August 30, 2023, Wednesday evening, 7:09pm, pacific standard time, hotel in Bakersfield, California,USA. The Bakersfield branch is quicksand; the more I struggle the worse it gets. It is making me and my clinical counterpart look bad. We both work hard yet we lose ground every day. It sucks. I can’t wait to get out of here. Today is the 21st anniversary of when I quit chewing tobacco. I always get nostalgic around this time because it is when we moved from wyoming to Southern California the first time. Tonight I ate subway for dinner and watched Office Space on HBO.