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Day 2,803: Teetering

I’m teetering on the edge right now of running away with the rest of this book. In a good way! Not a bad way. I can see the home stretch. It’d take me just over two weeks at 10 pages a day to finish the thing. I mean…that would be me sitting in bed just a WEEK from now, looking down the barrel of being done with it in just a week. The final act.

It’s a good book. It’s straightforward, sure, but I’m falling in love with my characters, and there’s some really fun stuff with the world. That, cou...

Day 2,802: A Rising Tide

Have the anxious feeling tonight of soon-to-be more on my plate than I can handle.

I didn’t feel like that today, though! Just right now. Because I’m sitting down in bed thinking about all the things I need to get done, and it’s more stuff than I have time available to me. Sigh.

No…today was a good day. Today was one of those days where I just had to surrender to the flow, and I did it rather easily. It was packed with activities that had to be done, and that I enjoyed. Liz is back home. I...

Day 2,801: Grace

I had the solid day I needed today. Oooohhh man was it close this morning to going off the rails. But, it didn’t. I was strong enough to get my ass up this morning and do my stuff. And the stuff was good, too. The stuff was good.

This book is about half done, just over half, but it’s all down hill from here. I can see it. Clearly. It’s why the resistance has really picked up in the last couple weeks.

But, that’s okay. That’s going to happen. I’m scared as much as I am excited, so it’s to ...

Day 2,800: It’s Hard

It’s…hard to wake up on time.

I didn’t do it today. The writing didn’t get done. Dammit.

I will get up on time tomorrow. The writing WILL get done.

And, so, in that spirit, I’m going to bed now. Today was…a fine day. I want tomorrow to kick ass. Night night.

Day 2,799: Taking Stock

I’m not sure why tonight, exactly, but I feel like taking stock in my blog. I’ve been…doing better lately. In writing. Life in general. Therapy has helped a lot with that, I get to pour out my thoughts and feelings there, I get to do that more with my wife because I’m getting better at verbalizing my feelings.

And, you know, I’m honestly not sure if I do that less here because of it.

I do notice that my entries are not as long as they used to be. Not as much variety. Mostly what I come her...

Day 2,798: Solid

Yes.

I had the solid day today I needed, thank you LORD.

Now, going to bed far too late…but for a good reason. Had a nice long check-in with the bear, AND we finished Mare of Eastown, which was very, very good. I recommend.

Night night.

Day 2,797: In Need

I…

Am in need of a good day tomorrow. A great day. And by that I mean super productive. A day in which I get all my shit done. I haven’t had one of those in a little while. All my writing. All my client work. All my Netflix work (which, thankfully, is pretty light tomorrow, which might give me a couple extra hours here and there)…

I need a kickass day.

So close on this book. True, I have about a third of act 2 and all of act 3 to write…but so close. Like, a kickass week (probably two) a...

Day 2,796: Good Company

Good company is underrated.

Perhaps not now, since we’re coming back from a pandemic and good company is rated exactly as high as it always should be because we didn’t GET any over the past year if we were being responsible…but even so. Still underrated. There is nothing quite like having a good time with good people. It’s the best.

Got to spend some quality time with friends tonight that we haven’t seen in quite a while, and this time we got to spend it with their whole family, kids and a...

Day 2,795: Tuckered

Tuckered out after a busy week!

It should have been a chill week. But, I’m so far behind on so much life stuff, it was not a chill week…which I suppose suits me just fine. I like being busy, and I really like catching up.

I’m still behind. But, this week has put me in a much better position. Which is a relief. Much more to do, but I chipped away at it. I do wish, of course, that I’d got more done. But, like today: I really couldn’t have done more. I was focused and went as quickly as I cou...

Day 2,793: Tuckered

Tuckered out after a busy week!

It should have been a chill week. But, I’m so far behind on so much life stuff, it was not a chill week…which I suppose suits me just fine. I like being busy, and I really like catching up.

I’m still behind. But, this week has put me in a much better position. Which is a relief. Much more to do, but I chipped away at it. I do wish, of course, that I’d got more done. But, like today: I really couldn’t have done more. I was focused and went as quickly as I cou...