an old friend was supposed to fly in tomorrow. lots of plans were made, and money spent on hotels, and now she's cancelled. so, I guess i'll be spending a night in a suite at a casino in Black Hawk, CO, alone, since its too late to cancel the reservation. Also made a reservation down south, in a town few people have ever heard of, so that we could go to the Great Sand Dunes National Monument, of course these plans were made before the government decided to quit and someone decided to close down all the national parks and monuments.