I did make it to Las Vegas this past weekend, to make up for the cancelled NorCal trip a few weeks ago. I did nicely - I won several hundred dollars at the casinos, and managed to squeeze in some shopping too.
In the meantime, I am also enriching my personal life, by resuming novel writing. I'm taking an online class right now, which is turning out nicely. (I'll discuss it more in my novel blog.) Let's see how things turn out.