Poker - she lives

May 27, 2007 | 11:23PM  | maudie dot b - gmail d c | |

Time it was and what a time it was. Oh boy.

Wooo-wee what rough seas the past few weeks have been. For a while there, I wasn't confident I was going keep my footing on deck... (I think I've been watching too many episodes of Deadliest Catch).

Life is returning to normal - I banished the blues and have forbidden them re-entry. I was able to have nearly two weeks off from work which allowed me the time to wallow then get over it.

I'm not eager to return to work, though. I've directed some of my re-discovered energy towards tasks around the house which have gone neglected far too long. The prospect of having out of town guests in a couple of months has me looking at my digs from the angle of an outsider and I'm not liking what I see. So, to work!!

But I have to pay the bills, so Tuesday will mark my return to the eight-to-five. Last week I enjoyed the leisure of visiting my local casino, the Riverwind, on Wednesday in the middle of the day. I played with a table of surly regulars and banked a tidy win, leaving before sundown in time to get home and view the American Idol finale and the season closer of Lost.

I returned on Friday evening after attending the graduation of a couple of my kiddos (clients from work). The place was packed and I had about a half hour wait for a table - even with phoning ahead to get on the list.

I was finally seated at a table which was more friendly than Wednesday's group. The two fellas on my left were in the middle of a marathon sessions. One had been there since 10:30 that morning, the other since around 3:30 that afternoon.

They were a pleasure to play with, even though they both managed to take sizeable chunks from my bankroll. I had to make a half-rebuy at one point and struggled back to even by about 2:30 in the a-yem. I was only up by eleven bucks, but I thought it best to quit while I could still feel good about quitting.

At any rate, I'm getting back to a normal routine and hope to get this blog unstuck and back to "even" itself. I'm not sure how many of you are still with me out there, but to those of you who are thanks again for sticking around.

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I want to repeat here what I wrote elsewhere - to all of you who took the time to comment, e-mail, IM, and call, your words of comfort and condolence are greatly appreciated and they have gone a long way to help me through this rough patch. I can never thank you enough. Truly.