Y2 D211

I was supposed to be off today, but alas I am off to work. I will probably be one of like three people in the office today, but I need to get two more numbers to tie out before I can say I am done. I only have 100 or so hours left on this project and need to use them as efficiently as possible if I want the client to extend the SOW. I would like to stay at this client through first quarter as it makes my life easier. In order to to do that I need them to be happy. Hence, I worked another 10.5 hours yesterday and I am going in today. Do what you go to do.

Other than work yesterday, I did have an interesting conversation with my boss yesterday afternoon. It is finally sinking into his head that I am having financial troubles and have nowhere to turn. We are going to try and adjust things starting in January. I hope he follows through this time and doesn't forget like he has in the past. It would really make my life easier if I had a small increase in cash flow every month. Nothing major, just a couple hundred more to give me some breathing room until May when the child support stops finally. I can't believe that after 16 years of paying it will finally be over. What a trip. I am so used to paying it that it will be weird to not send a check every month.

Came home and made the kid some burgers and sweet potato fries for dinner. One good thing about the kid in the house is I actually eat when she is here. I end up making us both dinner and I eat. I have put on 2 pounds since she has been here. Doesn't seem like much, but at 149, every two pounds makes a difference. We talked and relaxed and she played Sims while I watched Human Target. Nice quiet night. I did get a gift yesterday from an unexpected source; her uncle, X1's brother, left a gift for me at her grandmother's house. We haven't spoken in almost two years since X1's sister passed away. I am not sure what's in the gift, but the very thought that he sent one means something to me. We used to be very close until he got involved with his wife. Another case of the wife not liking me. This time though it was undeserved. I hope now as she has gotten older and wiser she sees that I am not as evil as she thought. Maybe this gift is the first step towards reconciliation.

Off to work...