Busy, Busy, Busy!

Wow, Saturday was pretty jam-packed with things to do. Most of which I was not expecting. My first day of Winter Break started off normal. Normal means that I lay around in my pajamas until about noon doing nothing particularly important. It was a normal day until I talked to my friend James who said that I was getting my hair cut today, even though I had no clue, around 2:00. Then, I called my dad to see if I could get a ride to the shop to get it cut and he says we have to go buy my mother's Christmas gift today too after we get my hair cut. The most exciting news though was that I was hosting a poker game at my house at 4:00 where people would be coming over. So, I had to get my hair cut downtown at 2:00, then ride to Target, which was a positive nightmare, to pick up my mom's gift, which was some glasses cause hers were almost all broken, and then make it back to my house to set up for poker at 4:00. Those two hours were pretty crazy.
On a side note, I received The Big Envelope from NC State with all of my admissions information in it. There is some pretty cool stuff in there. It contains my student e-mail account and a bumper sticker! I'll probably put the sticker somewhere that is not on a car.
My hair cut looks exceptional even though it is a bit shorter than normal. I really love James' mom cause she always does a fantastic job and never charges me anything. I paid her this time though because it's Christmas and I just felt bad. I almost started scrapping with her to get her to take the money though. She really is a good person and I am always delighted to chat with her.
Going to Target to get my mother's gift was ridiculous due to the insane amount of last minute shoppers there, like myself. Parking was dangerous at the least with so many people walking around. Inside the store looked like a circus, because there were so many people everywhere. I had never seen so many workers on duty at the same time in that place. Every register was open and people were all over the floor attempting to sell you things that you didn't even want. My dad and I made a bee-line to where we needed to go, picked out what we wanted to get, and got out of there quicker than I had expected. We arrived home with about thirty minutes to spare until I was expecting the guys.
I quickly cleaned off the table and set up the necessary chairs. The players for that night were Saadi, Matt, Chris, Gomez, Andrew S, David, and I. Everyone was pretty much on time, except Matt and Chris, but they were only a few minutes late. The cash game was a five dollar buy-in with the option to rebuy-in if you chose. The game opened as usual with my aggressive play putting me in a huge lead, where I quickly won my original five dollars back and still had a huge chip lead. Ultimately though, my quick bidding and desire to play almost every hand lead me to lose my chips. I was happy breaking even though and chose to not buy back in to the game. Before I went out though Saadi lost his original five dollars in the first few hands (mostly to me), and David lost his first five very quickly too. As the game progressed Andrew S jumped to a massive lead at about the half way point but then folded on many hands to slowly bleed chips. David had a lot of chips at one point, but since he had to buy in so much he was never truely ahead. Matt, however, was very slowly getting chips. He had a few good hands in a row and one some big pots. Chris lost very slowly and didn't have too much excitement in his game. Gomez, who will admit he is the most unlucky person alive, couldn't have asked for worse hands. He was just trying to break even at the end and I believe he did. When we finished around 8:00 Matt and Andrew S had dominated the table.
It was very fun and I love playing. Alex couldn't make it though because he was driving to Georgia. It was nice to see Andrew S again and talk to David since I hadn't seen Andrew S since Sophomore year or talked to David since Junior year at lunch. Next time we play I plan to be aggressive in the beginning then play extremely slow to ensure my lasting in the game. It won't be as much fun as my normal strategy, but I'm hoping it will lead me to a bigger outcome other than just breaking even.