Bring on 2009

I got back from South Africa a few days ago and as expected i had a really good time. There were 16 of us spread over 3 houses with everyone sharing a swimming pool and 3 golf courses and tennis courts within a 10 minuet drive. As i'm used to a incredibly relaxed lifestyle it certainly wasn't to hard for me to get back into holiday mode and i'm glad to report the whole family got on well and i've even started likeing some of my cousins as they get older and less annoying. Most days consisted of getting up about 9am (big shock) and then going to play golf or going to the beach and then just chill out in the afternoon reading, swimming and playing the awesome game that is clappy clap. This was followed by a really good meal, was so nice to eat well for 2 weeks in a row; washed down with a few nice beers and usually a game of trivial pursuit, shame the game was 25 years old as i was usually reduced to 2 or 3 correct answers a game.
Unfortunately despite getting in 6 rounds of golf in good conditions i was unable to put in a strong round. I played some decent golf in spells but i lost so many balls that it made a good score difficult. On the plus side i was able to beat my younger cousin at tennis twice, much to his annoyance. I'm also sure playing singles in 25 degree heat will be good for my fitness even if at the time it made me feel like a heart attack was inevitable.
I think the main plus side of the holiday is that i've come home mentally refreshed and i really want to play poker which is always a good sign. This excitement was probably the reason that i played a 5 hour 200 nl session as soon as i got back to the flat despite having slept for only 1 hour on the flight, woops. Obviously being stuck $1500 for the year sucked pretty hard but thankfully i managed to win it all back over the last few days and am now +$400 on the year, go me!! As far as plans for the year go i'm not exactly sure what i'm going to do. Newquay in June, Vegas in June/July and Oakhampton in September are all a lock but my sister is moving out to Australia in a few weeks and i would quite like to go and see her and maybe visit New Zealand or Thailand whilst i'm down there, have to wait and see. As for poker targets i'm still keen to work on my 6 max game over the next few months and try and play 30 hour weeks if i can. $100K would be a great amount to win in 2009 but if it doesn't happen then so be it, right now i'm looking forwards to my first full year as a poker pro and enjoying my life as much as possible.