I should be in a better mood

This is going to be a little less poker/more personal, so if you're looking for exciting hand histories or some sort of poker discuss, you may be disappointed.

Anyway.....

I've been in a somewhat crappy, depressed mood for 2-3 months now. It's not just one thing, but a compounding of small/big things wearing on me. I should be in a great mood. For the first time in a long, long time (before I was married), I'm i semi-decent shape finanacially. I've had a pretty good run live over the last 6-8 weeks. However, I've been running kind of crappy online (lost about 1/2 of my roll over the last 2 months) and that grinds on me. Also, my son brought home a couple of cats and that has royally pissed me off. Add to the fact that he is generally irresponsible and inconsiderate, well, I feel sorry for the cats. I've had about 3-4 different little house situations that are going to run me about $3K. On top of all that, my mom, who got fired (screwjob that I won't go into) is starting to run into some financial issues and I guess I'm going to have to help her out.

My question is this, how much do I help? I'm not going bankrupt, but I can't see letter her have live in a refrigerator box, either. I can't just take over her bills, but I think I can come up with some to help. I've told her to get her house on the market, but that was two months ago and I don't see any headway. It almost pisses me off.

I'm also aggravated at my inability to get on the golf course this summer. I've had to cancel 5 or 6 tee times due to stupid shit. I'm not setting them on fire by any means, but I enjoy playing and it seems life keeps bad beating me when I get the opportunity.

Other than that, I'm doing OK. My Vegas trip went well.......other than the food poisoning. Thanks Mirage buffet. I made enough playing to pay for the most of the trip. I was disappointed I didn't get to spend more time at the Rio checking out the WSOP, but I will rectify that next year.

Poker-wise, I'm not sure where I'm at. I'm really getting a feel for live $1/2. It's been a long time since I sat at a table and didn't feel like I had control of the situation. At the same time, my online struggles have started to wear on me. I pulled a dumbass move playing about 2 levels higher than my BR can stand and paid for it. I'm going to drop back down (ugh!) and fight through the $16 turbo SnGs at Stars and $25NL. I made a solid run in a 360 max (13th) and will probably play some more MTT's, I just have to manage my time better.

I probably won't talk about this other crap any more, but thought I'd mention it if anybody wondered about me being a bit subdued lately.