What's The Frequency, Kenneth?

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Life is minimizing my Vegas.

It's only going to be three trips this year. I'm accustomed, since 2014, to doing four or more. The financial realities of my life now make that difficult. Last Xmas I did OK on money, paid it forward into the Birthday trip. Birthday trip I did OK on money, paid it forward into the June trip.

Then the June trip happened.

I still am not, and won't be this year, fully recovered from that ass-whupping. So no late summer, early fall trip this year. 6 months of drought. I'm not OK with that. I've come to really need the time off and release that comes with a regular, every few month Vegas trip cycle. As I'm now less than 2 months from a trip I'm starting to emerge from the funk, but the funk was real. August/September were some dark days, stuck in a shitty job with no prospect for any real time off until December. I can now see the light at the end of the tunnel, but may find myself in a similar tunnel next year.

The realities now with the car and the commute is it puts pressure on any Vegas save. With the lease payment, insurance, toll, and gas charges it's $800 a month just, gone, that could be put toward Vegas save. All for the "privilege" of driving it to and from work and nowhere else. I desperately need a job in the City or remote so I can dump that expense. That will be the focus early next year, then maybe the frequency of trips can increase.

Until then, just keep knocking back the weeks until I can get some release. 48 days.

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