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Day 2,943: Jungle Cruise

Coco smells like the Jungle Cruise tonight.

She did physical therapy today, and got onto the water treadmill! Great success. She actually handled it like a champ. Wasn’t afraid of it at all. Had a great time walking for treats. And then she even tolerated laser therapy and a massage, too. I think a big part of it was that we fed her before we left, so she wasn’t crazy.

Coco is making a full recovery. She still has a little way to go with building her strength back up, and we’re never going...

Day 2,942: 100 Films+

We did it.

Back around this time three years ago in the waning weeks of 2018, Josh and I decided to take on the project of watching all 100 films in the AFI’s Top 100 and to record a podcast while we watched. Today, we accomplished that task. It took us three years, but we did it.

I can honestly say that this project has changed me. The practice of breaking these films down story-structure-wise has forever altered the way that I look at stories. It’s given me the practice I needed to feel ...

Day 2,941: Just Like That

As I was clipping Coco into her harness in bed—we have her set up with a leash that’s connected to the middle bar of our bed, and she wears her chest harness at night so she doesn’t go anywhere that would hurt her back—I was thinking about how life changed in an instant that night five weeks ago when she hurt her back.

Our nighttime routine will never be the same. Just like that, how I go to bed changed. Don’t get me wrong, it’s a minor change. But it is different. And it’s not ever going bac...

Day 2,940: Eight Years

Man…it was my eight year anniversary of writing these blog entries everyday a couple weeks ago. October…29th, I think? Over two weeks ago! And I totally missed it. I think part of that is I’m so close to 3,000 days. And I was finishing a novel that week. And preparing for the conference.

Me eight years ago would be so proud of all those things. I was in a really tough spot back then. Broke. Struggling in every sense of the word. Realizing I was done with acting and that I wanted to write, but...

Day 2,939: Beat Down

The Warriors put the beat-down on the Nets tonight.

Hell-mutha-effen -yeah. We’re back. Dubs are good this year. Still not quite sure they’re actually CONTENDER status, but we’re *good*. Just need to stay healthy, knock on wood. If we can do that, we’ll be in the mix, I think.

Racking up wins in the regular season is one thing; doing the same in the playoffs is another, for sure. But, we’re 12-2. We just beat a team that should also be a contender. And not just “beat.” We destroyed them. R...

Day 2,938: DTF

Din.

Tai.

FUNG.

It’s the best goddamn food in the entire world. Those soup dumplings are literally a gift from the gods.

That’s where we had dinner tonight. Got to hang with Nina and Amir. Twas glorious. And we ate SO MUCH food. Uuuuugggghhhh.

Started to sort of unpack all the AV equipment from Vegas. Good lord there’s a lot of it. Some of the stuff I know I don’t need to keep, so I’m going to see if I can return (and also didn’t have time to get reimbursed for). Other stuff…I kno...

Day 2,937: Rüfüs

Maaaaannn…

Tonight was awesome. We went down to south central, Banc of California Stadium (which is right next to USC, the LA Coliseum, and the whole museum complex, and we saw Rüfüs Du Sol who were AMAZING.

Honestly one of my favorite concerts ever. The music, the venue, the visuals were all top notch. Company was epic, too; went with Stephen and Thida. It was so, so, so so so fun.

Day was solid, too. Therapy was great. Pups were great. Had a nice solid nap. Shipped out the final eBook...

Day 2,936: Aaaahhhhh

It’s so, soooo good to be home.

Got to spend some QT with bear and the pups today. We watched GBBO, some of the Warriors game last night. Walked Cooper and Coco. It was warm. We stayed cool inside. And took an EPIC nap. I even got some Glory stuff over to Craig. Last minute tweaks to a couple scenes and added some track-able links to the front and back matter.

A great day.

Feeling a bit out of it, for sure. Lots to do. SO much. We’re going to a concert tomorrow night. Big project stuff....

Day 2,935: Zome Zagain

I am HOME!

Decided to drive home rather than stay in Vegas one more night, and lemme tell you…it was the right decision. I am SO GLAD to be home. My bed is the best. My dogs are the best. The Bear is the best.

Got to listen to the Warriors win on the radio. Listened to some podcasts. Did some thinking and brainstorming for my next book. It was wonderful.

I will definitely miss 20Books Vegas 2021. It was an EPIC show this year. The most epic we’ve done, by far. I have so many panels to l...

Day 2,934: Release

The conference is (basically) over.

Over 200 sessions and panels. All recorded and streamed by my AV team. We didn’t miss a single one. I could be more proud of my team, more fortunate to have had such an incredible collection of volunteers, all of whom went above and beyond, and the vast majority of which had never volunteered before.

Incredible.

I am wiiiiiiped out. Flat out exhausted.

Had a great dinner tonight with Scott and Bianca. Talked to the bear. Miss home.

now…sleeeeeee...