A nice Day off

Yesterday was a pretty nice day off for me. The wife and I spent the whole day together and ended the night at her family's house. I'm sure it wasn't a very good day for weight loss for me, but I get so few days completely off that it's hard for me to do too much. I think what's hurting me the most is not having consecutive days off anymore. Before on my first day off it was pretty much a day of relaxation then the 2nd day I could get things done, such as go to the gym or whatever else. Now, when I have a day off, I dont feel like doing a damn thing. I'll get used to it at some point, I'm sure. I definitely need to hop back on the weight loss train. Don't wanna get into the old habits I just spent over a month kicking.

My wife got a court date for her disability hearing. Finally, we're gonna get some closure on that. We filed back in October 2007 and the Court date is May 11th, 2009. That makes 19 months we've waited. It will be very disappointing if we don't win. But, at this point, I just want it to be over and done with. I don't even care about the money anymore. It will be very helpful to have my wife bringing in some income each month, but I feel like we've made it this far without it, so even if she doesn't get to, we'll be okay. The good thing is that we get all the back money for waiting so long, if we win. The bad thing is, we plan on paying most of it out to the people that have helped us over the last almost 2 years. That'll feel good, to be able to do that.

It's only 16 days til we move into our new apartment. It's exciting. The last few months combined with the months to come are gonna be very busy and an exciting time in our lives. There's a bunch of things around us going on too, with our family. My wife's sister is pregnant and so is a good friend of hers. They are due in the summer. My wife's brother is getting married. We're moving, we have our court date for disability, I'm running a store... it's just crazy times right now.

I was thinking yesterday about just 1 year ago. Last year at this time I was on my last leg with poker and my apartment. My wife wasn't even living with me. I was exploring a job in data entry. I was trying to get the Poker Basement up and running. I was miserable, broke, and things were'nt looking to good basically. Just 1 year ago. Now, I've got a career and I'm at a job I enjoy. I'm the boss and the success of the store depends on my hard work. I've lost almost 60 pounds (not sure exactly since just 1 year ago). My wife and I's relationship is the strongest its been. We are preparing to move into a new apartment, this time that will last us more than 8 months. We make plenty of money. The poker basement subscription ended just a few days ago. Which is a little sad, but I was so engrossed into poker, probably because of all the problems I was having, that it's for the better. I think I wrote some pretty good articles on that site. I did get published by an Online Poker Magazine. Hopefully, I helped out a few poker players.

It's just amazing how much 1 year can change your life. I remember talking to Ryan (formerly of Poker Dynasty) and asking him what I should do, when things were looking so bad. I failed at doing poker as a career and was struggling to find a job. I've always remembered what he told me. He said, "when you find a job, just work your ass off." Simple words. But, that's what I did. I have been fortunate enough to benefit from doing so. I got a little lucky for once, but I also fought hard to get lucky. Hopefully, it continues.