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Day 1,774: Four Years

The wife and I have been married for FOUR YEARS today.

It’s actually not all that mind-blowing, that four year number, given that we’ve been together for fourTEEN. But, still…it’s an amazing day because I couldn’t be happier. We did so much mundane, errand-running shit today, and it was perfection because we got to do it together.

Anyone out there who wants a happy relationship, this is my advice: find someone that you just enjoy doing everything with. There’s nothing I’d rather do alone than...

Day 1,594: Four Years

The wife and I have been married for FOUR YEARS today.

It’s actually not all that mind-blowing, that four year number, given that we’ve been together for fourTEEN. But, still…it’s an amazing day because I couldn’t be happier. We did so much mundane, errand-running shit today, and it was perfection because we got to do it together.

Anyone out there who wants a happy relationship, this is my advice: find someone that you just enjoy doing everything with. There’s nothing I’d rather do alone than...

Day 1,773: Failure

Ugh.

Today was a failure. The anxiety won. Don’t get me wrong, there were many reasons for the anxiety…but I still let it win insofar as I know that I’m capable of better.

One never *defeats* anxiety. It’s is only ever managed to be the best of one’s ability. And ability can be grown, practiced, and improved. Just like any skill or set of tools, it gets sharper with practice and education.

I was not at my best.

I must let that go. I must turn the page and tomorrow, do better.

So, that’s what...

Day 1,593: Failure

Ugh.

Today was a failure. The anxiety won. Don’t get me wrong, there were many reasons for the anxiety…but I still let it win insofar as I know that I’m capable of better.

One never *defeats* anxiety. It’s is only ever managed to be the best of one’s ability. And ability can be grown, practiced, and improved. Just like any skill or set of tools, it gets sharper with practice and education.

I was not at my best.

I must let that go. I must turn the page and tomorrow, do better.

So, that’s what...

Day 1,772: Sea Legs

Don’t quite have my sea legs back up underneath me yet, but I *did* get writing done. Not a ton, but some.

I’m working on the novella for the next couple days because I owe it to my email list. They didn’t get any last month because of email snafus, and because I couldn’t give to them anyway, and I was cranking on Red Tower, I blew it off to this month.

I was hoping I’d be done with this rewrite by this time, and I could just slide right into it…but alas. I must let go of that deadline. It’s...

Day 1,592: Sea Legs

Don’t quite have my sea legs back up underneath me yet, but I *did* get writing done. Not a ton, but some.

I’m working on the novella for the next couple days because I owe it to my email list. They didn’t get any last month because of email snafus, and because I couldn’t give to them anyway, and I was cranking on Red Tower, I blew it off to this month.

I was hoping I’d be done with this rewrite by this time, and I could just slide right into it…but alas. I must let go of that deadline. It’s...

Day 1,771: Up

Home! Ooohhhh…it’s so good to be home, and what a perfect day to be back within the familiar confines than on Liz and my panda-versary. Pandaversary is now a 14-year old tradition. It’s the anniversary of our first date. It’s also the date that I proposed to her back in 2014.

Four. Teen. Years. My my. How awesome is that? Impressive. Legendary! Love you so, so much, bear. It’s honestly hard to believe it’s been that long. Time flies when you’re in love.

She was out most of the day today helpi...

Day 1,591: Up

Home! Ooohhhh…it’s so good to be home, and what a perfect day to be back within the familiar confines than on Liz and my panda-versary. Pandaversary is now a 14-year old tradition. It’s the anniversary of our first date. It’s also the date that I proposed to her back in 2014.

Four. Teen. Years. My my. How awesome is that? Impressive. Legendary! Love you so, so much, bear. It’s honestly hard to believe it’s been that long. Time flies when you’re in love.

She was out most of the day today helpi...

Day 1,770: Road Trip!

We road-tripped today. Oh my lawd, did we road trip.

But first, we stopped by to see Ryan and Lisa and Penelope Elaine Wilkins, who is the newest member of the Wilkins clan. Holy crap is she a cutie. So alert. So chill. So smol. She’s definitely in the paperweight stage right now; not crawling around into trouble, and not teething herself into fussy sleeplessness. And Ryan and Lisa *genuinely* seemed like they were kinda rocking the whole parenting thing. Stressful and tiring without a doubt…...

Day 1,590: Road Trip!

We road-tripped today. Oh my lawd, did we road trip.

But first, we stopped by to see Ryan and Lisa and Penelope Elaine Wilkins, who is the newest member of the Wilkins clan. Holy crap is she a cutie. So alert. So chill. So smol. She’s definitely in the paperweight stage right now; not crawling around into trouble, and not teething herself into fussy sleeplessness. And Ryan and Lisa *genuinely* seemed like they were kinda rocking the whole parenting thing. Stressful and tiring without a doubt…...