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Day 3,788: Your Problem Not Hers

Joy is NOT moving to let Liz into bed ahahahaha.

It was a solid day today. Whew. Got my writing done in the morning, on time, got started on work on time, yoga and lunch like wham-o blam-o, which meant that we got to go over to Nicole and Alex’s and hang with their growing kittens who are SO CUTE—Fran and Elliot—then came home in time to finish up with work, writing session to close the day, took a whole-ass shower, walk the pups, dinner with Bear where we started watching Constellation on Ap...

Day 3,787: She’s Still Here

I watched Barbie. Or, rather, finished it tonight. Really enjoyed it. That could have been such a hollywood movie, y’all. It could have been pink and pretty and that’s it. But it wasn’t. It was thoughtful. It reached for some really, truly deep shit, and more often than not it grabbed it. The scene with the older woman on the bus stop bench in particular just—one of those surprise scenes that kind of takes your breath away. It wasn’t perfect, a lot of the magic was fast and loose, but everything...

Day 3,786: Mazar

Daylight savings time is the best time. Let’s be honest: nobody wants “night” to begin at 4 fucking pm. This is the time of year I come alive. For whatever reason, that “extra” hour of daylight means everything to me. THAT SAID…

…the transition is goddamn murder.

I feel like a ton of bricks hit me this morning. Tired and out of it all day. Tomorrow is gonna be rough. ROUGH.

But it will be worth it in a few weeks.

And in the interests of tryyyyying to get a good night’s sleep, I bid y...

Day 3,785: Good Conversation

I caught up on some sleep today. Took the pups on walkos, took Coops to see the vet for his ear and got him some medications to make it go away, watched the Jedda Grand Prix, took a nap, cleaned the house, walked the pups again, helped set up for our friends Audrey and Jesse to come over for dinner, and then had a wonderful time eating and talking with them.

Now…sleep. Daylight savings tomorrow!

Day 3,784: Hollywood

Hollywood knows how to make a movie, man. Or at least we did by 1940. That’s the year Hitchcock came over to the states to start making movies here, and damn. It is a STEP. UP. For real. Movie is called Rebecca. It was fine overall, but it was a leap from his British period in just…feeling like a complete movie. Popcorn, sit down and be swept away. A million little things that are impossible to put into words and many other things one can articulate that make a movie feel like a movie.

Good s...

Day 3,783: Thunder

Beautiful day out to start, and then it got super dark grey cloudy around 3 when it was time for therapy…and then there was thunder, lighting, and lots of rain. So wild! We rarely, rarely get weather like that on the coast. I don’t actually know why that is. It certainly happens up in the mountains all the time, but I know it also happens inland in the plains…maybe it’s a humidity thing? Like, our rain is just not as static-y? I dunno. Anyway, it was exciting.

Good writing day. Got in three s...

Day 3,693: Thunder

Beautiful day out to start, and then it got super dark grey cloudy around 3 when it was time for therapy…and then there was thunder, lighting, and lots of rain. So wild! We rarely, rarely get weather like that on the coast. I don’t actually know why that is. It certainly happens up in the mountains all the time, but I know it also happens inland in the plains…maybe it’s a humidity thing? Like, our rain is just not as static-y? I dunno. Anyway, it was exciting.

Good writing day. Got in three s...

Day 3,782: Bandstands

Joy does not like mouth-trumpet.

Snacks hung out with me in my office for almost an hour today, and snuggled up close to me by the curtains, even. That’s the first time he’s EVER done anything like that, especially choosing to come close to me and settle down for a snooze. A landmark day. I’ll try to encourage him to come into my office more often. Maybe, eventually, he’ll be my office cat.

It’s super late already so cutting this short, but it was a solid day. Night night.

Day 3,692: Bandstands

Joy does not like mouth-trumpet.

Snacks hung out with me in my office for almost an hour today, and snuggled up close to me by the curtains, even. That’s the first time he’s EVER done anything like that, especially choosing to come close to me and settle down for a snooze. A landmark day. I’ll try to encourage him to come into my office more often. Maybe, eventually, he’ll be my office cat.

It’s super late already so cutting this short, but it was a solid day. Night night.

Day 3,781: Mon Coeur

I did it. Three fuuuuuuuudgin hours of writing. Came up with some good stuff, too. Fun stuff. Stuff I’m looking forward to writing. Shit is going DOWN.

Work was busy today. Busier than usual, but only because I’m onboarding a couple new projects. Looking forward to them. Fun stuff there.

Pups are great. Bear is great. Gotta start taxes…lol.

It was a solid day today. Now, it’s sleep time. Night night.