Alright so lets start this off with the another fun lesson I learned this week about PLO. I've still been playing alot of PLO but I haven't been quite having the same success this month as I did last month. Probably to be expected as I ran like god last month. Anyways, that being said, I was getting frustrated. A bad idea in PLO and got hammered with a bunch of friends. Basically, I came home. The fiance went to sleep and long story short I lost over 4k in 300 hands at 600nl. So new lesson for life. DONT PLAY PLO HAMMERED. It seems to be a waaaay worse idea than playing holdem hammered but that might just be because I don't quite have 100% of my habits/ideas in order yet. Actually, while we are on this topic, don't play poker while under the influence of anything other than maybe aderol. So anyways, pretty discourged but still not crushed. Just gotta not pee away 2 of my stop-losses at 2/4 in a 30 minute drunkfest.

Secondly, after applying to several civil engineering jobs and not yet getting a nibble or interview. I'm starting to think maybe my resume doesn't quite look as good as I thought it did with 3 years taken off to pursue a life dream. I actually always had my resume in mind while I was playing poker too and always made sure to stay as close to the business side as well as stay as professional as possible at all times. That being said, it seems no one wants to hire an entry levelish engineer with a background in raping fishies. So one of my friends in Denver works HR at a Blackhawk casino here (that's the casino district outside of denver)... and she offered me a job as a prop in her poker room playing mostly 1/2 and making $11. Honestly, its a bit humbling to think that seems to be the only job I can get with just a nod but I've decided to take it as a part-time solution while I continue to look for jobs. I should be starting it later this week and who knows if i'll like it or not. I just want to get into a routine again and have some kind of income month to month as opposed to continuing to eat through my "buy a house with a dufflebag of cash" fund. I am most certainly not busto or anywhere near it, but I just have a problem with just spending money when I don't really have an income coming in. And to answer your questions, the $2500 per 6 weeks checks from merge network aren't cutting it. I'm hoping to make something like $30/hr and get back into a routine where I am leaving the house and not just hitting refresh on my 2p2 and news networks til its time to go to sleep. Ideally, it won't last too long and I'll have an engineering job before too long. That being said tho, it could be some time with the winter coming up in Denver and I imagine alot of the construction work drying up. If anyone has any civil engineering connection out in denver, anything helps and maybe a bounty for someone who gives me a lead that leads to a job.

Lastly, this part is gross so if the mere thought of bugs creeps you out, don't read on. About a month ago, my fiance started getting some really weird bites all over her body. We couldn't for the life of us figure out what it was because I didn't have any marks and our dog didn't seem itchy or to be bitten. Well we've been hunting for evidence of what we thought to be the most likely scenario... bed bugs. Somehow, my amazing skin doesn't get bothered by the little fuckers but allison is getting absolutely raped by them. She probably currently has 50 bites on her. I think its the apartment complex we live in. It's an older building so I imagine there's tons of little spots for these bugs to hide. Anyways, tonight I finally found proof and no longer will have to wait the month for our landlord to get someone out here. I'm going down there tomorrow, and showing off the bug and being like 'bro, get him here now.'. Either way, an exterminator is coming tomorrow to remove this crap. I don't think the 'infestation' is very bad... since this is the first time i've seen phyiscal evidence of a bug. Hopefully its not and its no more than a day long issue getting the bugs murdered.

Should be a really interesting upcoming week either way! Possible actually going to work for the first time in 3 years and finally getting this stupid bug situation taken care of and definitively knowing what the hell is biting allison. Also make sure you check out part 1 of my PLO video debut this thursday! I focus alot of the transitions from holdem to PLO.