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Day 4,106: That’s Our Trashcan

Joy news update: she got groomed today so she is EXTRA cute…and exactly as we were praising her for being such a sweet pup (she went and told Liz in her office that it was time to close up shop and go to bed)…she ate some random piece of trash off the floor. Like a piece of lint or something. That’s the Joy news that’s fit to report!

I did it today. I made my post about leaving social media, and then I did it. I deleted all the apps from my phone and ipad. I did make sure that I can log into ...

I’m Leaving Social Media (mostly)

It’s time for me to step away, at least for the most part.

Over the past couple decades, I’ve been an avid social media user. Twitter, especially, I loved. I joined there in 2008. I spent, probably, two or three hours a day on there, plus others like Facebook, Instagram, etc. I know that’s not much compared to some people, but I was decently “online.” I loved the inside humor, mostly, but also the opportunity it gave to encounter and appreciate excellence in all its many forms: amazing images...

Day 4,105: Good to Mama

Joy can’t settle. She’s walking all over the bed looking for the perfect spot. Okay, just as I typed that, she finally laid down between my legs, lol.

She has a routine every night of getting her treats while I floss and brush my teeth. Then I get into bed and she has to lick my face for a while, and she does this thing where she gradually slides herself down onto my chest while she does it, and then rolls over into the crook of my arm so she’s belly up and licking the underside of my chin. A...

Day 4,104: My Lap

Y’all…getting up when it’s dark outside is…it’s just not okay. It feels WRONG.

Which is why I didn’t do it this morning, lol. Sigh. I need to. Really, really, really. That’s my chance to get on top of it all. Start my day out right. I can do it. I really can.

Work today was great. Pups are great. Our bathroom tiles are cleaned and sealed. Severance is absolutely top quality television. And I had a half-glass of an incredible rioja tonight. Insanely delicious. CVNE ‘Imperial’ Reserva. There...

Day 4,103: Loobies

What is my dream job?

To write full time. That is to say, I’d be making enough from my writing to quit any other kind of work.

That’s not easy to do. Very few make enough from their writing, books or otherwise, to not have another job. Most of us do both. And to be honest…that’s my next-top dream job. I’m living it right now! That feels so, soooo good to say. I’ve worked for this for a long, long time. There’s an entire era of my life, about the entire decade of my thirties, where the goal...

Day 4,102: Cheek Lady

Gonna get back to answering prompts tomorrow, I think, but for tonight…

Thinking about David Lynch today. Have been for the past couple days, ever since hearing of his passing. We did a deep dive on him around this time two years ago, and I mostly remember being surprised about how much of David made sense to me. Like, it wasn’t a mystery at all what he was trying to do, which included all the stuff that doesn’t make sense. He put A LOT of stuff in his movies that didn’t even make sense to hi...

Day 4,101: Foooood

Didn’t do much today. Still getting my LA legs underneath me. I went and got food. That was good. Washed my car. Picked up a scrip for Liz. Cleaned a little bit. But mostly watched Wrexham and just let the day slip.

Tired. Gonna be tired tomorrow, too, I think. But we’ll see. I want to read.

Night night.

Day 4,100: The Pack

The pack is back together. Joy is sleeping on my lap and Coops is down at the end of the bed with his sweater on, all snuggled into Liz’s extra blanket, the pink one. This is home.

Slept in. We woke up around 11, which means we got a full night’s sleep. Whew. Got up, ate some food quick, and then went over to Stephen and Thida’s to pick up the pups. No issues with them. It was a good visit. We caught up. Then came home and ate some lunch (Mr. Pickles).

Mustered up the energy to go to Costc...

Day 4,099: Carraldo

I watched Fitzcarraldo on the flight home. It was so good! And by that I mean…it was very, very clunky in parts, I’m not actually sure that Klaus Kinski worked as the main character (in that he was tooooo crazy, maybe?) even though he certainly looked the part, the all-sound-was-dubbed-in-later-including-all-dialogue thing always throws me a bit and makes the performances feel like they’re at arm’s length, and a multitude of other aspects of filmmaking that we’d simply just do differently these ...

Day 4,098: Blissed

Our last full day. Sigh. It’s been a good trip.

We went up to a spa today and got massages together. Afterwards, we both decided that getting massages is probably a great way to start a trip, at least in Hawaii, where everything is better the more you relax. The massages were great. Five stars. I needed it, too. My neck and back were pretty tight. Got some of it worked out. Not all, for sure, but some, which is still a victory.

Took a nap. Met up with the Lundy’s and watched the best sunse...