A One Week Break is not Enough

I played in the Islands deep stack tournament last night. I was roaring along during the first hour. I made a couple of good plays and a really good call when I put a player on a missed flush draw. We start with 20,000 and I had 36,000 right before the dinner break when my K-K ran into 8-8. 8-8 raised to 700 (blinds of 100-200). With 3 callers between him and me I had to raise. I made it 2700 to go and he called. All others folded. The flop was 8-3-2 with 2 spades. He checked and I bet 6000. He thought for a minute and called. The flop was a jack I think. He checked again & completely not thinking at all about why he had called my flop bet, I went all-in. Having flopped his set of 8s he called immediately and I was down to less than 10,000 just like that. ICK!! I am a terrible player!!

After the dinner break, I played no hands until the same guy raised to 800 and I went all-in with 7-7. He had a huge stack full of my chips so naturally he called with his J-10 suited in hearts. It wasn't a bad call, but good golly, the board was 8-9-9. I flopped 2 pair and he flopped an open-ender, so it wouldn't have made any difference in the long run. The ending would have been the same. The turn was a 3rd nine, giving me a full house. Did the dealer really have to put a 10 on the river? I don't think so. I need a 2-week break now. Help!