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Been a while...

3 weeks today...it's official! As stated in my first entry, I decided that was my main objective. I don't remember who told me 3 weeks was the make or break point. I don't even know if it's remotely true. But it gave me something to shoot for. And as far as I can recall, I've never made it this far in any of my attempts. Yay me!

To be honest, I haven't felt that much better. Not like I expected to anyway. I have been extremely fatigued as of late. That can be explained partially by my habit of staying up too late, losing track of time, etc. However, I have been finding lately, that I am not sleeping well at all. I find myself feeling like I've been awake all night, or often waking up at very random intervals throughout the night. Almost watching the clock if you will...I just don't get it. Perhaps I am still adjusting...I used to sleep like a baby last year.

I also haven't noticed a significant increase in taste/smell, which apparently occurs within days of quitting. But perhaps I've just been too busy or distracted to notice these improvements. Nonetheless, I can't really say I feel worse. And at least I don't have that shitty smell around me. Saving money also, obviously. The only thing I'm worried about now is resisting the temptations in Vegas. That will be the true test.

Working out hasn't been super regular either. But I'm doing my best to remain exercising semi-regularly at worst. According to Chel's scale, I have gained 8.5 lbs. Subtract clothing weight and minor inaccuracies, and I'm still up a good 5 lbs already. Not bad considering I'm not following the routine very well. I intend to keep up as best I can, and get better.

Poker has experienced some variance. Although I was incredibly card dead, I blame it mostly on lack of self control, bad play, frustration and fatigue. I've set my stop loss at 2 buyins, and I let tilt convince me to buy in again to get revenge on some old prick who slow rolled me. I certainly got my revenge. After rivering the nut straight, I put out a large value bet. I acted conspicuously, and induced a call. He looked at me to open my hand and I said "Nice call...." and sighed...thinking he had won, he looked relieved. I then turned over my hand and said "I just have the nuts. Ship it you slowrolling prick!" Even the dealer got a kick out of it. He left the table right after that LOL...I then continued my downward spiral and dropped a total of 4 buyins. So essentially, it's like two losing sessions in a row. Certainly not unheard of, but definitely unnecessary.

I played some more this weekend in Calgary. After my original Saturday plans were cancelled, my wonderful friend invited me to Calgary for a late celebration of my bday. Poker on Saturday night went pretty well, until one of the last hands I played. I ended up almost dead even after losing a large pot I should not have even been in, and did not have the discipline to fold, despite being quite sure I was beat. Alcohol may have been a contributing factor... :P

We then made our way over to Ducky's for some karaokee. As usual, I get hyped up, but find it incredibly difficult to choose a song and become very nervous. Once I get that first song out of the way, I have an insatiable urge to sing more. Tiff thought it would be a good idea for us to sing "Hollaback Girl" by Gwen Stefani. Being that this song is by a female vocalist, I was even more nervous than usual. Fortunately, I have a pretty high vocal span so I can hold my own. There was a pretty rambunctious crowd gathered in front of the stage and I thought we put on a good performance. Tiff did laugh through half the song, so I went solo often! LOL Good times, and of course, did not get any more songs in as it was too late.

A drama filled evening ensued, which involved Tiff standing on the table in a restaurant, us nearly getting thrown out, worrying about the waiter spitting in to our food (or worse), getting kicked out of a cab, etc. Sigh...but it was fun. :) A short session of poker followed the next morning/afternoon, where Tiff went on a heater and ended up +500! Good for you Tiff! I ended up +50 or so, after making a questionable call and losing a big pot. Oh well.

Despite being on the verge of collapse, I decided to visit my lovely sister and favorite brother in law. :) Decided to watch the game with Killa B. Superbowl was quite entertaining, despite my lack of interest in NFL, or football in general for that matter. I cheered for Arizona, and was a bit miffed by some of the officiating as well as the last minute scoring drive for the win by Pittsburgh...but a very entertaining game and well played by both sides.

Detroit finally broke out of their slump tonight with a win over the lacklustre St. Louis Blues (thank fuck). Squeaked out a win in a shootout, despite playing a very bad game overall. Thank God for Marian Hossa! 2 goals and the shootout winner! Atta boy! :) Hope we can retain him next year...

Anyways, I should get to bed, just thought I'd blast out a quick blog. I have many things on my mind, so I suppose entries will become more frequent and interesting if time permits.

V