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I am VERY sore this morning. It was a rough show last night as we were short handed for props and then we needed to load everything into the truck. I will say that everyone came together at the end of the show to help load the truck and it was fantastic. I have never seen the truck get loaded as quickly as it did last night. Made me feel good. But I am bleeding in a couple of places and am tired and sore. I could have slept a couple more hours, but I have to check in for my flight soon.

Did some grocery shopping with the kid yesterday. Got stuff for dinner while I am home and then enough for her to function while I am gone. Not a lot, but enough to make sure she doesn't starve. Speaking of that, yesterday B had a conversation with her grandmother which was interesting. Her grandmother was saying that B should live on her own for a while before being with anyone. Not just meaning me, but completely alone - no roommate, no man, etc. And B tried in vain to explain to her grandmother that in today's society for the average person that is just not possible. She asked me if could find some numbers to back her up. I did.

Where B lives, the minimum wage is $7.40 an hour. At full time with no overtime that equals $15,392 a year. Average rent in her county for a 1 bed 1 bath is $600 - $650 a month. Average annual taxes on her salary would net her roughly $12,000 a year. After paying $600 a month for rent, she would be left with $600 a month for groceries, utilities, gas, insurance, etc. It is physically impossible for one person to live any kind of non-stressful, non-insane life at that level. You just can't do it. You would have to make $15 - $20 an hour, which is a challenge for most folks let alone ones without years of experience or blue collar status in her area.

I shared all this with the kid and KBF and they agreed 100%. It's one of the reasons why they stress out. Things are proportionally more expensive here and that $15-$20 is barely enough to even live. It goes up to $25-$30 an hour to be able to even THINK about living alone. There was major empathy going on around here.

Let's see... I played some diablo. Watched some justice league. Started getting ready for my trip next week. I need to pack today. That's about it during the day. Caught up on four weeks of timesheets.

Made sloppy joe's and mac and cheese for dinner. Was awesome comfort food.

Got ready for the show around 9. Left around 10. Like I said before, the show was good. No drama, no issues. Hopefully today will be relaxing too.