This is utterly ridiculous...

Hello again

2005-02-22T03:41:00.000-08:00

It's me again Margaret. Started the new job yesterday. We mostly did a lot of office work, making training manuals and stuff like that. I also got to listen in on a few calls, nothing major and some downright ridiculous. Not much else going on right now. Visited my parents this past weekend. They are doing fine although my Dad has started smoking again. MORON!!! Oh well, he's 80, I guess he can do whatever the hell he wants to.
Later

Oh yeah, I made the final table and finished 8th out of 2,096 players in a Limit Stud Tournament. Took for freakin ever! Played for like 5 hours or something. Congrats to me!! :)

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2005-02-10T19:20:00.000-08:00

Hello boys and girls. Been playing Mr. Mom all week to the two dogs. It has not been a kind week at the poker tables, been losing my butt. Went down to the city offices yesterday to fill out my paperwork. Everything went well. Start the new gig on the 21st. Made a trip to United Supermarkets today and dropped $160!! Holy Crap!! 160 freakin America dollars!! Jesus Christ! I thought I was buying groceries, not gold.

Cell phone companies are the spawn of Satan. We got rid of our home phone cuz we never use it. We were spending $50/month to basically be able to order pizza. Can't wait for this new job to start because I'm going crazy. Went out to Frenship I.S.D. and put my app. in to do something before the 21st. Unfortunatley, school board doesn't meet until the 14th, so even if they approve me(which they should), I'll only have a week to work. Oh well, something to do.

Valentine's day is Monday. We are going to the Steven Curtis Chapman concert on Saturday. I don't know much of his music but Chandra is ga-ga over him. Should be a good show. Third Day is coming in July. That's the show I wanna see.

We almost bought a house this past Monday. Salesman pulled somes shady shit at the last minute and the deal was off. Lookin back, I'm glad it fell through. I think we needed more time before we made that big of a committment.

Later all

My nephew kicked butt today!

2005-02-05T11:10:00.000-08:00

This morning I went to watch my 12 yr old nephew, Alex, play basketball. Alex is tall for his age and (young ladies take notice) has huge feet! He already wears bigger shoes than me and I'm around 6'2" or 6'3".

Anyway, he played very well today. He had 12 points and 10 rebounds. Pretty good when a 12 year old is getting a double double. Take that Lebron James! It's the best game I've ever seen him play. He was more aggressive, which he needs to be, about taking the rock to the rack baby!(sorry, went into Dick Vitale mode for a second). Hopefully, he will continue to improve and keep growing. And when he signs a phat NBA contract for huge jack, he can throw some bling bling my way!! :D

and now for something completely different

2005-02-05T10:51:00.000-08:00

Hello boys and girls! The times they are a changin'. Over the last few weeks I've been involved in an interview process with the City of Lubbock for a Communications Operator position. This past Wednesday, the lady who's in charge of the department called me in for another interview. She informed me that I had passed the background check, but she was concerned about my job history.

For about the last 10 years or so, I've been an over-the-road trucker. Turnover rates in the trucking industry are ridiculously high........probably 90% or more! I had changed companies several times always looking for a better opportunity. I was also sort of digging my own grave in a way because all those changes do not look good on a resume or job application.

Despite all that, I GOT THE JOB!! WOOOHOOOO!!!

I was originally suppposed to start on 2/7, but now I won't start until 2/21. Long story behind that but I won't bore you with it.

no mo poker at Jake's.....or anywhere else for that matter

2005-01-30T18:24:00.000-08:00

Well kids, I think it was inevitable.

The Fuzz has shut down the poker games at Jake's, Wild Wings, Players, and anywhere else that had a game. Sucks.

We didn't play with real money, just play chips. Oh well. :(

Sunday morning

2005-01-30T06:49:00.000-08:00

Woke up at like 6:30 this morning to take the dogs out. Freakin' great getting up at 6:30 on a Sunday morning. I was greeted by a cold, damp morning. Lovely. Yesterday was beautiful but not today. Gotta go to church this morning. Supposed to be unveiling some big plans for expansion.

I'm hooked on online poker. I play at Pokerstars.com. It's a good site with many different games to play. My new favorite game is Omaha hi/lo. It's a hoot. You can win the whole pot, or the high pot, or the low pot. It can get kinda complicated. Thank God the computer tells me what my hand is! I don't play with real money.

The family took my Dad out to dinner last night for his 80th b-day celebration. His b-day isn't officially until Feb. 1st, so we celebrated early. We went to Cattle Baron's Steakhouse. Not bad, but definitely not as good as Texas Roadhouse.

Norman, my Father, was in the Army during WWII. He fought in the Pacific Theatre of War. He fought for his country and I respect the hell out him for that, as I do all veterans. You may not agree with the war in Iraq, but everyone should support the troops. Sure there are few bad apples, but most of them put their asses on the line to save ours.

My Dad wasn't an easy person to grow up with. He worked his butt off to provide for his family and definitely didn't work bankers' hours. He didn't attend many of my functions when I was in high school because he worked long hours. He was in Austin when I won my State Championship medal so that was nice.

I'm out. Going to kick some more ass at the tables and win play chips!