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Day 2,211: That Hard Sleep

Coco sleeps that hard sleep now. The old sleep, where it takes a second to wake her up. She doesn’t hear me immediately, or smell me. I wake her gently, with a rub or two, and she’s woozy for a second, and then she’s up like she’s always up. But, the sleep is harder now.

I was reading an older entry of this blog around spring of last year, the ‘early’ days of the struggle bus with this second book, and I was talking about having a breakthrough in the story. Which I’m sure it was. But, it wasn’t the...

Day 2,210: That Feeling When…

That feeling when you recorded a podcast episode, and then through a series of really stupid decisions, lost the recorded audio for that podcast.

I could have saved the situation. I think that, specifically, is why this one is so hard to let go of. I could have saved the recording. But I didn’t.

Uuuuuuggghhhhh.

Anyway. I have to let it go. It’s gone now. I think. I do have this one temp file that’s the right file size, but I can’t figure out how to extract audio from it, and it’s disturbingly only ONE file when really I think...

Day 2,210: That Feeling When…

That feeling when you recorded a podcast episode, and then through a series of really stupid decisions, lost the recorded audio for that podcast.

I could have saved the situation. I think that, specifically, is why this one is so hard to let go of. I could have saved the recording. But I didn’t.

Uuuuuuggghhhhh.

Anyway. I have to let it go. It’s gone now. I think. I do have this one temp file that’s the right file size, but I can’t figure out how to extract audio from it, and it’s disturbingly...

Day 2,209:

It’s so good to be home.

I’m looking forward to work tomorrow. Looking forward to getting there on time (which means making a bit of a quick entry tonight), to meditating and writing, getting a full day of work in, then writing a bit more.

Josh and I should be podcasting tomorrow, I think. Hope so. We’ll be watching American Graffiti. Looking forward to it. Interested to see why it’s on the list.

Guys…Watchmen is so FREAKING good. Seriously. It’s soooo goooood. So impressed with the writing, and how they keep ratcheting things u...Guys…

Day 2,208: Success Runs Through Happiness

My success has always run a direct route right through my own level of happiness and contentment.

I realized that at therapy today. What I fear about stepping away from Netflix is not that I won’t or can’t succeed. I already know I can. I’ve done it before. Several times, actually. What I fear is that I won’t be happy…and because of that, I will fail.

That’s what happened in 2017 and 2018. I failed because I was so unhappy. I mean, there were reasons I was unhappy, it wasn’t just arbitrary, of course…but ever...

Day 2,207: Home

It’s so good to be home!

Happy Belated Birthday to Kerbear. It was soo good to see her today. We had amazing pizza and then played pinball to our hearts’ content at the Pinball Museum.

Morning was great. Got to chat with Ronnie and Yudha. Packed up and left right on time. And my flight was easy. Burbank was a little crazy, but now I’m home, fed, and Coco is snuggled next to me.

It’s good to be home.

2,206: Swimming

I have to say…this 20 Books conference has been a bit overwhelming. And not in a bad way. Just…overwhelming.

My head is swimming in a mixture of excitement, fear, possibilities, choices, upsides, downsides and plans, hopes, dreams, nightmares…it’s a lot.

I wanted this life. I wanted the success of these inspirational people. And then I stumbled, and am recovering, and it’s scary to want it again…while also feeling like some new, necessary perspectives have changed me in the process.

Which is to say; I feel like I’m going...

2,205: weeerrrrkkkkk

Another looooong long inspiring awesome exhausting day

Day 2,204: 20Books Day One

The team killed it today. They really did amazing.

Day one in the books, and night one too. I went to the Fantasy genre dinner and had a freaking blast. Those are my peeps. Maybe even more than SciFi nerds

Day 2,203: Phew

Good lord today was busy.

Flew to Vegas.

Applied for SW cards on the plane and in the airport so that we can hopefully get the companion pass for the next two years.

Checked into hotel and into the conference.

Met with group of main volunteers for a luncheon at the firelight buffet here.

Met with the AV Club who’s going to run the show for us tomorrow.

Had dinner with Amy Duboff and her amazing crew.

Watched a little football.

Oh! And did an editor call with J about his short story for the SG anthology.

Jesus.

Today. Was. Busy.

I am wiped out. Time for sleeps. More sh...