It's not a very pleasant start of the day on Tuesday. An accident on I-405 had the whole lanes jammed and even the toll lane was changed back to HOV only, though I hadn't taken toll lane for months anyway. After going through it, the road became wide open until the over bridge above I-90. I planned to take local, so got out of the exit of Coal Creek but found the congestion might be just at this exit. I took a U-turn on Coal Creek and got back onto I-405 through its entrance south of exit to avoid the congestion. It ended up with a good choice.
It's a busy day and I took several minutes break in the parking lot before I entered my office building after coming back from another location. Markets were still dragged down harshly, Stock prices of Twitter and Go Pro I owned kept free falling. The money I left in this trading account was just a fraction of my total assets but it was still a frustration. Markets needed leadership but no one seemed capable of doing it. Drop of Oil price was blamed, but I didn't think it the reason. If I was going to lose sunshine, everyone else' world would be painted with black ink as well.
Coming back home, I tweeted on my laptop for 10 minutes and even back and forth with a follower for several rounds. I wasn't kidding that I would go to Hawaii for a 5 nights getaway per my son's request. We planned to have a cross-country trip in July after he got his driver's license at age of almost 21 and I would buy him a car, but he might re-take his Integral in summer though he already earned credits at a bad grade, We wouldn't be able to do the cross country, instead, we planned to go to Honolulu during Spring Break. Checking on Expedia, I figured the total cost would be a several thousands bucks with airfare, 4-stars beach hotel and car rental, plus estimated cost for meals and entertainment. I incurred the loss in 2015, so would take 3,000 bucks deduction on 1040. I expected to get refunds from IRS with which I could spend for this trip, maybe even for my dreamed trip for watching Eurovision. However, I might have to stay at home even I had enough money to go in May.
I felt very headache, so sent a text to my manager to request a day off on Wednesday. This was the first time I contacted him through text, so didn't know if it went through. However, I didn't want to call in his personal time at night. He responded me around 9:00 pm after he noticed my request of confirmation. Due to the discomfort, I didn't read Chapter 4 of Economics Rules. Watching Exodus on HBO for 5 minutes, I fell into sleep.
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