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19 Weeks? Daaaaaamn
Hard to believe it's been 19 weeks since I wrote ANYTHING in my LJ.  Well there is too much to catch everyone up on so I'm just gonna let everyone know what's up now and what we're planning.

Peg is now being moved to full-time at Wal-Mart as the "Money Center" cashier, which I guess is a better job than regular cashier cuz it pays more. 

Rick has left Pizza Hut, thinking he'd be a great water salesman, however what they told him about having 3 months before a "quota" kicked in became 1 month with the absolutely crappy economy in Las Vegas at the moment.  So he will be moving to the position of graveyard cashier at Fabulous Freddy's (a Local full service convenience/gas/carwash/gaming machine joint).

In fact,the Vegas economy is so bad that the normal 95% + occupancy rate of the hotels is hovering between 78-83% depending on which area of town, with downtown being the worst, and last quarter the casinos won less money (adjusted for inflation and time) from the public than in the past 30 years.

My health is a bit worse, but my outlook about it a bit better as I'm now just awaiting my Social Security Disability to kick in and then I'll have good medical coverage and can get things taken care of that have been on hold while we've been without health insurance.

As of the end of March '09 our current lease will be up and we're going to move back to the Mississippi Gulf Coast.  This is a move that I was  originally totally against, since I really am not a fan of the area, and especially after being in the desert for the last 3 years.  I'm a desert rat, not a humidity freak.  However, the more I thought about a move to the Gulf Coast the more it made sense.  I don't spend any time out of the house to speak of, so what does it matter to me where the house REALLY SITS?  Besides, now I'll be able to be around all 3 of my loveable grandchildren and finally get to meet the youngest, George.  I've met Bree, but she was so young I'm sure she only recognizes my voice from our almost daily phone calls.

When we get back to the Coast, Peg can transfer from one Wal-Mart here to another there with the same pay and benefits, and Rick already has two job prospects, one that is for sure (that's the back-up to the one he really wants).  With the cost of gasoline and our proximity to anything in Las Vegas it only makes sense to move back to Mississippi where gas is a bit cheaper, and EVERYTHING is closer.  We are 16 miles from Downtown Vegas, 20 from the Strip, 24 from the airport, and all of the Gulf Coast area we'll be doing anything in is 25 miles from West to East and not too far North.

There, you're all caught up.  I will be doing some radio and TV shows with Eric Rosenberg which I'll talk more about later, and I'm now announcing the RETURN OF THE VOICE OF POKER RADIO SHOW in January 2009.  It will be live on the web and on a few select radio stations across the Nation.  For more info, check out http://www.voiceofpoker.com

That's it for now,

RC