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Day 2,158: Uuuuggghj

Tonight’s title is “Uuuuuuuggghhhh” just because the A’s just blew another save (that’s 30 this year. THIRTY BLOWN SAVES).

Otherwise, today was amazing.

Slept in. Had some delicious breakfast. Went to Powell’s and got some cool stuff including some sweet new t-shirts. Liz polished her speech for the wedding.

And then we went to the rehearsal dinner spot and got everything set up, and it looked GORGEOUS. Absolutely gorgeous. Liz really turned it out, and I think J and Mike were really happy wi...

Day 2,157: Mark Spencer

We’re nestled into the Mark Spencer Hotel in downtown Portland.

Long day of travel. We were up at 5:30 (well, first alarm went of at 5:30…we were UP closer to 5:50), flight was at 8:00. That was all smooth.

I slept in and out on the plane, which is a couple-hour flight. Didn’t get up feeling any more rested, though, to be honest. I don’t get good sleep on planes. I wish I did. It’s more to pass the time.

Got our rental car from PDX, which the Ho and I both agreed is one of our legit favorite...

Day 2,156: One More Wedding

One more wedding. And saving the best for last, of course

Day 2,155: Protect Your Heart!

It’s super suuuuuper late…so this will be a quick one.

Wrote. It was dope.

Worked. It was busy.

Got my car smogged and my teeth cleaned.

Watched Temple of Doom with Josh and we podcasted about it.

What a day!

Day 2,154: Faith The Faith The Faith

I need to have more faith in myself sometimes.

Writing today was a little rough. I have a couple scenes that I think are shoe leather. That, plus me not having written much over the past two weeks, and I was down on myself. Frustrated.

I needn’t be.

It’s simply a sign that I need to find the joy of the scenes that I’m writing. And I need to have more faith in my ability to take a scene that’s feeling like shoe leather, and inject into it the conflict it needs…or my dedication to cut it.

I kno...

Day 2,153: Hard Week

It was a rough week this past week for me creatively. Practically a zero.

I did get ONE good, long writing session in, so it wasn’t entirely lost. But, it was a hard one.

It happens. I think it’s always going to happen. Embracing that and just letting go of the idea that they shouldn’t ever happen…that’s important for me. Rarely ever is my problem that I’m being too lax. It’s always that I’m trying to hold on too tight, and that paralyzes me.

So, I will let this past week go. I will move forw...

Day 2,152: Night

A quick one tonight. Today was great. Intense. This past week was intense and talking about it all in therapy really made that clear

Day 2,151: Le Sigh

I really struggle with travel and getting back into the swing of things. It really throws me off. I thought that having the buffer day this week would help…and now that I really think about it, it did…but it still has an effect on me.

My resolve is weakened. Or my focus. It’s more my focus.

I could have figured out a way this week to get all my writing done. Even with everything going on at work. I could have, but I didn’t. That makes me feel guilty.

Instead, I chose things other than writing...

Day 2,150: Swift

Has to be a swift one tonight. Josh and podcasted. We watched Raiders of the Lost Ark and we talked about his short film “The Black Box.”

It was an excellent night. So good. Great watches. Great conversation. Great day, too, got tons of work done. Got to work on time and wrote in the morning, which was glooooorious.

Very content tonight.

Day 2,149: thumbin it

Writing tonight’s entry on my phone because I left my iPad at work