DonkeySquad

Poker has been on the back burner for the last 3 weeks or more.  I  have been focusing on other things this past month and it really has taken me out of the game.  I have still been reading the 2+2 forums and watching/downloading some videos, but I don’t have the urge to play. 

Time has been a premium and I have been busy with a bunch of side projects that take up a lot of my time.  The bad news is that it only looks like it is going to get worse in the next couple of months.  I have 2 weddings I am shooting in August, and 6 in Sept.  I will be very busy editing and shooting for the next two months. 

I have been re-thinking my plans for poker and I really want to make it.  It is just that I need to get more time open to play.  I am planning my the end of the year to be at a point where I could cut my hours at my day job to 20hrs and work more photography/poker into my income.  My goal is my sometime next year to be working full time in photography and poker and have no day job.  The mixture of my income from both professions will depend on the amount of effort and success in my respective fields.  I think it is easier to make decent money in photography but the upside in poker in much bigger.  I would love to make more money in poker than photography.  Any just maybe quit photography and do poker only.  Now that would be a dream come true. 

But for now, I have a long way to go and I really need to refocus myself on the task at hand and put in some hours and build my bankroll. 

The long weekend was fun and it was also my b-day on the 1st.  My wife took me out to the Chart House.  I had Steaks and Lobster tail.  It was the first time I had lobster and it was really good, though I think the Steak from Fix in Vegas was better.  For the 4th I went to a lagoon with my friends.  My wife was not feeling good, so she said back at the house and let me hang with the guys.  They grilled up some food and we watched the fireworks.  I wish my wife was there, but it was fun anyways.

At the BBQ, we pretty much just chilled, but we did have a stupid guy moment.  It was getting dark and we were getting ready to clean up before the fireworks show.  There was a cooler with some ice water in it and Jawn thought it would be fun to see how long he could put his hand in there.  Well, one thing lead to another and all of us were trying to see who could last the longest.  I was the winner with a 56sec and 60 sec time.  I could have gone longer, but I did not want anything seriously bad to happen to me.  We were not sure how save it was, but it sure was funny to see everyone try and it broke the boredom of the day.

Next year, we are going to make a whole event out of it.   Stupid Guy Events or something like that.  The title is a work-in-progress.  It should be fun and will test us all on how Stupid we are.

Poker has been on a stand still.  I have been reading a lot on poker and been watching a lot more videos, but just have not put in the hands yet.  I have also been very busy with my photography.  We will see how this week goes.  Maybe I will get the itch again and start putting in some hours.