How Not to Ring in the New Year

Some friends asked us to go to Four Bears Casino in New Town, ND

We thought it was a great way to bring in the New Year!!

We checked in to find the king room we booked 

was reduced to a double room.

We asked for our original booking

 but

 they said they were completely booked

We continued on with our night enjoying some fun and laughs with our friends

At around 11pm,

 we asked if any King rooms opened up.

Yup...they had one. 

As we transferred our things to the new room,

 they were in the room cleaning it.

Ok...

'freshly cleaned’ i guess.

We carried on ringing in the New Year. 

We went back to our room around 2:30am.

It was not much warmer than the temp outside which was -40C

The heater was cranked to +30C when we left earlier in the night

 but

it had not made a dent in raising the temp!!

Changing rooms was not an option

I sent Arnold to the front desk to get some extra blankets

 as

 there was just a thin sheet on the bed 

Their response was they had lost the key to housekeeping....

REALLY??? 

That’s the best excuse you can come up with??

I filled the tub with pure hot water,

 hoping to steam the room up to a decent temp.

I crawled into bed with my jammies.

The memory foam bed as freezing! 

I got out of bed 

and

 put my long underwear, socks and sweater on over my jammie!!

In Arnold's words...Seeexxy!!

If we hadn't been drinking....

 we probably would have got in the car and drove home!!

I even considered plugging in the iron,

 wrapped in towels to make a hot rock in bed! 

Thank goodness we had been ‘celebrating’ as we did manage to get to sleep.

We would have been fine with a twin bed

 as

 we slept glued together for body heat.

In the morning, we headed for breakfast.

As we went to get in the elevator, the fire alarm went off.

We ran to the room and got our coats,

 in case,

 we had to go outside in the frigid temps.

I texted my girlfriend to see if she was coming.

They didn't even hear the alarm.

No one was coming out of their rooms.

We took the stairs and went to the front desk to ask about the emergency.

They didn't know...

might be a fire in the kitchen but no worries!!

I had visions of the joint burning up

 with all these heaters on max 

and 

shorting out!!

When I checked in the night before,

 I signed papers that said the room was 60$

When I checked out the total was 150$

That was the last straw...

I complained stating I wasn't paying that!!

They said it was an event night so it was going to be more.

I said 'It was NO EVENT night!!'

 No heat or blankets and wearing all our clothes to bed?!?!?!? 

I paid 60$

Another day in my life....

Good thing we have a sense of humour!

Christa