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Day 2,237: I Am the Egg Man

I am the walrus.

Quick one tonight, two things:

1) Watchmen might be the best TV show of the year.

2) I’m going to finish my book this coming year. I have no idea how long it’s going to take, but it’s happening. I actually feel that deep down in my soul this time. Real confidence based on a knowledge of myself and my craft…I am finally going to finish that book.

So…hooray.

It’s late and Coco is under the cover pressed up against my tummy, so, g’night.

Day 2,236: Jingle Jangle

I’m just crazy about horSES!

If y’all don’t know the Ella version of “jingle bells” do yourself a treat and listen to it. Much Christmas.

Went to Jered’s holiday party tonight. It was a blast. We ended up playing the AVN Awards in the background. Very on-brand.

It was a busy day. Therapy. Haircut. Party.

I’m pooped.

Playing tennis tomorrow early so byyyyeeee

Day 2,235: Ooops

Welp! This never posted last night for whatever reason. But here it is now

Day 2,234: A Disney Night

I was eating dinner and kinda futzing around on Disney+ when Liz ended a phone call and came to join me…

And 3+ hours later, we watched the opening and René’s Little Mermaid scenes, all of Beauty and the Beast, all of Aladdin, and the opening of The Lion King.

Y’all…that stretch of 5 or 6 years that Disney had with those four films is, well, crazy. Those movies are SO GOOD. Not all of the gender stuff holds up super well in the first two, but Aladdin is an absolute romp, and we didn’t even...

Day 2,233: Too Long Away

It’s late so I have to keep this entry short, but I wrote words today. Don’t know if I like them or not because the disconnected feeling persists…

I was just thinking about how much that’s been true this year.

Don’t get me wrong, I have definitely made strides. Big ones. But…I’m not there yet. My confidence is still so shaky.

I want to work on that; my confidence. Because I can do this. I will finish this book. I will write better. I will finish more books, and I will feel better about my...

Day 2,232: Better

Feeling better tonight. Didn’t feel better waking up…but I went into work anyway because I had to

Day 2,231: Quick

Have to do a quick one tonight because it’s past bed time.

Feeling better. Not 100% yet, but well enough to go into work tomorrow for sure. Which is a relief, because I have to

Day 2,230: Definitely Still Sick

Yeah…definitely still sick.

Sigh. I knew that feeling last night was too good to be true. Thankfully this cold isn’t too bad. Fever is mild when it comes, and it’s not always there. That’s really the thing that sucks about having a cold, I think; the fucking fever. That, and the snotty nose and the sore throat. Oooohhhh the sore throat.

Rene Auberjonois passed away today. I want to write about him, but it’s too late, so I’ll write about him tomorrow. He was a lovely man, and Liz told me that...

Day 2,229: Cautiously Optimistic…

Guys…and gals…and nonbinaries…all y’all:

I am cautiously optimistic. The sickness, maybe, maaayybbeee…was only a 24-hour affair.

Man, last night I was siiiicckk. Big time. Woke up in the middle of the night and my throat was so painful, I thought I was coming down with strep. It was still swollen enough this morning that eating was tough.

And yet…here I sit, not twelve hours later, and I’m feeling…almost normal. Almost. Tired, for sure. But my throat is fine now, and even more importantly,...

Day 2,228: Definitely Sick

I’m definitely sick.

There is no worse feeling (just go with the hyperbole, folks) than that very early feeling of getting sick. Today, it was that fatigue-achy dryness that came first. Where suddenly, I felt exhausted, and everything hurt a little. It was the sore throat that confirmed it, though. That post-nasal drip that has you thinking “maybe it’s just allergies?”

Spoiler: it’s not. It never is.

At least it’s happening on the weekend? And I was able to get some big chunks of my Netflix...