Oh, daughter.

If you haven't noticed, I've been a little depressed recently. I realized that I fucking HATE going to people's houses to fix their computers (something I've been doing while trying to staff up the consulting business). I also feel like I've been ignoring my core company (the one that's much more established and actually profitable) in order to launch the smaller company. It's mismanaged effort and it's bringing me down.

So, when I get in these moods, I start feeling depressed about everything. I suck because I don't write music or stories the way I used to. I suck because my soccer team loses. I suck because my core company bills 1/2 of what my last company billed.

Blah, blah, blah.

Anyway... so I come home last night at 8pm, and my daughter's in bed. For some reason, she starts asking me all about work. "Are you in charge? How do you get to be in charge? What do you do all day?"

So I talked to her about it for a while... and in the midst of it my daughter said to me "Daddy, I would love you if you didn't have any job." And I started CRYING. Just for a second, before my Man-Defenses kicked in and I stopped. I was SO touched by her.

So, message to Rich: Get over yourself. Life kicks ass.