when Hughes.net shut down my satellite stream to a trickle is kinda sad in a way.  I probably shouldn’t have even went back to find out where I placed but I did.  I had over 5K in chips when I went into the dead zone.  There were 1014 of us and I finished in 207th place.  Then I checked to see what my last hand was…Aces…No KIDDING!  Of course you just get auto folded out of the hands when you are sitting out.  

“Dealt to PokerWorks [As Ah]” and I was all-in for $5 – the ante was $25 at that point.  See…I can go broke with Aces whether I’m in or out.  I really hope that wasn’t my 2009 card rush and I received multiple Big Dukes during that time and they were wasted on a disconnect.  Damn that Card Fairy!  I played in a rebuy tourney today, finally picked up A-10H and raised it, won the blinds, the next hand was K-K and I raised the same amount – $250, got one all-in that way had me covered, and another call all-in that had me covered too.  The first all-in with the most chips had A-K off.  The other one had A-A.  Yikers!  No outs for me.  The case Ace did come on the turn though.  I didn’t rebuy.

I’m lethargic, irritated, have no desire to do anything.  I reckon to overcome it shortly and turn into a real bundle of energy.

It was a totally beautiful day and the evening is still quite nice. I even turned on the air for a bit late this p.m. in the coach.

I met Jamie at Home Depot and paid for the blocks, rebar, and more to be delivered tomorrow.  Yup, the wall will be block.  The foundation trench is dug, the type 2 gravel has been hauled over to be packed down into the trench, and the concrete will be delivered on Friday.  The first row of block will be wetset.  Then it’s a holding pattern for a bit.  I don’t plan on going busted putting up this wall.  All the block we need will be here, the foundation will cure, then it’s put up block as funds permit.

I’m on my 3rd orbit of Badugi since i entered the game – $2/4 limit.  I’m running mainly high cards and won a few blinds where there was no raise on my blind.  Everyone must have really figured out how to play or all the gambleros are taking a break because this game is dead as hell.  It will be my last orbit when the blinds hit.

Damn it!  I just got back into feel good exercise mode for about 7 days when the UTI hit.  Now I’m on this hateful drug that states right on it you can have problems with your tendons – ESPECIALLY THOSE AGED 60 AND OVER – and they CAN snap or bruise or be irritated for up to two months after you stop taking it.  The cure…damn the cure.  Ciprofloxacin just in case you’re interested.  The good news is, it is working.  I have five days of it left.

There’s another tournament starting in a few and I have work to do.  If you see the Card Fairy, kill her.  If you don’t see her, watch out!  She’s even more dangerous then.

P.S.  I got married 39 years ago today.