Treehuggers

This has been a very productive weekend. Yesterday we got up went to get some banking done and got a new bed set (very much needed) with some gift cards we got for Christmas from Mike's dad. Then we came home my NEW Rachael Ray pots and pans came in the mail. I got them free with my points from my credit card....very exciting! We were going to go to a wine tasting then out to watch the game but changed our minds. We brought a bottle of wine and decided to go to Treehuggers in Berea. This was our second time there and we found out the first time that they do not have alcohol but you can bring your own. So we get there and someone seats us. We brought our own wine opener as we weren't sure if they had any. So we open the bottle and sit there for a good 5 minutes as the lights are constantly flickering, before someone comes over and takes our drink order or lack of. The waiter comes back and says just so you know we do charge a $5 corking fee and we ran out of wine glasses so you can use these boot glasses. Hahaha well that was nice as you have to be careful to not get the bubble in the face when you set it down. We gave him our appetizer order and our meal order. I got a roasted squash with portabella risotto, Mike got this last time it was soooo good and only seasonal so I wanted to go back to have it before it was out of season. Mike got a portabella panini. So we were sitting there sipping wine from our boots and munching on our appetizer (mind you they say to be patient as fresh food takes longer). Then we start to see little gnats fly around. Well just one or so I thought until I finally got it 2 more showed up! Finally a while later the waiter brings out my meal that I am sure was over cooked and says that he was very sorry but the kitchen is not going to be able to make the panini. Mike goes you are very lucky I am easy going and orders the gumbo (that is pre made and just needs to be warmed up). I find it a little weird that it took them until they brought MY food out and then decide to tell us that one meal will not be able to be made. So in the end it was an experience to say the least.....we had a coupon and they took the gumbo off so that was nice but not sure if we will be going there again anytime in the near future.  

Mike is playing in the Monday tournament at the casino tomorrow here's to hoping he wins!! GOOD LUCK LOML! Out.

Round 2

Well these past few days at work have been excruciatingly BORING! No longer getting any cases so just sitting there checking yahoo, googling anything I can think of and messing around on my phone making sure not to use too much data as we do not have wifi. 3 more full days and I'm free from this place. It's nice to sit here and listen to the others talk about things they have to do and all I think is I never have to do that again!

Mike won the tournament yesterday at the casino so hopefully that will give us a little bit of a cushion here to start. Also good way to start the year as December wasn't so good. He is going to start his meal plan and working out with me once I'm done with work. I started mine again on Monday but I know this next week will be difficult to stick with but after that I'm hoping if we are both following a routine it should be good. Also I convinced my brother that a glass of wine a day should be included as (in my mountains of spare time) I had read multiple articles stating that one glass a day shows more benefits then none at all! I'll take it!! 

Tonight we are staying in and I'm making salmon with sweet potatoes, Getting some stuff figured out and hopefully getting Spanish hooked up on the Mac to start learning that. Then tomorrow some running around and hopefully a wine tasting and out to watch some football. 

3 more working days!!! Out.

Background

A little background... So my boyfriend Mike, and I have been together for 3 years in December. I say we have had a pretty awesome life so far. As far as vacations and the "materialistic" lifestyle goes. We have been to Cancun, Punta Cana, and Puerta Vallarta. We have also been to Vegas twice and a few other little road trips along the way, D.C. and Indianapolis for my birthday in 2011. We started off in an apartment for a year in North Royalton and then in 2011 we found an awesome house to rent with an amazing land lord and have been there since. 
In May 2012 the Horseshoe Casino in Cleveland Ohio opened. Mike came to me and asked if it scared me that he was thinking about becoming a "professional" poker player. I laughed and said you are not serious....I know you joke about it but that's no way to raise a family (that I was hoping to start in the near future). Anyways long story short he ended up quitting his job of 16 years! to play poker. I have to admit I was pretty scared about it all and it still makes me nervous. Granted his job was not making us rich but we still had a constant income and not a day to day win/loss ratio to worry about. We both went to work and came home with a paycheck at the end of the day. Not to mention all the other changes we would have as far as I work a 7-3:30 job and his schedule being almost completely different. No more eating breakfast together and dinners are once in a while together.
It's been about 7 months and we have done pretty well in adjusting even though we still have many arguments about the situation. Most may stem from my job and the situation there and once again my concerns with our future.
While I was on vacation the last week of December some things happened at work and I decided to give my 2 weeks. This was of course after talking this over with Mike and being told many time before this recent incident "just quit, it will all workout and we will be happier". Well here it goes my last day is January 16th. I am both excited (to leave this place where my co-worker and I are treated differently then our peers) and NERVOUS to be totally dependent on someone else. I have never had that aside from my parents. I have always been fortunate enough to be able to hold my own and contribute my part. Even though Mike has assured my things will workout and we will be fine it is hard to just let go. Obviously in my mind this is a temporary fix to the situation and I can hopefully use this time to find something I will enjoy doing. I know it will be nice for a little bit to not worry about getting up and going to work. I also have some ideas of how I will spend some of my free time but I am sure I will go a little crazy after a while and need to interact in a work environment again. So I will always be looking for something.
So to wrap up this first post I will try to keep on top of things and post how it is in my life journey as the girlfriend to a "professional" poker player. OUT