Happy Holidays

Hope those of you who celebrate Christmas had a good one.  I had 4 days off from just about everything...no work, no poker, hardly turned on a computer.  Just chilled with the family for the most part.  We've never done big gifts...lots of family to buy for and everyone likes to buy for everyone, so it's mostly pretty small, plus Jennifer and I set a small limit on what we get for each other.  So ended up with a couple nice golf shirts and golf glove (can never have too many), plus a few other little things.

I had a decent pair of headphones for my iPhone that I think dropped out of my coat pocket at my daughter's basketball practice (she grabbed my jacket from the bleachers and tossed it to me).  Didn't notice they were missing until I got home.  Went back to the gym, and they were nowhere to be found, and no one turned them in since.  I was a little pissed because they were only a couple weeks old and cost about $100.  Yesterday, I took the family to lunch and then to see Avatar.  Total for that was about $150, which kind of put the headphones into perspective.

Good news on the poker front:  I wasn't running as bad as it's possible to run in November.  Bad news:  December proved to me that it could be worse.  I've won 2 sessions the entire month, one of those for like a $20 profit.  I've had so many hands go against me that I've started to get surprised when I get the money in with a larger pocket pair than my opponents and my hand holds.  It's a very bad, dangerous mindset.  Some worse play is starting to creep in, and a few times I've felt like I'm kind of on the edge of a major spewfest.  Hopefully the time off has helped and the next session is calmer emotionally.  You can't do anything about the cards that fall, but you can control your emotions and focus on making correct decisions.

Went to a wedding Saturday for one of my wife's college roommates.  I didn't know that many people which was too bad, but it was still a nice time.  Was talking with the bride's brother, who lives in the town next to where I grew up.  He starts rattling off some of his buddies, and I knew every one of them.  Small world.

Oh, about Avatar.  Think it's definitely worth catching that one in the theater.  While I don't think it was good as the hype I've been hearing, I'm still glad I saw it on the big screen in 3-D.