Y3 D362

Made it home yesterday in about 6 hours. Not a bad trip at all. I was able to miss all traffic luckily. We hit the road around 8:30 and we were home about 2:30.

I am very grateful, thankful, and blessed to have a child I can spend 6 hours in a car with talking and having a good time. All of the things I have fucked up in my life, this is the one thing where I did good. She is a great kid. She has her moments don't get me wrong, but overall, I am the luckiest fucking parent in the world.

We got home and unpacked, cleaned, etc. I did get a letter from the fucking state which is throwing me off today. They sent my refund to the IRS. Upside is it's less I owe the feds which is good, downside is I was hoping to use that money to pay some bills and have some for my vacation in the summer. It's the summer vacation that is now fucked. I may have to adjust accordingly unfortunately. I am going to ask my bosses if there is any additional side work I can do to earn about $1000 in the next six weeks. That's how much I was planning to take on this trip so let's see what happens. I may have to cancel which will depress me further.

Otherwise everything is cool. I wasn't able to see The Date because of travel and being too tired, but we exchanged emails and texts. I am hoping to see her tomorrow. Updated my pin board - 497. Sweet mother of god. I hate being OCD sometimes but it sure is fun. Expensive but fun.

I guess overall I am okay. I am just really bummed about my vacation plans. I don't want to not go anywhere this year, but I will survive I guess. Today I need to get back into a work state of mind which is going to be a challenge. Let's see how that goes.