Daniel said to me, "It's people like that who get ahead in life. They're the guys who take the prints home to work on over the weekend: they're working for free." I'd rather make $10k less a year and actually enjoy my life, thanks. $10k less? Hahaha, I am living on not much more than $10k total per year, and I think that I'm living pretty good these days.

I am going to boycott my family's Thanksgiving this year. Daniel is sick (in bed right now), and I'm not interested in dealing with the ferries on a long weekend. I don't think that I've ever missed a Thanksgiving. Family dinners are all exactly the same - I know that that's "tradition", and I'm supposed to love it for its comforting routine... but I'm also annoyed that my parents have come to visit me on island only once since I moved here two years ago. I've made an effort to see them once a month - sometimes even more often - over the last two years, while juggling jobs and school. They're retired but just too darn busy to come visit.