 2008

• Damn. Today was a lost day. Literally. Originally I wanted to go to Arlington Park, as they were going to have a live simulcast of the Kentucky Derby. In fact they were billing it as the world's largest Kentucky Derby party, at least outside of Kentucky. I was unable to talk this guy from work into going and Dave was unable to go as well. So, Dave and I did the next best thing: we went to Booker Magee's, an off track betting place in Joliet. We went there last year to bet on the Derby, but this year we were able to get there earlier and therefore were able to bet on more races. This would turn out to not be a good thing.

  I picked up Dave about 12:30 and after a brief stop at Walgreen's got to the OTB place shortly after one. Although I would stop short of saying it was packed, there were a lot of people there. And as the afternoon wore on, eventually it was packed. Whoever said horse racing is dead was sorely mistaken. In fact the Churchill  Downs  crowd of 157,770 was the 2nd largest in the 134 year history of the Kentucky Derby. I say it every year to Dave, one of these years I'm going to actually go to the Derby. It might not be next year or the year after that, but of these years I'm going to go.

  Anywho, we started by betting some of the races at Arlington. In one of the races, the horse Dave bet on lost in a photo finish, it was literally by a nose. Later on we had both bet on another long shot that barely lost as well. I also had another race in which I bet a trifecta box (meaning I bet on three horses to finish in any order of the top 3) and I came within a head of winning that as well, which would have paid off nicely. As it stood, I only one one race which really wasn't a win at all as I still lost $4 on that race. I did however see  a couple of girls I work with there including a lady who was my direct boss before I got promoted and transferred out of her unit. She is nice though I like her.

  At 3:40 Dave told me that he had told Kelli that he would be home by 2:30. Classic Dave. What made it even funnier is that we still didn't leave after that. While we were in line to bet on the Derby, about 4 in the pm, Kelli called my phone as Dave is without a phone right now. Because it was loud as hell in there, Dave said "Don't answer it, I'll call her back later." Only one problem. I had already pressed talk. So, I just hung up the phone. A minute later I got a text from Kelli asking Dave to call. We placed our bets and headed home. On the way to the car, Dave called her back. She was pissed because, as you might have guessed, she heard him say not to answer the phone. Oh Dave. When will you ever learn.

  Although I'm not positive because I didn't keep track, but I'm guesstimating that I lost about $50 there. Only problem is that my day wasn't over. I still played cards at Scott's house. It really wasn't my day because I was the second person out in the first game and the first person out in the second game. I hope that didn't confuse you, but in case it did, let me just make it simple, it basically means that I got my fucking ass kicked.

  Oh well. At least the Cubs won today.

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