Y9 D162

(Pre-written post, current time 1:19am EST)

So I was super pissed off most of the day yesterday. My company violated one of the cardinal rules - don't fuck with a person's paycheck. I was sitting waiting for the direct deposit email so I could pay rent when it came in and I thought all was good. Wait a minute, what was that balance again? WTF? That's WAY more than it should be!! Turns out they fucked up and gave me someone else's (my boss) commission payment on top of my regular check. I got an extra $4500 on my check. Why did this stress me out? Because I knew what was going to happen (and I was right) - they would have to yank that check and then resubmit the new one. If I started paying bills and they did that, then there would be that brief moment where I would be overdrawn and get hit with overdraft bullshit. It would be for the smallest of seconds, but enough that a computer would pick it up and charge me. I needed my check in there correct TODAY. Yeah, no. My worst fears came true. "Oops, we will take that money out and send a new check ON MONDAY." No motherfucker you won't. You will fix this now. It took until 5pm est to get a fix but what is going to happen is monday morning they will re-issue my correct check, then and only then, will I sign the form allowing them to remove the old check. At no point will I be in the bad. The downside is that all of my numbers will be off until they get this sorted out. I won't be able to trust my bank balance. That means that this weekend we have to be pretty conservative in any monies we spend. Just until I can see what the real number looks like. I did pay rent and three other bills and that's my concern. I sent out like $2500. I need to make sure everything clears to see what's left. And that dust won't settle until like Tuesday or Wednesday. Don't fuck with someone's check. Ever.

My class went fine. No issues there. Finished up on schedule at about 4:15. I was back in the hotel at 5. I ordered a pizza for dinner because I needed someplace who delivered. Unfortunately I ordered too big of a pizza. I won't be able to take it through security this morning, but I am going to try with 2 of the leftover slices. Let's see how that goes. I might make it, I might not. My bag is pretty stuffed so I am carrying it separate like some weirdo. I just need to get past security then I can rearrange things.

That's about it. 2 flights, leave here in about 30 minutes to drive to the airport, get gas, etc. 2.5 hour layover in Dallas, then land at about 2:40. Should be home by 4pm PST. Yeah, fun.

Update - now 4:22am EST. In the club and dropped my oatmeal all over the floor. Lovely. 2 hours until I leave here.