2 1/2 Weeks.

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Counting down fo' real to Turkey Vegas.

Looking good financially. Got my $600 stimmy from Gavin a couple days ago, so adding that to what I have left in the (shrinking) bank account, I'll have over $11K in there when go time comes. Assuming I pull out $5K and change that would still leave me with $6K in after the trip, plus any pennies I bring back. That works out to $900 for each of the full 5 days and something like $700 for the first short night. More than enough. Even if all goes perfectly I won't be out to the strip until after the 7p hour that first night, so I'll have some bleed-over to the next day. So the money is donezo.

I got the Pixel 6 Pro this week. I was due for an upgrade and after flirting with an iPhone (too damn expensive for monthly bill) I went with the latest Pixel. I get to stay on inexpensive Fi and now have one of the better phones on the market with 5G and all the bells and whistles. It'll be nice to take the new toy to Vegas and get to put the camera through its paces. Also picked up the Pixel Buds for free with the deal, so if they work out they may supplant the JBL's as my airport/plane tunes delivery. Electronics-wise everything else will be the same, the trusty iPad Mini, UE Boom 2 and Braun Series 9 will be making the trip. Gotta have the room comforts.

All else is in good order. Job is fine, though it may busy up in December and definitely in the new year. It may get out of hand as to what I want to be doing, it could scale really quickly and may get over my head. If so I may have to move on and scale back to something more my speed. I'm not 30 anymore and can't be spending 70 hours a week nursing a booming startup through its growing pains, of which there are likely to be many. We'll see.

Not much else to say, everything is pretty much set for 6 nights over Turkey day and it's just the daily count down at this point. Probably the most hyped for a trip I've been this year. 19 days and counting.


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