New year in chess

Well, I ended my 2 month hiatus from chess last week, starting 2012 with a 1064 rating. First started a new monthly tournament with the San Antonio club, and lost to a 2019, as expected. I then entered the Austin Chess Club championship last weekend and had my best result ever. Drew a 1385 in round 1, then lost to the #4 seed in my section, a 1467 in round 2, then beat an unrated player who ended up around 950 after his first 5 games - that was day 1. Had a heart-breaking loss to a 1317 in round 4, had him a few moves from checkmate and hurried through a few moves when I had plenty of time left and miscalculated my move sequence and he escaped and turned the game around on me. Oh well, if I beat him, I would've had a higher rated opponent for round 5, so the final result may have been the same. Made some similar mistakes in round 5 against a 788, but was far enough ahead to complete the victory. I didn't find out the results until the next day but it turned out 2.5 out of 5 points was good enuf for a 4 way tie for the Under 1100 prize - my first prize money ever, and I raise my rating 37 pts! An extra .5 pt would've given me sole possession of the U1100 prize. I guess that makes me a professional chess player now. :) Playing in a small tournament this weekend in an Under 1400 section so I should be competitive.