new life - we are having a ........

march 5

in the end, we decided not to find out - what difference would it make anyway? i'm trying to scan in the ultrasound pictures so stay tuned

actually, i have some good news to report (but anything would be considered good compared to my last post)

i survived round 2 of layoffs and am actually starting to get busy again - i almost forgot what is was like to still in the office until 3 in the morning but was rudely reminded this week of how painful that is (especially when you have a 9:30 call the next morning). however, the work is interesting and challenging so i have nothing to complain about

until this week, i had so much time to go to the gym and it was starting to really pay off - i am really close to sending a couple of hard (for me) rock climbs - i really need to work on balancing my schedule and taking time to continue to go to the gym. one a positive note, i'm two weeks into my cholesterol lowering diet and so far so good - few more weeks and i'll go back for a blood test

last weekend we went down to vegas east (a/k/a atlantic city). the drive was a bit longer than anticipated but after getting acquainted with the town (its small), i sat down at a 1/2 no-limit table. my very first hand, i flopped a set (which turned into a full house) and had someone call me all the way :) within a couple of hours, i had doubled my money and things were looking good. we had dinner and then i sat down again and proceeded to hit the nuts on the turn and had someone call my all-in

why i can't just walk away when up big is beyond me???

needless to say, two mistakes/bad-beats and it was all gone. fortunately, i had an ace up my sleeve (a/k/a my fearless rebekah). having never played poker before, i explained the rules over dinner and she decided it would be a good idea no-limit hold'em for the very first time. some may call it beginners luck, others, divine intervention. but in the end, we left atlantic city with winnings sufficient to pay for gas and parking :)

looking forward to this weekend - friends from out of town and maybe even a chance to go climbing at the gunks and/or play a round of golf!