What....It's only been a year?

....I had the best of intentions...!

Yeah, it's been a year since my last post....so what. You're not reading my blog anyway.

I am changing the mode of my blog from a poker blog (I will still discuss it from time to time) to a medicinal utensil to vent my issues.

Turning 40 'happened', but it wasn't that hard at all. I was diagnosed with diabetes a couple of months ago so I am dealing that.

I am still dealing with wierd emotions stemming from my family. My mother's excentricities have really begun to invade my family's harmony and we are close to having the 'talk' with her to straighten the situation out. My relationship with my brother is basically over. This is after years of toleration of his selfishness.

I have always just dealt with the crap from my mom and brother. And it wasn't until it creeped into my life with my wife and kids that I realized that I couldn't just sit back and let their selfishness impede my family. Most people will say things like, he's sour - or - he's just overreacting. Maybe so, but I have endured 35 years of this and when other people hear about some of the things that I dealt with they are curious to know why I didn't breakdown and fix this sooner. Distance has helped - both physically and emotionally, but it hasn't resolved any of the real problems.

As of last year, I have stopped contact with my brother except for holidays. I have no interest in having any contact with him at all. But that is another post.

I will post another blog with the chronology of crap created by my mother and brother.

As for now....Peace!