Round 1

work 1 cheer_dad 0!

I'm just really tired... and it's only Monday, are you kidding me.  4 more days of class to go.  In addition still having to juggle the workload and the lobs of idiocy that keep getting winged the way of our little team.

Stayed tuned for Round 2... like Rocky, I'm more of a late round fighter.  Ah hell who am I kidding... I just wear them down by letting them beat the hell outa me.  So far, the first half of the plan is working.

Regards,

cheer_dad

In training... and it's Monday

Just a quick note... heading off to training in a couple of minutes. I'll be out of touch from the world. A lot of taskings this week, and a lot of outside appointments later in the week, and a whole slew of meetings on the calendar too. So, of course I'll accomplish very likely ZERO! Looking around here, I wonder if I can request maid service?

Oh and UGGGGGHHHHH, it's Monday! Gotta run gang...

Regards,

cheer_dad

Off on every OTHER Monday...

So, I'm off work today. Well at least from the job that pays me anyway. I did sleep in a bit, but then dragged myself off to Walley World to get the shopping list done. On the way back I stopped at the bowling alley to pick up Cole's ball. Recall that I was an evil father when the pro-shop wasn't open on Saturday for the boy to pick up prior to bowling that morning. (I should've known there would be illness keeping the shop closed for the day.) Yeah, he made me pay. It wasn't his most stellar of performances on the lane in game 1. (I will say that a 128 in game 2 went a long way toward redeeming him somewhat though.) Anyway, now I have the ball. I also stopped at the sporting goods store to pick up a new football mouthpiece that I kept forgetting to pick up. Both the ball and the mouthpiece will be in the truck for him to behold when I pick him up from school in about an hour. I also straightened up and swept the garage as per the orders of my beloved wife. Also set up ever table I have out there, so she can begin to prepare for the weekend's yard sale (shudder!) Tonight, Cole and I head northward about 40 minutes to play a scrimmage football game against Belmont. We're not exactly thrilled about it on a school night. Please, oh please let this be a VERY light homework night!!! Teresa won't be along with us either, instead heading off to play tennis tonight.

There has been no recent online poker play for your ole pal cheer_dad. Too busy to even see straight. We did get to really enjoy the Yanok's game over the weekend. I for once put a first place score on the board. Remarkably, I'm in the points lead over there, despite what I'd consider a lackluster year at the tournament tables for me. My thoughts on it... are my survivor style of play, allows me to outlast a lot of the field, BUT I at times cripple myself with a shortstack and find it difficult to muscle back in to the thick of things. I'm dangerous at a final table, there's no doubt about it. My early tight image serves me well, as I make some very drastic gear switches. Hell sometimes my playing style even feels random to me, in the ends of these things. Others, are just convinced that I suck, or have had entirely too much to drink. Any of those conclusions have merit! : P

I hope to return to more frequent posts now that some of the weight has been lifted from my shoulders. Life's pace while still frantic, has its moments of peace once again. I even enjoyed a nap on the couch yesterday in front of the tv. Although, if I don't stop snoring my wife is going to cut off my air supply.

Hope all is well with each of you.

Regards,

cheer_dad

sighhhh

...dark gloomy wet
not just what it looks like outside
looking inward much the same...

karen carpenter had it right about rainy days and mondays

Regards,

"not so" cheer_dad

Monday lies in wait

Unfortunately Monday will surely get here. It will greet me, as unpleasant as ever along with the ringing of tomorrow morning's alarm clock. And despite all the woe and despair that I'm sure will accompany it, I'll still roll my carcass out of bed and go off to meet her once again.

There's a job to do, and it puts food on the table. So, Monday... bring it! I'm your huckleberry.

Regards,

cheer_dad

Damper on the day

Work continues to put a "damper" on the day. In the way of all the many other things I'd rather be doing. "We are not amused!" Of course it's a Monday, and it's raining and nasty outside, so honestly tell me the upside to this day? I feel a bit like wet kitty in the picture. "Wut treachery iz dis?"

But it has made the day fly by, so there I guess is the silver lining. : P

In other unfortunate news, the lil blond girl got herself in some trouble at school with the cellphone. I'll leave it at that, but add only that I'm partially to blame. So, I can't be too hard on her... BUT I think I'm just gonna have to suggest leaving the friggin' thing at home from now on. I'm sure there will be fight on hand for tonight. I just wanna keep her out of trouble, of a more serious nature. She's been pinched for the offense too many times. She can't do the time, so she best not do the crime, in this instance.

Anywho, baseball practice is obviously cancelled for the night, and unfortunately Opening Day looms on the horizon for this Saturday. The boys needed some additional work and I've had a few of them off the last practice that we had on Saturday. So, game #1 may be a bit rough. Of course maybe things will begin to click and the bats will rattle loud!

Regards,

cheer_dad

Monday, Monday

Turns out the Steelers were the better team in yesterday's Big Game. Although the "safety" they had called on them, made things seem a little weak... Sadly, had the Steelers not screwed that up and held the Cardinals where they were at 14 points, and the Steelers had gone on to score their next touchdown, and end things, Big Red would have won around $400. So, at one point she was hoping for a Steelers win, which JR pointed out mercilessly. We had a good time at the Eagles, and I think all told I bought a single pitcher for the night, but there was plenty of extra beer for free with each TD scored. So, I was rooting for the BEER TEAM!

While we sat there at the bar, I joked with JR that I had not played poker in a while and thought I might just go home and play some of my notorious online drunken poker. Well actually I did, fire up Bodog a little after I got home. I pulled up 4 tables, .10/.25 NLHE, and after about an hour cashed out up over $42. As I've said before... go figure. JR insists that when we hit Vegas, he's going to keep me drunk the whole time, since it seems to affect my winning in a positive way. I told him, that the task wouldn't be much of a burden.

The kidlets were back at school for the first time in quite a while, due to the snow and ice. In fact both of them are back there right now at 6pm too, since Whit had to cheer at a basketball game and Cole had basketball practice. So, I have this short lull in the action in order to crank out this post, as I'm sure you are all eternally grateful.

The notice for this Sunday's Texas Hold'em Tournament at the Eagles at 2:00pm was sent out earlier today, and as a matter of fact the trustees opted to publish it in the local newspaper. We may all be in the slammer before it's over. Someone just squirrel away a deck of cards so we'll have something to do while we await bail.

It'll be back to the ole grind tomorrow for me, and I'm just not looking forward to it. I just keep hanging on to the promise of Las Vegas on the 15th! I can make it.

Regards,

cheer_dad