Happy Thanksgiving

Seems like the last few years, Thanksgiving has tossed some bad shit my way, and this year has been no exception, although things sort of worked out in the end. 3 years ago, my dad was diagnosed with cancer (which also led me to quit smoking), last year, my dad underwent a quad bypass the day before the holiday, and nearly died. That was also a bit of motivation for me to start eating a bit better and lose some weight, which I have managed to keep off for most of this year. I am down about 20 lbs.

Yesterday, I walked out to my car to go to work, and some fucking crackhead had popped the driver's side window and ransacked the inside, only taking the GPS that was in the glovebox, a cradle for my phone, phone charger, charging hub, and cables. They missed the GPS charger, those dumb fucks. I WISH they would try getting into the house while I'm home. They'll be in for a very bad day. So, I figured I would get the Jeep titled into my name and found out I can't do it without my ex wife's notarized signature, which is gonna be difficult seeing as how she has skipped the country. I am working on that, but she has been less than cooperative. Unreal. I'm saddled with a loan SHE abandoned and I'm the one putting putting her out.

So anyway, last weekend was a blast as usual. Drove to DC on Saturday and went out on the town with TK, Crina, and Dohar. Hit up some nice places and had a good time. Had brunch with everyone on Sunday and my oldest friend Sean and his wife joined us. I've known Sean since I was a baby. Cool dude. We headed home early Sunday afternoon. Next time we'll stay a weekend and see some sights. It was still fall down there too. They still had leaves on the trees and it was nice and warm. We stayed on Connecticut Ave in a really nice section of town. Great architecture.

This coming weekend I have a tourney at Dave's tonight, cooking dinner for the family tomorrow. Caprice is gonna stop by...she may be able to met my gramps if he's still hanging out with us. Cool! We want our grandparents to meet, they are both in their late 90's. Friday it's off to PIT for the day at Rivers casino. We're just gonna play some blackjack. I'd like to possibly check out downtown while we're there as well. There's another tourney at Dave's on Sat too...the deep stack. Looking forward to cashing at least once this weekend. I need the money that's for sure.

Weekend after that, on Saturday, me, Caprice, our moms, and a couple other of her family members are going to see Quire Cleveland's Christmas carol show at Trinity cathedral downtown. I went to this last year and it was pretty awesome. Check them out if you get a chance. How can you go wrong with 600 year old Christmas carols?

So, some things I am thankful for this year...
* My grandfather is still with us. He'll be 97 in a couple weeks. He's my hero.
* My dad is no longer suffering. It was pretty tough to see all the pain he went through over the past couple years.
* The rest of my family is in good health, and our relationships are strong. Pretty much anyway lol.
* I am still in the top 5 on the Player of the Year leaderboard.
* I have a fantastic girlfriend. We're in love and having a lot of fun. We're planning a future that looks very promising. She has 2 great kids that I really like. She is a breath of fresh air.