- Days remaining in spring break: 1
- Days of meaningful employment left: 41
- Paychecks remaining: 10
- Unused sick days: 20
- Number of three-day weekends coming up: I see a couple at least.
No normal adventurer would head out to sea without some reflection on what he has, what he needs, and what real and imagined dragons are out there waiting for him. Now is a good time to take stock of things, while I still have a job and some security and don’t believe in dragons. Let’s see, where to start? Ah, the old blue car is paid for! That’s good. Since I changed the transmission fluid, my car, like the Viking longboat, can go forwards and backwards. Of course, the car is eight years old, so that’s bad. I didn’t renew the lease on our rental house yet and the lease is good until September. That’s good. But I will have to move in September. That’s bad. My college transcripts are on the way! That’s good. So far as I can see, there isn’t a lot of money on adventuring, so I have to start interviewing for jobs again. That’s really bad.
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