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Day 2,526: I Hope They Pick Us

Oof. What a day. It’s past my bed time already.

Worked A LOT on our extra side project today. Made a video for it. Not one I can share yet, but it was so much work! We have experience doing it for Liz’s auditions and whatnot, but it’s always so much more than you expect. Every time. Came together amazingly, though. So glad we did it. Hope it helps us.

Worried about Coco tonight. We both realized that we never see her drinking water any more. She gets a little from her wet food, but that’s ...

Day 2,525: Back To Life

I had a normal day today.

It’s been a looooong time since I’ve felt like I could say that.

It started with getting up on time. Worked out. Then dogs, and writing. Then breakfast and work. Finished the rest of my daily workout, then had lunch, worked more. Took a nap. Finished work. Wrote. Played a DJ set. Walked the dogs. Helped Liz with an audition, and then we ate dinner together and watched The Vow.

Now, bed.

A normal day.

I love normal.

“Albatross” (Star Trek: The Animated Series S2 Ep4)

Bones…what the f*ck did you do now?! This week, Bones may have killed a lot of people, Josh has a bone to pick with a Christmas Movie classic, and we cast the Enterprise crew as gangsters, complete with what their nicknames would be. We have fun!!!

Day 2,524: Coming Along

It’s coming along.

The new book is coming along. Thank lord almighty, it’s getting there. I just read through what I’ve written over the past week+, and I can see what’s not working, what’s too much, where there’s too little.

It’s actually improving. What I have works. And will work even better. It’s very, VERY close to being readable for someone else. VERY close.

Not a super busy day today, but busy enough to, well, keep me busy. Got a nice nap in. Needed that after a truly epically lo...

Day 2,523: Le Quick

The project continues for Liz and I! Worked on it for the whole day today. Made some progress. We think. We’ll see how it turns out.

Podcasted with J, too. Twas an epic evening. The best.

Time for sleeeeeeeeeeeep

Day 2,522: My Weakest

I’m my weakest at two times of the day, every day.

The first is when my morning alarm goes off up through being out of bed for the first five minutes or so. I have to imagine a lot of people can relate, but without a doubt, I fail the most during this time. I have absolutely no willpower, no resolve. The only thing that can save me from this time of the day is when I *have* to do something.

I think that’s why working out first thing out of bed has been so helpful for me. It short circuits ...

Day 2,521: The Little Things

I did a lot of the little things today. Stuff that’s been pushed aside for so long as to grow into a pile of little things. Clutter. Both physically, and the mental clutter of all the little things to do. I did a lot of them today! That felt really, really good.

It’s surprising, too, given I felt so unmotivated to do anything this morning. It was hard, even, to sit down to work. But…I did my work. And I did my writing, all three sessions, and wrote almost 1,000 words today. And I helped Bear ...

Day 2,520: One Off

I’ve been one off on my day count for the past couple weeks. Oops. Not surprised, though. It’s been a BUSY mother of two weeks.

Just had a nice little writing session. They’re getting better, goddamnit. Truly, truly better. This opening sequence is working for me. I think. It feels better. More clear. Still some rewrites to come, I’m sure. But the bones are finally good. The characters are starting to make sense.

Work was great today. Not too overwhelming. A couple projects coming down the...

Day 2,519: The Flow

Had to say no to something today because I didn’t like the flow.

We were very close to saying yes, but it just wasn’t right in the end, so we had to say no. Which was hard. It’s hard to realize you’ve wasted someone else’s time. It makes me feel foolish. And I have been foolish. But, the only solution to being foolish is to stop acting like a fool and start acting smart and responsible. And…that’s what I did.

So…hard in the meantime. Smart in the long-term.

A lesson.

Work was busy to...

Day 2,518: The Flow

Had to say no to something today because I didn’t like the flow.

We were very close to saying yes, but it just wasn’t right in the end, so we had to say no. Which was hard. It’s hard to realize you’ve wasted someone else’s time. It makes me feel foolish. And I have been foolish. But, the only solution to being foolish is to stop acting like a fool and start acting smart and responsible. And…that’s what I did.

So…hard in the meantime. Smart in the long-term.

A lesson.

Work was busy to...