Charity Work & Then Poker! (NE) “DAY 81” – 9/23/10
September 24, 2010 - 1:54 am - (NE) “DAY 81”
I woke up this morning in Busey’s house (Kevin). I was first awoken at 7 am by Cory and Mitch who were leaving for work/school. (I didn’t mind, just telling you my day. :)) Then, I was awoken again by Kevin around 8:30 am who also leaving for school.
I was finally woken for good when Kevin’s roommates Dan and Mike got up around 9:30 am. I was OK with everything, I was just happy not to be in my car again! 🙂
I hung out with Dan and Mike for a few hours as I uploaded pictures from the “Slash” concert. They were real cool guys and just like many of the people I have met, I felt like we were already friends for awhile by the time I left.
It was around 1 pm when I left their house and headed to the Horseshoe Casino and Hotel. I have a room for the night but for the first time... it’s not fully comped! Instead of the room being $109., it’s $59.99 for the night.
I talked to the casino host and by the time I check out, it may be cheaper or even free. Plus, I have $35 in comp dollars, so even if the room is $60, I’ll only have to pay $25 out of my pocket. Not bad.
Hotel Room
I got to the hotel around 1:30 pm and was settled in my room by 2 pm. I had to work fast writing my post because I had charity work at 4 pm at the Micah House. I had a lot to write but finished by 3:45 pm, just enough time to take a quick shower and head to Micah House.
Charity Work
I got to the Micah House slightly after 4 pm. I was a little late because my GPS sucks in this area. Inow it is taking me way out of my way when I drive in Council Bluffs.
Anyway, I had already worked at the Micah House so I was familiar with how things worked. The first thing they had me so was help watch a bunch of kids (over 20)!
Now... kids aren’t my strong suit. Not that I don’t like kids... but I just don’t how to act around kids. I haven’t had any kids and for most of my life, I haven’t had much contact with young children.
Well... except for my brothers kids and even then... I never even held one of them as a baby.
F.Y.I.- That’s not because I don’t love my nieces and nephews but because they are so fragile at that age and I don’t want to be the guy that does something wrong. It’s not that special for me to hold a kid and if something went wrong... the risk isn’t worth the reward! 😉
Anyway, I helped with the kids for about 20 minutes before I had enough and walked out to find something else to do. I am just not that comfortable around kids and didn’t know what I was doing or how to act.
The kids were running around like maniacs play shooting each other... I didn’t know what to do... tell them to stop, play with them, or ??? So I bounced! The people I was helping didn’t mind, they actually thought it was funny! 🙂
Filling Laundry Detergent
Watching the kids wasn't my strong suit but filling laundry detergent... well that’s right in my wheel house! 😉 Seriously, it has to be done and I did last week, so at least I knew what I was doing. 🙂
Kitchen Work
After I finished that, I headed to kitchen to work with Deanna again. She’s the girl who runs the kitchen Monday thru Friday at the Micah House. She is real nice and is actually a pretty good cook too.
She made lasagna tonight for dinner and had never made it before but it tasted good. Not bad for the first time ever making a new dish. 🙂 (I was the ginny pig.)
Dinner started at 5:30 pm and we served over 40 people. The people we served were friendly and gracious. We worked the line until about 6:15 pm and then we shut it down.
I genuinely enjoyed helping out at the Micah House for the two shifts I put in over the past 2 weeks. Everybody there, I enjoyed being around, from the workers to the guests. Thank you for having me! Sorry I missed ya Jessica, but thank you for all help too! 🙂
Poker
I got back to the Hotel around 6:30 and planned on entering the 7 pm $70 NL Hold’em Bounty poker tournament at the Horseshoe. I had 30 minutes until started so I set the alarm on my phone for 6:45pm and lied down to tale a quick power nap.
I must have either sleep through my alarm or set it wrong because I woke at 6:58pm. I rushed down to the poker room and when I got there... I was to late! The tournament was already full. (They only take the first 100 people.) Damn!
Diamond Club
I didn’t feel like playing in a cash game, so I headed to the Diamond Lounge (John-Harrah’s host gave me a pass for the rest of my stay at the Horseshoe). Thank you pal!
Anyway, I went to Diamond Lounge to have some dinner and relax for a minute. The spread was just fine. They had plenty of desserts, soup, salad, and the main course was beef stew. I love beef stew, so it was perfect for me!
I ate a few plates of food, then headed back to my room to regroup from my nap. I was still a little hazy in the head!
Poker Again
I relaxed in the room as I watched two episodes of the “Jersey Shore”. Yes... I like that show! 🙂 When the second episode ended, I headed back to the poker room to play in a 1-3 NL cash game.
When I got back, there was list. So I waited for about 20 minutes, then I was sat in a 1-3 NL game. I bought in for $140 and a few hands later I had nothing. I called a ALL IN bet with a nut flush draw, straight draw, and I didn’t know it... but I even had 2 over cards I could have won with.
But... I’m not lucky... and none of my cards hit as the guy won with pocket deuces (2, 2). I bought in for another $100 and in a few hands, I was ALL IN again. This time I had (K, J) of hearts and the flop was (A, A, K). The pot was $60, so I bet ALL IN $48. I got called and thought I was doomed by an Ace. 🙁
I wasn’t as the guy flopped over (Q, 10) off suit. Nice! The only card he can win with is a Jack and I have one. The turn... blank. The river... you already know it... JACK! For real... I know knew it wasn’t my night, so I left the poker room down $240.
Blackjack
On my way out of the casino, I took out a $100 and played a few hands of blackjack. I won $40 real quick and left table, cutting my loses to just $200 on the day. A win is a win and I’ll take any win I get in blackjack!
Hotel Room
I am currently writing this post in my room tonight so when I kicked out of the room tomorrow morning, I’m not rushing around packing, writing, and posting. I hate that feeling!
I guess that’s it for Thursday, “DAY 81”.
Thanks for reading!