Richard and I agreed on a start date. June 2 it is. A formal offer letter is forthcoming. This is later than I thought, but a least it is concrete. I will likely give my notice sometime in March so my current company has some time to fill my position while still giving me a chance at some consulting fees. Of course I won't do anything until I get my official letter. I would like to finish the Friday before Memorial Day and take that week off. I could then rest and get myself ready for my new job and the WSOP.

With my new job, I will start a new life. I am looking to become the person I want to be. Richard will serve as a better mentor than Tony for sure.

I am starting to make headway with my tax work. I will start pushing work out the door today. For the next 6 weeks, I will be busy, but I can really use the money.

I have been bad regarding the gym. I have only went once this week as I am staying up late doing taxes. I will go tonight and then again tomorrow.

I went to Wheeling Island on Friday. It was a disaster. I started at the 1/2 no limit table as there was no 2/4 table running. At 7:30 am on Friday there were only 2 tables running-1/2 and 2/5 no limit. I took a big hit when I raised preflop and only got one caller then made a continuation bet of 20. I had seen the villain call preflop and fold to bet on the flop before. He called my CB. I checked on the river and he fired a bet. I had to fold, but I put the move into my mental notebook hoping to use it again. That hand cost me $30. Several hands later, I raised early with AQo and got re raised. The raiser was fairly aggressive, so i checked the XZQ flop as did the other four players. The raiser bet and I was the only caller. He made so speech about "of course, one guy has to stay". I knew I had him beat. The turn brought an 8 and I pushed my remaining chips into the center. He called and showed 88 for a set on the turn. I do not think I could have played that hand differently. I reloaded and won back 50 before I got called to an open 2/4 limit table.

At the limit table I flopped a set and was between to players one with an obvious str8 and the other with an obvious flush draw. I was getting 2:1 on my money and putting in less than that, so I had to call the whole way. The board never paired and I lost 30 on that hand. Had I won, my day would have been better. After that, I do not think I won a hand for the rest of the day. Before I go again, I should look at the starting hands in WLLHE for a loose table.

I managed to come out ahead by $20 at the cabin. I played well in the 2cd and 3rd game. I played like crap during the 1st.

I have made it to the gym 4 times this week. I think I am finally in the groove. Even when staying up late, I have managed to wake up. I think I am in the right mindset. Pull ups have become amazingly easy. My kipping technique is pretty good. Also my Monday morning routine has contributed to an overall improvement as I figured it would. I am going to keep it up.

Tomorrow is skip day for me and Mark. We are blowing off work to play at Wheeling Island. Hopefully I can win.

We went skiing with our cousins this weekend. It was loads of fun. I think with my new training, I am a better skier. I guess it makes sense as my core is much stronger I am able to ski better. I did spend too much money as we went out to eat twice and both places were on the pricey side. We are going again in 2 weeks. Hopefully I can spend less money when I go up again.

I booked my flight to the WSOP. I will play in event 12. I will book the rest soon.

My bankroll keeps sinking. This is because I am playing so poorly. I am making the same mistakes that I have been making for years, and promising to stop. For some reason I do not stop. Calling raises with marginal hands, not being aggressive enough, but most importantly I am not paying attention to the game.

On the plus side of life, I have made it to the gym 3 times this week already and will hopefully go tomorrow for 4 days.

I had quads 3 times this weekend but still managed to lose. Because of the bonus at FT, I have been multi-tabling. I know that this is a mistake, but I wanted to clear the bonus. What good is it though if I lose more than I can clear?

On Friday I played in the $1.00 HORSE event at Stars. I went out in 78th place. 72 st paid, so I bubbled once again. I was playing another game at the time I played the tournament, so I am sure that lead to my loss. I think I can cash in this and I am going to work towards it. I just need to concentrate and tighten up a bit in OHILO.

So I deposited money into two of my poker accounts today. I did this at the end of a two-tableing mess. I played 2 short-handed tables this morning for some dumb reason. I know that 2 tabling is dumb, yet I did it anyway. At least I played short-handed to make it worse. Sometimes I just do dumb things. I guess that is the nature of poker. He that makes dumb moves less often than his opponents will win in the long run. This is a minor setback in the larger race.

I made it to the gym this morning. I slept in yesterday. I did my planed mini Murph today. I will keep doing that on Monday or my first workout of the week until I can do it up to 10. I did manage to run on Sat and bike on Sun, so I did work out 4x last week. I have noticed too much fat around my middle, so I have to clean up my diet and add some cardio. If I start getting to the gym on a regular basis, this should be no problem. Also, I need to cook more meals at home. When I cook meals, I seem to do better.

I do not know if it is my cold or some other force (laziness), but I just can't seem to wake up for the gym. Next week is a new week, and I will really concentrate on it. Hopefully I can run once and make it to the gym once this week for 4 days, which is not too bad. I want to keep the ladder workout every Monday as I think that will be key to increase my pull ups, plus it is a good workout. I will shoot to go to seven in Feb, 8 in March, and so on until I get up to 10 in May. If I get to ten, that what will be 100 pull ups 200 dips and 300 squats. That would get me into awesome shape.