Where do I begin? My Story may sound familiar to some of you. I had a thread on 2+2 but I never updated it much after I got married. I initially moved to Las Vegas only for a few month stint to housesit for my cousin. And I ended up staying permanently.
Back in 2012 my Aunt called me and asked me to housesit for my cousin. I work from home for a software company. I was already planning on coming out here for a couple of weeks for the WSOP so I figured out hell why not stay for the summer and play more poker. I shifted my vacation around and booked a couple of weeks at the IP/Harrahs cause shit was cheap back then. I played poker for a couple of weeks and then moved into my Cousin’s house. I got a gf and ended up staying past my planned Nov departure. To Be Continued.
Flash Forward 7 years later. You might have guessed by the thread title that I am now divorced.
Pro’s of the Last 7 years
- I came to Vegas with some big dental issues. Got that fixed and under control. $$$
- Got Married
- Took Cruises to Alaska and Mexico
- Seen 100+ concerts
- Traveled to LA, Phoenix, San Diego Multiple times
- Married into family of mexican/native american descent. Learned alot and picked up a little spanish.
- Got Drivers License back
- Became and Enrolled Agent and started a small tax business
- Full-time College Student graduating 2021 with a Software Development degree.
- Just bought a condo.
Cons
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Got fatter. Not that was skinny at 5’9" but I came to town weighing 235. At one point I was up to 296. I currently am at 265.
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Divorced. I have mixed feelings still. She did things wrong, I did things wrong. Our number one issue was communication. We still live together (moving into condo within next two weeks) and are still friendly.
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Divorce was expensive. It cost me probably 40k to clear out debts and pull out money from 401k for downpayment.
The current plan is to work my ass off at school and my tax business and probably get a roommate for a couple of years. It’s a 3 bedroom condo near the strip in a gated community. I plan on paying off remaining debts and returning to play mediocre poker. I also plan on avoiding anything resembling marriage for the time being.
As far as fitness goes, I have been doing Crossfit for about a year. I am way stronger but haven’t worked on my diet that much. Because of this, I have only dropped 15lbs since starting CrossFit. I fly to Detroit in a month. I’ll be attempting to lose a few lbs before I hit Thanksgiving weekend. The plan is to do CrossFit for 3 days a week and keep my Calories under 2k and my carbs low.
Current Strength benchmarks:
Deadlift 1RM: 375
Squat 1 RM: 275
Bench: Unknown. I have an old shoulder injury I need to get looked at so I keep upper body light and have slowly worked my way up. Last time I lifed I did 3x10 with 50lb dumbells.
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