i've been having a blast in vegas the past two days - the stories are just like everybody else's so i'll save them (clubs, limos, lots of alcohol, gambling, drunk girls), but it's nice to blow off some steam.

one of the reasons i took this trip (besides seeing one of my friends from back east!) was to really reaffirm to myself some personal decisions i've made. long road trips with the right music can work wonders for myself - i also had the benefit of talking through some of the issues with outside perspectives just now. basically, i know what i need to do, and i know why what i'm doing right now is wrong (not that this was ever unclear, i just had a hard time convincing myself).

maybe it's just cause it's a quarter to five (i have a long drive tomorrow - meeting friends in LA, then driving back down), but i do feel more strongly now about sticking to what i know is the right decision. before, i knew that it was logically the right thing to do, but i hadn't completely convinced myself. maybe i still haven't convinced myself, but i feel closer to it.

i can't control everything in this world, and sometimes you just gotta let stuff happen around you.