Priorities First

While I intend to keep these posts fairly poker related there are going to be some things that happen in my life that I will write about. Unfortunately this first one is not good news. I found out yesterday that my Grandmother, who has been having health problems for the last couple years, was taken into the emergency room at a hospital in Denver. I don't know the full extent of her problems but understand that it has something to do with the dialysis that she has been going through over the past months. It would be greatly appreciated by myself and my whole family if you could keep her in your prayers.

My mother, who I asked to accompany me to Austria, is understandably torn. I have told her that if she wants to stay and be with her mother then that is what she needs to do. However, tonight she told me that she will still plan on going to Austria with me as long as my worst fears don't come true, that my grandmother passes away. If that is the case, then I also would stay here and be with my mom and family during this time.

As of right now I am still planning on flying out on Friday, but will have a lot more on my mind then I had hoped.

On a lighter note, I should address a question that I have received while I am writing this post. A couple friends have asked me "what is trip 12's?” Well, technically there are no "trip 12's", but in poker "trips" means three of a kind and I guess if you count numerically up from 10, 11 (jack), 12 (queen), then it would mean trip queens. However, as it applies to me, Trip12's is just my screen-name or "handle" on the on-line poker sites that I play. I chose the name because a good friend of mine used the handle "trip5's" and I wanted to chose something similar but unique. Henceforth the mystery is solved.