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My little girl got her college acceptance letter in the mail last night. What a mixed bag of feelings. I am so proud of her. She has earned this and I know she plans to work hard to get her BFA. She is even already planning a course that will get her to a MFA. She wants the bachelor degree in three years so she can have her master's before most people even have finished a single degree. Damn. How the hell did someone as messed up as me raise such a wonderful child?

Of course this now means we have to figure out how to pay for college, but what the hell. A financial planner once told me not to worry about it because if a school wants her they will figure out a way to make sure she can afford it. I need to worry about housing, books, and miscellaneous. The school will work with the Kid to figure out tuition. Ok, I can do that. I started a VUL for her when she was one just for this reason. She has enough banked in there to be able to take care of her books and everything else at least for two if not three years. Beyond that, we will deal with it.

In other news, nothing. Nada, nil, zero, zip, zilch. It was an uneventful boring day which suits me just fine. I was nursing my head mostly and wasn't interested in doing a whole lot anyway.

Today I have a meeting with a client, but otherwise still on bench. This sucks. I am going to be so screwed at the end of the quarter if I don't have enough billable hours banked away. I need to get back on a project or I am going to have some serious issues. All my bills are paid right now thank god, but no buffer yet. I need a damn buffer. I have to look for a new job. I don't really want to do this to my bosses, but if I don't find something that will give me a buffer, I am going to continue to feel this pressure.

Oh, I did get a random call yesterday - the woman who invited me to the equestrian event a couple of weeks ago randomly called me. We talked for like five minutes about nothing in particular and then her phone died. I don't know if she was planning on inviting me to another event or politely giving me the blow off to not show up to another one again. Let's see if she calls back. BTW -- she is married, it's her friends that she wants to fix me up with, but they all seem more interested in a different type of guy. Hell, I will go to another event if she would have me, but I don't have high hopes for what comes of it.