Wednesday, December 27, 2006
Sick, Christmas & Poker
So I'm breaking the norm and skipping anything work related. Not because there isn't any happening. I admit work slows down in December, but lately I have not been doing too much work. I have been extremely under the weather with the flu for almost 2 weeks now. I've had some ups, and them some downs, but it hangs on, and seems to be back somewhat. I am functional now, but for a while before Christmas I was residing mostly on my couch or in my bed.
I've been pumping the vitamins, and cold medication. For a while I started off my days with a double neo citron ... and took the cold/flu pills with that. It made for an interesting buzz and I think I'm missing a few days in there somewhere ... but whatever. Drinking gallons of tea, and I rediscovered my love of Sunny Delight. I tried some new cold medicine, as the usual (Contac) changed their formula so there is less pain killer, and less juice in them. I bet there was some medical regulation and they were originally too powerful. That's why I used to use them all the time ... because they were soooo powerful ... gots me well in a hurry.
So still being sick the Christmas holidays did not wait for me to get better. I ended up jamming on some festivities (a lot actually) because I was so under the weather. Rich and I did manage to get our pictures with Santa at the Sunridge mall though. He still has my picture from last year. But the tradition lives on. Rich ended up heading to Flin Flon. The Youngs are all in Hawaii for Xmas. I drove them to the Airport, and as such I have Robyns new Tundra while she is gone. Man I love that truck. Big V8 ... so fun to drive. I feel like king of the road. Jono came over to my place on Christmas eve. We watched a little football, and then watched the original Star Wars. I just got the first trilogy on DVD. It was relaxing. Christmas day I slept in, and when I got up I headed over to Mikala's for dinner. Her Mom and Dad were in from the Island, as well as her sister Penny. Of course Mahlah, Peyton and Aaron were also there. We had a delicious dinner. BBQ turkey with trimmings, and even stuffed peppers. It was a feast for sure. I didn't stay too long, as I'm still not 100% so being out and about tears me down quickly.
I've been on a bit of a poker tear lately. Since I've spent so much time sitting around at home, and have no energy to do anything productive I've been sittin in the poker rooms online. I got 4th in a tournament with 600 people. Then 2 2nd places in about 100 person tournaments, and then I won a tournament on Christmas eve night after Jono left. Today I woke up to a message on my phone from Johnny P. He was driving back to Calgary from Regina, and said he wanted to pick me up and hit the casino for a poker tournament. We headed down to the Cash Casino. $50+6 tournament, John said he thinks he was the first person out of the tournament. I was playing prime, and I ended up getting 3rd place winning $620. It was a fun night. John had some time to kill, but ended up watching the final table I was at. It was a fun night. I think a break from the poker is needed. Back to working on the projects is the plan tomorrow. I'll explain all of that later.
Happy Holidays! ¶ 1:15:00 AM
I've been pumping the vitamins, and cold medication. For a while I started off my days with a double neo citron ... and took the cold/flu pills with that. It made for an interesting buzz and I think I'm missing a few days in there somewhere ... but whatever. Drinking gallons of tea, and I rediscovered my love of Sunny Delight. I tried some new cold medicine, as the usual (Contac) changed their formula so there is less pain killer, and less juice in them. I bet there was some medical regulation and they were originally too powerful. That's why I used to use them all the time ... because they were soooo powerful ... gots me well in a hurry.
So still being sick the Christmas holidays did not wait for me to get better. I ended up jamming on some festivities (a lot actually) because I was so under the weather. Rich and I did manage to get our pictures with Santa at the Sunridge mall though. He still has my picture from last year. But the tradition lives on. Rich ended up heading to Flin Flon. The Youngs are all in Hawaii for Xmas. I drove them to the Airport, and as such I have Robyns new Tundra while she is gone. Man I love that truck. Big V8 ... so fun to drive. I feel like king of the road. Jono came over to my place on Christmas eve. We watched a little football, and then watched the original Star Wars. I just got the first trilogy on DVD. It was relaxing. Christmas day I slept in, and when I got up I headed over to Mikala's for dinner. Her Mom and Dad were in from the Island, as well as her sister Penny. Of course Mahlah, Peyton and Aaron were also there. We had a delicious dinner. BBQ turkey with trimmings, and even stuffed peppers. It was a feast for sure. I didn't stay too long, as I'm still not 100% so being out and about tears me down quickly.
I've been on a bit of a poker tear lately. Since I've spent so much time sitting around at home, and have no energy to do anything productive I've been sittin in the poker rooms online. I got 4th in a tournament with 600 people. Then 2 2nd places in about 100 person tournaments, and then I won a tournament on Christmas eve night after Jono left. Today I woke up to a message on my phone from Johnny P. He was driving back to Calgary from Regina, and said he wanted to pick me up and hit the casino for a poker tournament. We headed down to the Cash Casino. $50+6 tournament, John said he thinks he was the first person out of the tournament. I was playing prime, and I ended up getting 3rd place winning $620. It was a fun night. John had some time to kill, but ended up watching the final table I was at. It was a fun night. I think a break from the poker is needed. Back to working on the projects is the plan tomorrow. I'll explain all of that later.
Happy Holidays! ¶ 1:15:00 AM
