May 6, 2024, Monday afternoon, 1:13pm, eastern standard time, hotel lobby in Newark, New Jersey, USA. Yesterday afternoon we went to Times Square in New York City. My daughter loved it. We walked around for hours in the rain and still didn’t want to leave. We ate dinner there and shopped at a bunch of stores. Toward the end of the night we unknowingly stumbled upon a impromptu performance by Dua Lipa. When we got back to the hotel my daughter was so excited she had a hard time falling asleep. It was a great day.

May 3,4,5, 2024, Friday, Saturday, Sunday, 9:41am, eastern standard time, hotel in Newark, New Jersey, USA. I worked from home Friday after going out and meeting a friend Thursday night. That was a good time. She is in a similar situation as me. She has two teenage boys involved in sports so life revolves around pick up and drop off. It was nice to talk with someone about something besides work. Saturday morning I got up at 3am and picked my daughter up at 4. We made it to LAX in time to catch a plane to Detroit and onto Newark. When we arrived my daughter wanted to see her friend right away. We hadn’t planned on getting together before the concert Tuesday but it seemed trivial to skip the chance. After all, meeting her friend was the point of the entire trip. We took a ride share to Morrisville, Pennsylvania and spent time with my daughters friend, her dad and his girlfriend. We didn’t get back to Newark until 12:30am. Now we are in the hotel resting. The plan for today is to visit New York City and see Times Square.

May 2, 2024, Thursday evening, 6:28pm, pacific standard time, apartment in Dana Point,California,USA. I have an adversarial relationship with work. It is an opponent trying to break me and I must survive the barrage of evil. Looking at my job that way gives me a cheap thrill but also leaves me frustrated and tired. I am Not sure I could change if I wanted to but boy, I feel ground down. I need a break from the tension.

May 1, 2024, Wednesday evening, 6:38, pacific standard time, apartment in Dana Point,California,USA. Drove from San Bernardino to Palm Desert this morning. The region president had a family issue arise so the San Diego site visit was canceled. I came home this afternoon and completed expanse reports and online training. Going to get ready for bed in a little bit then read. Two more days of work then off to New Jersey.