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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…...

Day 1,589: Liz + Ali

Lizderfer and Ali got married today.

It was gorgeous. Holy crap, this vineyard was out of control pretty. And so were Liz and Ali.

It’s 1am now, though, so I’m keeping it short. We got to hang with Nicole, Tone, and Betsy at Applebee’s for the day time, take a nap, and then do the wedding.

Food was amaze. Liz and Ali are amaze. It was a wonderful day. And! I got my writing done! Yeesssss.

Good night!

Day 1,588: Well, That Happened

We’re up in NorCal. Ukiah, specifically, which is weird because I’ve known Ukiah as a town off the 101 freeway since I was…3? Maybe even earlier?

We’re here for a wedding–Lizderfer is getting hitched, and all the Disjointed crew is up to celebrate–and it’s weird to have all these LA people up in what is essentially my childhood hood. Almost. Few hours north of here, but essentially my hood.

We’re staying at a Comfort Inn. We went to a soiré down in Hopland, which is where the actual wedding i...

Day 1,587: Thumbs

Who’s got two thumbs and is writing his daily blog journal post thing on his phone. This guy

Day 1,586: Angst

Blleeaaarrrcccchhhhbbbggghhhh.

Today was not the writing day I’d hoped for. This is what happens when I spend time away from this keyboard. And you know what? There’s no excuse. There really isn’t. Traveling is not enough in and of itself for me not to sit down for even fifteen minutes each day and write words. This is what happens.

The story is cold. I have to warm it back up again.

I wrote 150 words today. Plus some editing. I also journaled. Not like the journaling I do here…it’s part free...

Day 1,585: The Queen

Man…Castle Rock was so, sooooooo good last week. One of the better episodes of television I’ve seen in a long, long time. Tense, scary, twisty, moving. Surprisingly moving. It had the Ho bawling next to me, and I’d be lying if I said it didn’t elicit a dew drop or two from my own peepers.

You’re missing out if you’re not watching that show. It’s definitely had its ups and downs already…but “The Queen” was excellence. It was an episode crafted by someone who truly knows what they’re doing, at...

Day 1,584: Home Cookin

We’re home.

We leave again this coming weekend, but it’s nice to be home for now.

I have a shiiiiit-ton of writing to do this week. Sigh. And I’ll do it. I really will. Just need to get in there and get my hands dirty. And I will!

We have to buy a new car…which kinda sucks, to be honest, but we’re making the best of it. We’ve found what car we want, and we’re getting a good idea on what’s a good price for it. We actually went and test-drove one tonight and got to haggling with the local car l...