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Day 2,930: Vegas, Baby

Today was one of those days where EVERYTHING took twice as long as I thought it would.

Some of that was my fault for underestimating. Much of it, however, was due to outside forces. It happens.

Now it’s 3am and I have an early-ish morning, so it’s sleep time. Vegas, baby

Day 2,929: Pack…

Got all the hardware packed up for the conference. Still working on some of the other minutiae…but lawd willin…I’ll be out of town tomorrow on time. Still got a shit ton of stuff to do!

Wish me luck.

It’s 1:30am. Time for sleeeeeep.

Day 2,928: Prep

In the midst of prepping for this Vegas conference. It’s A LOT. I am so looking forward to it this year, however.

I say “however” because last year was COVID, and it really stressed me out that we were going to do the conference. We didn’t. Thankfully. The State of Nevada stepped in and took care of that for everyone’s safety, and our conference director—who’d put up the front money to make it happen—didn’t get hit with any lost funds.

It was “however” the year before, too, though. I was t...

Day 2,927: Penultimate

Josh and I watched the second-to-last film for the AFI Top 100 list tonight/this morning (seeing as it’s currently just past 2am).

It’s not actually movie #2 on the list. That’s The Godfather, which we watched last week, but we skipped Part 2 further down on the list because that wouldn’t make sense to watch before the first one. So…tonight we watched movie #32 on the list, but next week: movie #1

We’ll have watched the entire list. Crazy. It hasn’t sunk in. I plotted out how long it would...

Day 2,926: Makin the bed

Coco makes her bed each night. And by “make” I really mean “f*cks up” because man, she goes to TOWN digging at her blanket. Most often, it’s a bunched up mess afterwards, and then she sleeps on the side of it 😂

I usually fix it for her though. And when it’s cold, I wrap her up so she’s nice and cozy. She likes that.

Another kinda hectic day. A little more settled. I want a good day tomorrow, too, so I’m going to keep this entry short tonight so I can get up on time tomorrow.

Night night...

Day 2,925: So Close!

So close to finishing so much. So. Close.

I remembered something today that I forgot to fix in my book. Of course. Still time to get it in, thank lawd. Will do that tomorrow.

Work was unexpectedly busy today. But, that was actually nice because it had been so slow so far this week. Billable hours, yo!

Major progress made on the big project. Pups are healthy. Conference is just around the corner. Life is GOOD.

Night night.

Day 2,924: Mildly Productive

Liz and I started watching Midnight Mass tonight, finally, the day after spooky season ends. Better late than never! Pretty sure we’ve figured out what’s going on just over one episode in.

That kind of thing doesn’t bother me, actually, so long as the thing I’ve figured out is fun, which I think this one is. And especially when there are several ways said figured-out-thing can be executed or explained.

I was productive today. Mildly. It was a chill-er day. I want tomorrow to rock, so it’s ...

Day 2,923: DONE

The book is done. Like, DONE done.

I finished my “soup to nuts” rewrite/edit pass, as my co-writer would call it. I tweaked a lot of stuff. Filled in gaps. Made sure it was consistent. Made sense. I tightened some scenes that weren’t working as well as I knew they could. Even changed the background of a character and the way they talked.

It was exhausting, to be completely honest, and I’m sitting here terrified that I missed stuff…which I most certainly did. Hopefully none of it is too hor...

Day 2,922: Figured

I am figuring some things out, guys.

There was a section of my book, an important section, that I knew wasn’t quite working the way I wanted. It was fine, but I wanted it to land a certain way. It wasn’t.

I figured it out today. And I love it.

It takes time for the good ideas to come, sometimes. Often, in fact. At least for me. I have to leave it for a while, let it simmer in my unconscious. I’ve been letting these few tendrils of story bubble in the background for a couple months, and ...

Day 2,921: Home Stretch

In the home stretch for my book rewrites. Forced to be, really. I wish I had more time with it, but that’s of my own doing. I’ll get it all done. I’ve knocked out a couple big parts. Need to clean up all the small ones.

Also in the home stretch for the podcast. We’re very, very close to finishing the entire AFI list. It’s crazy to think about. A long, long time coming. Three years.

Conference preparation is in the home stretch, too. Almost there.

Big project in the home stretch. There’s...