Stay Inside

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The client from last night had continued to message me, asking about possible discounts but refusing to state how much, and refusing to comment on my previous suggestion that we go for a standard hour instead of 90 min. He messaged me again in the morning, explaining it was good we didn't get together, and that he still hadn't slept. He wanted to "hang out" later, but I didn't particularly feel like parsing whether that meant a session or not. My ribs hurt worse when I woke up, to the point that I belabored even getting out of bed to start my day. On the plus side, once I did get up, I made myself useful at least. I did a load of laundry, and while I waited for that washed the dishes, cleaned for the animals and fed them, and then plunged the tub.

I loaded up Diablo 2 after that. I have a lot more house work to do, but given the state of my ribs (I think it's just the muscles, and not the ribs themselves, fwiw), I didn't feel like I could do all that much more. A couple hours into that, I got a text message from apparently a repeat client, asking if I was available. I didn't have the number saved, and no previous SMS from him, but my SMS backup has been spotty over the years. I headed down at the appointed time, had honestly a really awkward time with him, between him making terrible porn actor noises, weird tongue shapes, and repeatedly telling me he loved me, but he seemed very happy with the session. He wanted to go all afternoon, but I cut things off around the two hour mark. He suggested we walk down to the ATM together, and I agreed. As we got to the information desk, though, he asked how much it was, and when I clarified that $200 plus tip would be appropriate given how long we were, he said he had absolutely no money because he wasn't sure I would even show up. I thought for a second and walked away....only to have him shout for security a few seconds later that I needed to be escorted out. Everyone who even noticed looked at him weird, because no one was near him or approaching him at that point, so I'm guessing a) this is par for the course for him and b) it's gone poorly for him and the escort when he's done it in the past.

I went back to playing video games once I got home, pausing when I heard repeated soft knocking at my door. I don't answer if I'm not expecting someone, though, so that'll remain a mystery. I finished Act I playing regular, but it seems like the weapon drops have become particularly scarce in the latest update, so upgraded to my editor half way through Act 2. Much better. Crashed next to LMF around 10.