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Sssooooooooo we got a house. I am a home owner. Weird. Not even really sure what happened or what to say about it. I guess though that I can say that this is pretty clearly a gift. The circumstances surrounding us getting a house suggest that this is more than random chance. We didn't deserve to get this house. But we did and now I must say that this house is a promise. A promise of a new chapter in our lives. A promise of hope.

And we need it now because Catherines parents are coming this week. This can go a number of ways, but I think that most of them are good. I think I will share more later though.

I golfed this weekend and totally KICKED KEVIN'S ASS! He was weeping like a beaten little girl. It was sad, yet satisfying.

take a deeper breath

Things have been really busy lately. We have the turnaround coming, which, for those who don't know, is this crazy project that lasts a few weeks which usually has me working 12 hour days 7 days a week. I've been doing a lot of planning for it and things are picking up because its only about 2 weeks away. This turnaround should be easier though, as it appears that I will be working slightly shorter shifts and only 6 days a week. So that should make things easier. After that, it will be my favorite time of the year. I can hardly contain the excitement about that.

In just over a week Catherine's parents are coming. Oi. I'm glad that its finally coming though. Hopefully it comes to a conclusion that is somewhat successful. I am restrainedly hopeful though.

We made an offer on a house. Its a fixer upper in Alamo that's pretty nice overall, but needs a lot of work. Our offer was really really low, and they have had 5 offers total so our chance of getting it is a snowball's in hell. But I guess it was worth a shot, and also worth it to see how the process goes and see how involved everyone is.

A lot more going on, but I don't want to make this too long. So, alas, I will save it for another day.

WTFWJD

There's a small part of me that is growing that hopes that McCain/Palin loses...because I'm already sick of the Palin jokes. Making fun of Palin is the new making fun of Bush. Its so cliche now. Regardless, it looks like Obama is going to win anyways. It will be interesting to see what happens. Plus its good for me from a poker perspective because an Obama administration is more likely to overturn the UIGEA than a McCain administration. But I think McCain mishandled things, which is causing people not see his policies in the right light. Oh well.

I've been continuing my crazy up and down, rollercoaster swings in poker lately. I'm moving up overall though, so that's good. But I miss the normal, calm up and up. This up and down is frying my nerves.

One of the things I'm going to try to do again is really try to live like God is here. I mean, I believe he is, but so much of the time I don't act like it. So obvious, but I suspect I'm not the only one in the world who so easily forgets this.

The ultimate two-fer: Your girlfriend asks you to pick up milk for the kids. You need to go kill a sex offender that's stalking one of the kids. So as you're dragging the body away for disposal check the fridge. Aawww yeah. Dexter is awesome.

swizz nizzle

I'm out in the city right now for whiskey fest. We are 21a brewpub. Its pretty nice. Drinking some good beers before we drink some good whiskeys. Hopefully I don't get too drunk. If I do though, hopefully I drunk blog so I can share it all with you.

***update***

So we are on the way home in the limo. The evening was sureal, but fun overall. I didn't really get drunk, although I am buzzed. So, I guess that's good. It was fun though and I'm really appreciative to Kevin and Brian and the whole spirits crew who provided me with this evening. I can't wait to be home though with my bride and to have my weekend.

the sky is flailing

Watched the second debate last night. Another interesting one, but not one with a clear victor one way or the other. I have to say that John McCain "won" in my opinion, he was strong in the economy section and always has the advantage in foreign policy. But since he didn't route Obama its not a big victory. It will be interesting to see how the polls react.

I also never mentioned the VP debate, which was another close one, but I actually think Biden had the edge on that one.

One thing to point out that is of interest is that while Obama is ahead in most polls it shouldn't worry McCain supporters too much as long as the Obama lead isn't too high. Looking back at the primaries Obama consistently did worse on election day than the polls suggested. I can't remember a time when he did as well or better actually. There's a lot of reasons for this, but I suspect we'll see it as well on November 4th.

Yesterday I played a little poker and won back 4 1/2 buy ins. That was encouraging. I just need to buckle down and keep playing well. That's the key.

ps. dexter season 3 is awesome so far. amen.

as a ghost shall live

Its amazing how you can just let this thing fall behind. I'm surprised to see that its been almost 10 days since my last blog. time just moves so fast sometimes, its impossible to keep up.

Anyways, its been a hell of a month so far, on many levels. From a poker perspective I'm down almost 1k so far play 50nl and one session at the California Grand Casino 2/2/3 nl game. I just can't seem to get anything going. I must say though that even though I am getting brutalized I am not playing my best and I'm losing more than I should. So I'm going to just really try to tighten up the leaks, focus on my game, and play some damn good poker. The cards will come around sooner or later. hopefully.

Haven't had a ton of time to golf, but I did have one session with my dad, which was fun both because I shot my best round at the fair ground (47), and because it was fun getting out and golfing with my dad. We're supposed to do it again this week, so we'll see how it goes.