Turbulent obligations pile up around scheduling, commissions, and cuts, pushing a choice between staying or taking another job. Technical tasks orbit Microsoft Access, structured query language, and messaging, alongside archives and hardware issues resumed at dawn. Plans lurch between a big wedding, singing with a girlfriend, and a mixed vacation, while queries and notes try to stabilize what remains. Amid scattered distractions—from casinos to church—the focus narrows to recognizing patterns, writing again, and keeping the work steady.