Two months into 2016 already, it's flying by.
February has been a great month on the tables but not so good off. Let's start with the bad...
We've been given notice from the landlord to vacate by early April as they're selling up. There's almost nothing available to rent in my town at the moment so with only 5 weeks to go it's getting pretty worrying. Fingers crossed something comes up and in the meantime we have so much stuff to pack and get rid of (especially since we'll probably be downsizing).
At the gym things were progressing really well. My strength was shooting back up and I was loving it. Then almost 2 weeks ago I'm busting some curls at the end of my workout, go for that one last everything-you-got rep and... pop. Horrible pain. Drop the weight. Hunch over with my hand holding a big lump poking out my lower left abdomen. I pressed down hard and it eventually went back in. About ten minutes later the pain eased off so I got up, showered and went back to work. Saw the GP last week and was given some really helpful and positive advice. "Don't lift weights". Cheers Doc. How many years of medical training does it take to come up with that solution? It's happened before (few years ago) and again now, so it will likely happen again. But I won't get surgery on the NHS since it's a very strict criteria. So... I'm taking a couple of weeks off then I'll get back into it slowly. Worst case is I end up with a 7-pack, 6 down the front and one on the side. Right?
I'm going to have to sell my bike
My car is on it's death bed. I'm just hoping it hangs in there long enough to get the move done. I can't afford to buy anything without selling the bike and I'm NOT going to resort to credit cards. NOT THIS YEAR! I'll make the sacrifice. I can always look to get one again in a couple of years maybe, go for the full licence next time.
Now the good stuff...
OPL is back! WOOHOO! no wins yet and I've missed a few tourneys. But I have decent points for what I've played so hoping to do better than last season. Obviously I have dreams of taking it down and getting my hands on that Unibet package but I'll settle for second or third place
Still playing 4NL on Sky. 1 or 2 tables if playing in the OPL, 2-4 tables if not. Started the month with £103.50. Currently at...
That's about 28 buy-ins plus £16 from January's rake race. Super happy with that
Had a video review done which was helpful but it was also from when I first switched to Sky so not really representing how I'm playing whilst winning. I'm keen to get another one done soon so Jon can highlight the leaks and perhaps areas that I would need to work on before moving up. The plan is to take a shot at 10NL (no doubt with some 8NL thrown in) after the OPL when I can focus on cash.
So that pretty much sums up February.
Goals for March...
Keep crushing.
Pile up them points in the OPL.
Back to the gym.
Work hard.
Find a place to live!!!
Read.
Oh, and it's both my daughter's birthdays this month. 8 and 6. I don't post pictures of them online (other than FB) but... just look how f**king pretty!
Hope everyone else had a good month and is ready to crush March!
Final thing. This hand was in tonight's session. (2nd straight flush in a week!)
And people say poker is dead!