We had a great time in Atlantic City! I didn't really take a lot of pictures because you're not allowed to in casinos and we spent a lot of time there!
We got there Saturday evening and decided to walk around the boardwalk and find some dinner. We've been to AC once before, but it's been a couple years. We wound up eating at Rainforest Cafe because I had never been there. Jeff has and was not a huge fan, but I loved it! I had a burger with guacamole, an onion ring, and cheddar cheese. It was to die for! I also loved the jungle theme and I can see our kids loving this place someday! We spent the rest of the night gambling, neither of us really won much haha.
On Sunday we went to the outlets right near our hotel. We bought A LOT of stuff! Lots of shirts for both of us, I got a new Coach bag which I tweeted a pic of, Jeff got some pants, and we both got new sneakers. I got those Reebok ones that are supposed to tone up your legs and butt as you walk. I walk non-stop all summer, so I figured why not? I got the ones that you can run in as well since I run on the treadmill. The Reebok ones are a lot cuter than the Skechers ones in my opinion, because the Skechers ones looked like platform sneakers. I will keep you posted on how they work. We had dinner at P.F. Chang's, which is nothing new, but this one had really amazing food, probably the best we've had from a P.F. Chang's! After dinner, Jeff wanted to play poker, so he did that while I watched Celebrity Apprentice and tweeted with a ton of you! I had a blast doing that! After the show, I played slots for awhile while Jeff was still at the poker table, and I won $40! That was cool! Once I got Jeff from the poker table, we were going to play more slots, but then Jeff noticed a text from his mom that completely changed our plans.
I haven't mentioned it much on here, but Jeff's almost 89 year old grandfather is not doing well and hasn't been for awhile. At this point he can't walk/move much and the doctors discovered recently that he has cancer. They think it's lung cancer that's spread to his bones, hence why he can't walk, but they're not sure and it really doesn't matter what kind of caner it is because his body cannot handle any treatment for it. He's in the hospital and we were told earlier this week that they want to possibly move him to a hospice, otherwise he will go home. For anyone that doesn't know what a hospice is, it's basically another hospital where they send terminally ill people to be comfortable until they pass away. Jeff's mom told us we really should come to LI sometime this week to see him because things aren't good. We decided to go today since we both had off from work, so we left AC around 11:30am, made it to the hospital in LI around 2:40pm and stayed for awhile visiting. It made me so incredibly sad to see him because he looked significantly older and more tired than he did when I saw him about a month ago, and his mind is still sharp, so he knows what's going on and he really just wants to go home. We're not sure if that's an option yet, but I would really appreciate prayers for him and his family as everyone gets ready to say goodbye. We also really just want him to be comfortable for whatever time he has left, whether that's at home or in a hospice. He's such a sweet man and it's so sad to see him this way. I had a hard time keeping it together at the hospital, but I did it and I think I hid it well to most people that were there (Jeff's mom, aunt, and cousin). Jeff asked me if I was OK afterwards, so I think he knew I was upset. Jeff's grandfather has had a wonderful life and he has lots of people who love him, but stuff like this is never easy.
As an aside, Jeff and I had toyed with the idea of waiting till this summer to get married. I am so glad we didn't because his grandfather wouldn't have been there most likely. It's sad enough that he won't meet his first great grandchild one day, so I'm glad he got to be at the wedding and dance a little bit.
