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May 6, 2022
Day 3,110: Truckin
Truckin away, y’all.
Had a SOLID writing session this morning. Whew! It was sketch work, just to get me back into the flow of the story. And, by that I mean: nothing in depth. Character arcs/relationships. Set pieces. Some notes/ideas on setting. That kind of thing. It felt good. The story is still there, even if I was away for a month.
Office is coming together, too. I got a shelf I’d been missing/wanting. IKEA had it in stock finally. Put that together and it’s gonna look AMAZING. Also “...
May 5, 2022
Day 3,109: Fulfilled
Unfulfilled dreams. They’re the hardest thing to accept; to be complete in our un-completeness. To not compare. To live in the moment.
Liz is reading a book right now that just had a much more well-spoken passage about that idea, but that’s what sticks with me right now. It’s so true. And it makes me think about meditation; how letting go of that kind of brain swirl just to focus on someone else’s words, my own breath, letting go of those thoughts really, really helps me with my anxiety.
...May 4, 2022
Day 3,108: Light
I was just randomly sitting here in bed, getting ready to sleep, and thinking about how my list of movies for Josh is starting out light…and then goes dark towards the end. At least in how it’s constructed right now. That is, of course, subject to change.
Busy day today. I started working with this Virtual Machine service at work, and it’s kind of crazy. I think that might be the future of computers, at least for the professionals who need the beefiest of computing power. You just rent out sp...
May 3, 2022
Day 3,107: A quick
It’s late, and I really want to get to bed on time, so it’s a short one tonight.
Had a good work day. Solid. Just watched the Warriors lose game 2. Blerg. We could have won this one. They knocked one of our best defenders out for the rest of the series, however. Dirty play. Really frustrating. Really, really want the Dubs to get past this Memphis team.
We’ll see if they have enough.
Night night.
Day 3,106: HBD
What a day! It’s after midnight. So…short one.
But, the Ho birthday was a success. Amazing dinner. Amazing walk around the Huntington. Amazing nap.
It was a great day. I hope Liz loved it. Night night.
May 1, 2022
Day 3,105: Seventy
Liz and I like to sleep at 70º at night.
With our new bedroom-only central air, we can set that temp precisely and ooohoooo boy is that glorious. Just cool enough to get snug in bed. Doesn’t hardly run the AC at all, unlike our old place where we had to get a rolling portable AC, the kind with the giant hoses that go up and out the window…never very efficient. Loud. Though…I always loved the white noise. We have an air purifier over in the corner by my side of the bed now, though, so that gi...
April 30, 2022
Day 3,104: Today
Today, the birthday celebration for Liz kicked off.
Her sister and dad came into town. J first. Liz went and picked her up while I fed and walked the dogs. Then we had some food together, or at least Liz and I did. And then we went to Costco and stocked up on provisions for the week. Our fridge is filled to the MAX. Very happy about that.
Then Lin showed up and I spent a little time doing some catchup work in my office, while they took a brief snooze. Or, at least J did. Lin didn’t. Lunch ...
April 29, 2022
Day 3,103: Lost Boyz
I never wrote this blog yesterday! Oops.
Let’s see if I can time-travel…
A great day, it was as I recall. I was able to get my Netflix work done early enough in the day to run a couple errands—chief of which was dropping off a buuuunch of stuff at the Salvation Army…which is HUGE over here. Like, the store is waaaayyyy bigger than they even have the merchandise to fill it with. And it’s donation/distro center, so they took aaallll the stuff.
I was also able to start work on rearranging ...
April 28, 2022
Day 3,102: Groove
Still searching for the groove…but getting there.
I wrote today. Outlined a scene. Which is far, far less than I *can* get done in a writing day…but still. It was a start. What I really need to do is a rough sketch out of the next set of events, and then fill those in with a little more detail.
My outline is going to end up being around 20-25k words, I think. Which is crazy. That’s an entire Act 1. But…I think it’s going to help me write the book. I know it helped on the last one, and I ha...
April 27, 2022
Day 3,101: Even Bettah
Whew.
Today was a LONG one at work…but goddammit, I did my shit, I got it done—or at least all queued up so it will be done by first light tomorrow—AND I woke my ass up on time to do my workout and write. And write I did. Or, at least read to get myself caught back up…
A goddammit again, you guys, if I wasn’t pleased with where the story is so far! It bangs! I can’t wait to write it, in fact. There’s good shit in there! It moves. It’s exciting. There are fun, new characters and storylines....
