I drink because I care.

It was a long week that included:

Being yelled at by the big project super.  (P.S.  He was wrong.  A lot wrong and continued to yell/harangue.)
Not being paid for the project that I was on while being yelled at.
A great deal of very expensive, unusable film.
An irritated architect issuing ultimatums.
Realizing that the architect would not have issued the aforementioned ultimatum if he had taken my advice 3 weeks ago.
The extra help I intended to use, showing up at the time he was supposed to be on the job, and announcing that he wasn't going to do the work (and then asking for money.)

Hello, DumDum.

A funeral, where I ran into DumDum.
Missing my nieces wedding because of all of the work + the ultimatum + not being paid.
More discussions about commercial liability insurance than anyone not involved with an accident claim should ever have.


The hits continued coming this afternoon when the work van broke down on 10th Street.


After rescuing "the amazing", I drove straight to The Family Dog for a little therapy, aka "many car bombs" and an attitude adjustment.

the amazing

Much alcohol, a great hamburger, and a long nap later, and I almost feel human again.


But, I still have to work tomorrow.

I am grateful to have the work - it's the largest job by dollar value and square footage that I've sold in my career - but I wish it was spread out a bit more so we could breathe a little and not ignore all of our other clients.
Eventually, I will finish and be paid and I will take a long, long ride on my bike.

I did get good news in the form of an offer to travel internationally for work.
If that goes well, could lead to a much larger job here in the states.
Yay!





The downside is that "the amazing" doesn't have a passport even though I've been telling him to get one for at least the past year, ever since I received a request for info/proposal to do work at The Ba'hai World Center in Israel.  So I may going solo unless he can get it done.
That happened on March 22nd of last year.

So to summarize:  life.