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Day 3,655: Hallow!

Happy Halloween everybody.

I…worked all day, lol. Super busy. BUT: finished just in time to sit outside on the porch with Bear and pass out candy to the neighborhood kids. We had a bunch come! Not a crazy amount, but a hefty amount. We bought way too much candy, but that’s okay. We’ll finish it. It was so freaking cute. SO. CUTE. Very, very wholesome.

Another busy day coming tomorrow. Night night.

Day 3,654: Other Bed

Happy Birthday Wolfie! Ten years old today. That’s wild. I remember when you were born. I didn’t realize it was the day after I started blogging, that’s kind of wild. I’ll have to look back and see if I mentioned that. I remember going to the hospital and meeting you, and helping to watch Mir and Thilde.

Tonight, we went out and had sushi with you. The whole fam, me and Liz, and Jackie, too. You pulled all the plates of the conveyor (it was a revolving sushi bar place) and put the empty ones ...

Day 3,653: Ten Years

It’s ten years tonight. Ten years since I first sat down and decided to write a blog/journal entry every day. At the start, it was going to be for 90 days. I’d do that, see if I liked it, and then go from there. Obviously, it stuck.

It’s wild how much has happened in ten years. Here’s what comes to mind…

I got married.

I bought a house.

I found and lost Coco.

I wrote five novels (one of which still isn’t published, but I did write it—twice, actually).

I started two major jobs, ...

Day 3,652: The Last Day

Today is the last day of ten years writing this blog. Meaning, tomorrow’s entry will be day 1 of year 11.

It’s already late, which makes me not feel like writing a very loooong entry for this one, but I did want to acknowledge the momentousness of the day. I’ll write longer and more introspectively tomorrow about where I was ten years ago and where I am now. Today, I’ll write about the mundane, which is what 99% of these last ten years of entries have been: what did I do today? What am I feel...

Day 3,651: Out Of Style

Unexpectedly busy day today, holy crap! Work was, like, busy busy. I barely got done in time to hang with Josh and podcast. But, I did it. It all worked out. And I have more of the project to work on next week, which is just fine with me.

I got the final files of Glory 3 out the door. As in, it’s done done. Done. Feels good. Feels really, really good. And it’s a better book than the last, which isn’t to disparage that book at all. Quite the opposite, actually, which is what makes it so satisf...

Day 3,650: Author’s Note

I just put the author’s note on Glory 3, which means that book is out the door. My fourth novel. My god, what have I done?

In the still-buzzing of the concert, Liz and I have been talking about how incredibly it is to see someone doing what they’re meant to do, what they love to do and are passionate about. It’s an incredible thing. And as I sent off this latest book, I had that same feeling—an acute sense that this is what I’m meant to do. Late nights after work. Early mornings. Often more d...

Day 3,649: Spicy

Man, I had an unexpectedly busy work day today. Like, 11 hours long. Which was interesting after having gone out to see Fred last night, ha. But, I’m surprisingly not exhausted. Tired right now, for sure. But, not overly so. I did sleep in to almost exactly 9am, so that helped. But, no nap. Just work.

I am tired tho…

Night night.

Day 3,648: Again again..

Fred again is probably the best concert I’ve ever been to. It was INSANE. The crowd, especially. They knew every song. They knew every drop. They danced and jumped and screamed like crazy. And Fred plaaayyyyeeeddd us. Omg. He was so visibly stoked. He would just keep singing songs even after they were over because we were reacting so much, singing along, screaming for more. I’ve never gone to a concert that was that animated and energetic and hyped. It was insane. AND…elevated that much more bec...

Day 3,647: Big Sigh

Joy just let out the biggest sigh. She’s pressed right up against my elbow nice and tight. Man, I feel like I’ve written about that a lot this year, the dogs being around me in bed at night. It’s because I love it so much. There’s such a void with Coco gone, I think about it every night before sleep. Having Joy love being so close to me at night helps the pain of the void, certainly, but it doesn’t fill it. I have to hold both of those things, now: the joy and the pain.

A productive day. Got ...

Day 3,646: Unsend

I got so much done today! Whew. I had normal energy today, unlike yesterday. And I’m only ten days away from the full protection of the boost, so it’s all worth it in the end 🙂

Of all the good things I got done today, I did have a misstep: sent an email to a good number of people…as a CC instead of a BCC. Uuuuugggghhhh. Rookie mistake. And one of those mistakes you can’t undo, you know? It’s just out there for the whole email thread. Not the end of the world, certainly, but also legit annoyin...