Tuesday, October 14, 2008

Enduring a losing streak, testing the survival skills

Sometimes, you've got to hunker down and ride it out. I only play once a day, for $2 a game, because the cards are running bad. I lose with aces, kings, jacks, to queen-nine offsuit and gutshot straight draws. Online players love to go all in, and will go all in with way the worst of it, but sometimes the worst of it gets the best of it, and you bust out. It just happens, and for a week or more it happens all the time. You just have to ride it out, wait for it to turn.

In life, I'm up against a similar test. I gave my notice here but Marie and I haven't found a place, and she may stay with her daughter for a longer time. In two weeks I'll be homeless, unless I put something together. Not an impossible situation, but a daunting one. Even in life, sometimes you go all in and bust out.

I have to catch the train now; it's time for work. I'll compose myself, be nice to the customers, go to the gym after work, maybe have a Subway Sandwich for dinner, then hit Craigslist for some new rooms. Around eight I'll deal into a game and see if things go better.

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