dang it!

I just wrote this big thing on here... and the page froze up and i lost it... thats crappy. I guess i'll give you the short version:
Went to scholes' church's college house and played cards... everyone pulled out 5 bucks (to my suprise) and i agreed to play and ended up comming in second with 12.50 (which i got to keep) and last night we played again on campus for more money (10), and i ended up being the chip leader (by 25 cents) and i took home 25 bucks... soo... i am thinking that i was made to be some sort of Bookie, or card shark... or something, because this was my first time to play this game, and these people i played with were all very experienced and stuff... and i still did really well... i guess it wasnt a HARD game, i just thought poker might be something that would take awhile to learn, and that there was no way i would be able to keep my money, much less win a bunch of other people's money... so i've got more money than i had before i played cards these two times... so, so far i'd say i've had a pretty positive experience with it... i just dont know why i do so well at this, and all those NCAA bracketts where i won twice and came in second once earning a total of 250ish dollars... doesnt that seem weird? I dont think i should be good at that... but hey... dont want to let my talents go to waste, right? :)
I miss Mandy a lot. Despite what you might think, we are doing really well. The first month she was gone was really tough on me, but since i went to visit her i have been fine... i was worrying about all those guys that like her and her seat partner, but when i actually got there and saw how much she missed me and how sad it was and difficult it was for us to leave eachother when she had to get on her bus, i felt bad for every having underestimated her feelings for me. It is really going great right now and i think that this whole experience will be good for us in the end... if we can make it though her doing drum corps, i would say there is a good chance we could make it though other things that life could throw our way... and its cool because when she gets back we will have both marched a Division 1 corps, and we will always know what the other went though, and we can appreciate those memories and stories, and it will just be one more thing to add to the list of things we have in common... OK i gotta go play some frisbee now- catch you later-