So I guess it's been a while, huh. I took about five weeks off from poker due to burn out, the losing streak, and the need to get a whole bunch of yard work and chores done that had been piling up over the winter. When poker stops being fun and seems like a job to me, I stop playing for a while and just do other stuff. This is perfectly normal for me and I've gone through this process many times. It won't be the last. I realize that I don't have the dedication and the drive of the full time grinders and that's fine with me. Playing for a living has never appealed to me anyway. But this week I am back on the poker bandwagon. So far I've cashed in two out of five tournaments including my first time in a big rebuy. Even though I barely made it into the money at least the monkey is off my back now. Maybe things are beginning to turn around.