Going away

For those that don't know, I've been sorting out a trip with Barry/Bazclef and Chris/Pureklas for a while now. We got the flights all booked this week which means it's on! Barry and I are flying out to Tokyo on the 8th Sept, then we fly to Melbourne on the 13th and stay there for three months. When we leave we're flying out to LA on the 13th Dec and we fly back home from New York on the 23rd. We make our own rules in between! This gets us back on Christmas Eve which is really cool as it's the main night that everyone goes out where I live (as opposed to New Year's Eve where more people tend to stay in), so I'll get to arrive back home and see people straight away. Whilst we're in Melbourne we're planning to go visit New Zealand and probably the Philippines as there are APPTs on when we're over there so we may as well go visit somewhere new and (hopefully) make some money too.

On Saturday I went to a family get together at my cousin Jill's new house. I loved the house - it was exactly the type of house I want to own. It was Victorian and decorated beautifully. I really like watching programs like Escape To The Country (I'm old way before my time), and this house was definitely straight out of it. They found out about my blog when I was there - I don't know if you're going to be checking it, but hello if you are! It was the first time I'd seen my other cousin Stuart's new son. He's called Sonny and is four months old. They'd got him in an old man's flat cap, and it looked great - all babies should have to wear them! His daughter, Bella, was there too and she's incredibly good at being the only kid in a group of adults. I know I'd be bored and whiny if I was in that situation at that age. She did rope me and her dad into a game of hide and seek, and I'm definitely way out of practice as I was awful at both hiding and seeking.

I'm pretty much done with this month now poker-wise so my results most likely won't change much/at all in the next 9 hours. It's been kind of a lazy month for me for a few reasons. The first half of the month was pretty filled with visiting Barry and Chris, and then having my friend Scott down with me for a couple of weeks. Scott and I also went to Brighton for four days with another friend, Alex. There have also been a couple of nights when I've been out with friends and drank since I got back which really cuts down on my playing. I tend not to play at all the day after going out as I'm always tired and just feel like I can't concentrate properly.

So I ended up getting in 19k hands this month and made about $8k. I'm reasonably happy with it, although I made zero dollars at 2/4 where I played half of the hands. Since I started playing 3/6 and 5/10 again I've not played any 2/4 though. That limit hates me and I hate it. Go check my tableratings if you don't believe me!

Hopefully in my next update I'll be able to report that I have places to stay in Tokyo and Melbourne!