Why did I feel so strongly the need to blog tonight? I don't really know. Frustration, for one. I'm frustrated with my poker journey and tonight just drove that home. Once I moved up to the 2 dollar stakes things were great and within ten days I was up to 130 dollars. And now, like a week and a half later, I'm still at 130. I always seem to earn back just enough to stay at the same place but it's really getting to me that I can't seem to break past this barrier yet.
I guess "them's just the breaks" as they say but today I'm just frustrated by it and needed to vent but my roommate is already asleep and so all of you people get nominated to listen. My results are still good, I'm still playing well, and this isn't the first plateau I've found myself stuck on so far on this poker journey and I'm sure it won't be the last. Just venting about it has helped a lot and I'm looking forward to trying again tomorrow and seeing if I can't bust up and out of this little slump I've got going on that's got me stuck in the 130 dollar range.
So what else is going on in my life? Not a whole lot. Went to the Rangers game yesterday, that was a lot of fun up until the sun started to murder us. I wore a hat and a long sleeve shirt so the sun decided to scorch the backs of my hands something awful. Add onto that the weird fact that it seems to have sunburned me through my shirts and I've been feeling pretty miserable today. Traffic was a nightmare when we left and I think from it took us about 2 and a half hours from the end of the game to get home, which is pretty sad considering we only live about 20 or so minutes from the stadium.
Hmmm... what else? Nothing I guess. Just living and working and staying positive and enjoying life. I'm pretty sure that my oldest nephew is going to be baptized at church this coming Sunday, that's a big deal. I didn't know anything about it before the other day so I haven't fully processed it but I'm really excited. He's such a great little guy and I love him so much. It's such a privilege to get to be a part of my nephews lives. Speaking of, the same nephew has a birthday coming up and I'm blanking on what to get him. I'm generally a great gift giver but I'm not coming up with anything for him yet. He'll be 8 and I really want to avoid the typical flavor of the week action figures (which right now is Pokemon for him) and get something a little more lasting. My latest idea is a model rocket set that he and I could do together but I think that might be kind of lame. I saw this cool mini-electromagnetic accelerator canon thing on thinkgeek.com that I thought about getting him but it seemed a little irresponsible to do such a thing so I didn't order it. That's what being a grown up is all about, not buying little kids electromagnetic accelerator canons that fire steel marbles.
Speaking of birthdays, my own is coming up before too long! I get really excited about my birthday and my best friend always makes fun of me for it but I don't care. It's just like a month and a half away and it's going to be awesome! I think I'm going to ask for a few comic book collections (Invincible and Walking Dead, more than likely) and other than that am just looking forward to a day of family and friends.
Okay, I guess I'll just shut up now since this is getting long. I really hope everyone is doing awesome and wonderful and that you have stellar weekends!
