June 15, 2023, Thursday night, 6:58pm, pacific standard time, hotel in palm Desert, California, USA. Fourth day in Palm Desert this week. I have been here since Sunday afternoon. I need to get the hell out of here. Today was non-stop drama from Bakersfield. While dealing with a busy Palm Desert branch, a welcome lunch for the new director, training the new director, presenting the quarterly quality metrics and reviewing the monthly operating report. Time to shut off my brain and not think about work for the rest of the night.