Phone Call with Sweetie at the Main Event
Monday, July 31st, 2006
I had a voice mail from the Big Guy, my ten-year old. The cell coverage here in the Media Room is pretty poor, so often I’ll walk out only to find a few voice mails. I get so busy running and typing that I’ll go a whole day without talking to anyone. Other times, I’ll be on the phone with Sweetie but distracted as I’m jumping around. (l to r: Big Guy, Sweetie, Little Guy, All-in)
(l to r: Sweetie, DeDe, marshman88)
I went out to the hall until I found a quiet place and took a seat on the marble floor. I pushed 2 on the cell, and up popped All-in answering the phone. They went to the Georgia Aquarium today, then headed to the Varsity for grease food. All-in and I talked for quite awhile, which is fairly unusual. The Little Guy got on the phone, and we went through our phone communication process. First thing is to say many different words from the previous hours with hopes he’ll grab one and start jabbering (he turned two in May and is hardly a quiet fellow). Baby beluga was the secret word, and out came a ton of indecipherable gobbly-gook that was a sweet serenade on the ears. We talked about something for ten minutes (not sure what the something was), and then the Big Guy was on the phone. A bit of an anticlimax as he sat in front of the computer and tried to talk to me (now I know what Sweetie feels like when she talks to me!). All-in and the Big Guy are going to Memphis to visit my parents and sister’s family. Thursday through Tuesday maybe, I’m not sure.
Sweetie and I had a great chat. She had gone here to the blog as well as had gone to the Year in Review link. “I tried to just see things about me and skip anything to do with numbers. There were pretty depressing parts, too,” she said. Which is true to say the least. For probably ten years of our marriage, I travelled 60-80% of the time. It has slacked off in the last fifteen months, although the WSOP coverage has been a bit rougher for her with the boys out of school.
marshman88 is my friend, which is great to have in a brother-in-law. He lets me tag along with ATM Will and other friends, and he’s someone that I really enjoy having breakfast with or joining in a game of poker. His friends have started moving on to jai alai and calf roping as the next hip thing to do in G-Vegas, so he’s also starting to drift away from poker a bit. He also has someone special in his life now, which is all good.
My brother Econ is my biggest fan, and I his. He is passionate about poker, and he’s really been a great source of encouragement for me in all of this.
My father (back to us) is a great source of support at all time for me, constantly sending an email here or there with good things to say. And my mom? She’s my mom. I’m a Momma’s boy at heart anyways.
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