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Day 3,333: A Night In

What a milestone. 3,333 days ago, I started writing this blog. I haven’t gone and looked yet at 1,111 or 2,222…but I can already tell you this: I was ACHING to be where I am right now back then.

I was floundering with my creativity. Money was uncertain. We were managing an apartment building that was more like an abusive relationship than it was a job. A LOT has changed.

I keep thinking about 2022. It was a year of A LOT. Perhaps not as much as 2020, but it in many ways it was more than th...

Day 3,332: Still Sick

I’m definitely BETTER…but I am still sick y’all. Josh, if you reading this: I don’t think we can podcast tomorrow, man. I still have this cough. Still waking up with post-nasal drip and achy feeling. Getting reeaaalllll old, let me tell you. I’m ready to be back to full strength.

Sigh.

One more week of work, then a week off…and it’s 2023. I’m ready. I think.

We set up our tree tonight. That was really fun. And since I’m under the weather still, I think we’re going to hang out at home to...

Day 3,331: So Close!

Oooohhohoho man! I am sooo close to a perfect 3,333 blog entries. In fact, after I post this entry, I need to double check my day count and make sure I’m accurate. Such a cool thing.

I’ll go back and read my entries for 1,111 days and 2,222 days and reflect on what I’ve done since then, how I’ve changed, or how haven’t I.

Honestly, on this blog, I doubt I’ve changed much. I’m pretty work-obsessed. Writing obsessed. Sports. TV and Film. That’s about it. Dogs. Lots and lots of dogs. Coco, in...

Day 3,330: Unicorn Permit

Okay. So. Another solid day. I had some stuff to get done for our audiobook publisher, and I did that. I got the client work done. Had a great meeting. And crushed the Netflix work, too. Owned that 9-5 life.

Still coughing…but today is the first day that I started to feel better. Could have taken a nap, didn’t get the chance, so the fatigue factor is still there, BUT…I had more energy today overall than I have in almost a week.

So, maybe this damn thing is just a cold, and not the flu. Tha...

Day 3,329: End in Sight

Okay. So…the end is in sight.

I can finish this client work in the next three days or so. I can get a pronunciation guide off to our audiobook company. And I can do our finances over the weekend so they’re off to our accountants before the end of the year.

And then it’s the holidays, man. We’ve arrived. Liz and I are going to work on our front yard, I think. We’ll see how much energy we have. I want to try my hand at baking some stuff. Put up shelves in my office. That sort of thing. Get r...

Day 3,328: Tussin

I’m t-minus about ten minutes I think from the tussin kicking in. The cough was bad enough last night I had to take some. Shit works. Not fucking around tonight, I just took it before bed. Gotta sleep. Long day tomorrow.

I got stuff done today! Legit got some solid work in on the client stuff. Darryl, I swear to god, I will have all my notes to you soon. Very soon. I have four more chapters.

Coops is sleeping with me tonight.

Have to organize the finances for tax purposes.

Have to cl...

Day 3,327: For Kay

I was feeling…cozy today, I guess. In that I wanted comfort rather than novel. So, I watched the rest of Star Trek: The Motion Picture in 4K. Bought all of the six original movies a couple months back; they’ve been remastered in UHD. They look…amazing. Like they were shot yesterday. Even started a bit of TWOK, too, while I folded laundry and started getting ready for bed. It’s our new TV, too. They look SO GOOD.

Still coughing. But, the fever seems like it’s gone for good. Still testing negat...

Day 3,326: Meatballs

Coco had her meds tonight in meatball form. That has always been option A in our book, but Coco doesn’t always go with option A. She’s taken to option B for the past couple weeks: us shoving her pills down her throat with our fingers. …I think you can see why the meatball method is option A. SO MUCH EASIER.

Her appetite is returning, thank dog. As we’re using the sleepy meds with her less and less, she’s returning to normal. She still sleeps most of the day, but in her boxes and beds on the f...

Day, 3,325: Cough

So, this cold or whatever it is has come with a cough. Right up front. Not a fan of that. Hasn’t been toooo bad so far, but I definitely don’t want it to get any worse.

Sigh. Still feeling frustrated about being sick, man. Fuck. And falling behind on my shit because of it. I’ll be okay. I know that. But, it was a hard day today. One of those days where I just wonder if I’ll ever get the stuff done that I want to get done. Those weeds are growing in our front yard right now with a vengeance. I...

Day 3,324: Sick As A…

Man. I hadn’t been sick since April of 2020. I’ve now been sick twice in the past month. Yikes. Don’t like that at all.

Sigh.

It’s not COVID! Tested negative. That’s a relief. But…it might be the flu. It feels heavy. The fever is legit. It’s knocking me on my ass. We’ll see tomorrow, though. If it’s a cold, I’ll start feeling better after like day two or three. If it’s the flu…buckle up bitches. I’ll be sick for a while. I guess I needed rest, huh?

I’m so close to finishing this project...