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Day 2,763: To Bed!

It’s another absolutely exhausted night over here at the Ho-Heinichen House of Horror and Hosiery. I worked another 12 hour day today. The good news? Well, one, it should be better starting tomorrow. And two…I’m not going to write about being exhausted tonight.

No, instead I’m going to write about the resolve I feel to get this book I’m working on written. I can write more. I know I can. I want to. I actually want to sit down and write in the mornings, and the words flow.

They didn’t flow ...

Day 2,762: Close

I am close to back on track.

After a truly, truly exhausting week last week, and a very busy weekend (I worked for 8 hours today!)…I am so close to caught up.

The writing suffered. I just had to send my co-writer an email apologizing for not having my pages to send him. I hope he understands. But…I also discovered that I can unequivocally write 4 pages an hour right now. That’s as-is. Not even ramping up my speed through practice. So…I have a new goal for pages this coming week, and it’s W...

Day 2,761: Ho’s

Spent a day today with the Ho’s.

I can’t remember if I’ve even mentioned that yet this week because it’s been so crazy, but Liz’s dad is down staying with us. Full house! Him and Tommen!

We spent the day together today. Twas lovely. We went to a really cool car and airplane bookstore over in Burbank, and he was able to find a bunch of books and magazines he didn’t have. Then, we went over to Travel Town in Griffith Park, which has a bunch of old train engines and cars. That was fun, too. ...

Day 2,760: I Came To Work

There is something very satisfying about getting shit done.

In the wise words of Shangela: I am a professional. I came to work.

Well…it’s really “werk”…but in this case, literally, it was work this week. But I got my shit done! On time! And in decent quality, too, I hope. We’ll see how the assets do, but I think we did well.

And I also feel like I got hit by a truck. I am dead tired. Good lord. Wiped the fuck out. I worked almost 60 hours this week. Well…closer to 55, but still! I worke...

Day 2,759: Proud

Oh my lawd, it’s late. 1am!

I got my stuff done, though. Thank baby g.

Making this one suuuuper short…but twas a highly productive day. A 16 hour work day oh, well. They don’t happen very often.

Night!

Day 2,758: L8er

It’s so late!

I had the badass work day I needed. Didn’t get EVERYTHING done I wanted to, but I’ve definitely found a rhythm with the shows I working on, and I know I can ride that tomorrow, too, to the finish line. Or, at least close enough.

Now, it’s midnight and time for bed.

Night!

Day 2,757: Catching Up

Slowly but surely…catching up.

Had a solid writing session today. Unfortunately, tomorrow I have to skip it. I just have too much work-work to do. Need to absolutely rock my Netflix tomorrow because I have to get these clip pulls done in enough time to allow for feedback and adjustments, and still deliver on Friday.

But! Cleaning happened. My client work happened. I had a solid writing session in the morning, cranked out my four pages. Netflix work was…frustratingly slow. The constraints ...

Day 2,756: Too Much

I have too much to do. Too much on my plate right now…so…we’re in triage-mode. I do whatever most-pressingly needs to be done, and the rest just has to wait. Not my favorite way to do things, but here we are.

And here’s the thing: I will have time to do everything. Eventually. The things that can wait truly can wait. I can take it all one step at a time until I finally clear a couple things from my plate.

No writing today. I got to bed too late. I don’t even remember why, but it was a lat...

Day 2,755: This Body

It’s LATE for a Sunday night. I had stuff to finish up. Oh, boy am I tired. All I wanted to do was go to sleep…but I got my shit done.

Gonna have to sleep in tomorrow, but that’s okay. I’ll still get my pages done, somehow. And clean the house. Somehow. And work. Just one step at a time.

It was a solid weekend. I was hoping to be more productive, but I was just tired and needed rest, and that was okay. I needed rest. More of it, actually, than I got, but that’s also okay. I got enough.

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Day 2,754: Huddled

Tommen, the dog we’re sitting over the weekend and coming week, it huddled up against me so hard right now.

Just spent some time reading over my pages from this past week, making little tweaks here and there for clarity before I send them to my co-writer tomorrow. Didn’t get as much outlining done as I wanted to this past week, but I did get the new words/pages done right on schedule. Felt good.

It’s the best feeling in the world cranking through new pages on a manuscript. It’s so easy to ...