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Back home, back to normalcy, whatever that is. Got up early as I had to be onsite for a client yesterday. There are worse things. We did have a bit of drama in the morning. I had a voicemail from one of the kid's friends. Turns out she lost her phone Sunday night while out with her boytoy. Lucky for her, a very nice man picked it up and sent her an email and responded to her friend's text. She didn't know this when she got up and was afraid I was going to be mad. I was for about a split second and realized it's just a fucking phone. She still felt stupid the whole way to the train station. Sorry kid, you lost it not me. I can only offer so much sympathy plus it's just a phone. Stop beating yourself up over something so dumb. Luckily I was able to get a hold of the guy around 9 and we scheduled a time to pick up the phone in the evening.

Worked at the client until about 4 and got home around 6. Yes, it took me two hours to go essentially 30 miles. And people wonder why I would rather be on a plane than in regular commute traffic. No brainer in my head. When I am on the road I stay 1-2 miles away from my clients. No traffic, no headaches. Here I have to drive in shitville.

I want to move. Being with SG this weekend somewhere else really reinforced how much I do dislike it around here some days.

I have also been having really bad X2 dreams the last couple of nights. Just the same fucked up shit where she is yelling at me about money. It's always the same fucking shit. That's my life. Same shit, different decade.

When I got home I explained everything about her phone to the kid and told her she was taking $20 out to offer the guy. We went to meet him and he refused as I figured he would. It was more principle. I then made her spend that $20 on dinner for us. She needed to have some kind of repercussion for losing her phone. I know it's not major, but still.

Had ramen for dinner. Not ramen like most people think, but real ramen at a noodle house. Big difference. Came home and she had to write a paper. I fucked around on the internet and then went to bed.

Today and tomorrow I am doing some minor work. I need to hit the grocery store at some point for Thursday. I really don't want to go to this dinner, but I am obligated. I will go and smile and then leave early.