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Day 3,617: Audit

So, over the last ten years, I’ve flubbed the day count here and there enough to be off (from yesterday) by ten days but REALLY…I’m off three days, somehow. Three days unaccounted for. And they probably exist, actually, I just didn’t tag them right so they haven’t shown up in my little post counter that I use to get myself back on track whenever I inevitably seem to mis-number a day.

Have to say, though: not bad for ten years, right?

Two leap years. Ten trips around the Sun. I’ve changed s...

Day 3,607: Git Er

Joy was sooooo happy to see me tonight coming home after podcasting over at Josh’s. Waggy tails and lots of kisses. Coopey, too, but not as exuberant. Movie was good tonight. It was the first fully Hitchcock movie I think we’ve watched. There’s an argument to be made for a couple others, but this was the first one that felt like the complete package. It was very competent! Which is surprising for movies that old. Boy have we learned a lot about storytelling.

Anywho…inches away from finishing ...

Day 3,606: Broder

Niners won. I figured out some battle stuff in my book AND realized I’d forgot to include a character so I went back and fixed it…and also took a two hour nap after breakfast because I was so tired. Blerg.

Still not quite finished with this book, but I am SO DAMN CLOSE. Not much left to figure out. Just a little bit.

Night night.

Day 3,605: The Down

Well…the writing groove is more like a rollercoaster. I only wrote 10 pages today. Burned out after three hours instead of the normal 5. Oof. BUT…it’s better than nothing, and I am still feeling the groove. It’s momentum, really. The end is near. I just need to keep going. And I will. More tomorrow morning, but first…sleeeeeeep.

I am wiped.

Mostly because it’s hard to stop the brain from churning already on the next project. Can’t give into that too much, I have to keep that brain energy f...

Day 3,604: Russell

With relief, I can say I’m back in the writing groove. 19 pages today. Got through one of the major battle scenes. Or, I guess, one part of the major battle. There’s another part to come. Hopefully it’s thrilling.

Getting really, really close to the end. Don’t know if it will be this week, but it’ll be gosh darn close. I have twelve more scenes to write. And I can’t rush them. They need their pages. So…we’ll see.

I’m almost there.

Miss you Russell. I had to say goodbye to you today, sev...

Day 3,603: Gotcha

I just saw a memory that reminded me today is Coco’s gotcha day. September 18, 2014. It’s sad to not be able to share another one with her, and it’s sad to me that I only got to spend 8 with her. That’s not enough. Not fair. But, really, I just miss her.

Joy is in her spot right now on the bed, pressed up against my leg. That’s where Coco would have been. And I can’t help but think about that, too; that I never would have met Joy if Coco hadn’t gone. It’s not about ‘replacement,’ because I’ve...

Day 3,602: Poop Carpet

Today was a recuperation day. I was due for one, to be honest. I got 20 pages written yesterday, and I hit the wall today. But, this is a marathon and not a sprint. I’d estimate I have five or six more 20-page days before I finish the damn thing…and I can’t do that all on a Sunday.

So…I took a nap. I watched the Niners beat the Rams. I did a little weeding and cleaned up the path to my office, and the nasty-ass grass we had growing on the driveway.

Liz had some friends over today for a han...

Day 3,601: Eighteen

Eighteen pages today. I could push here and get to exactly twenty, but I’m set up nicely for what to write tomorrow morning already, it should go pretty quickly because it’s an exciting, fast-paced scene, or set of scenes, and I’d think I’d rather go to sleep early.

I rode my bike today! It was really, really pleasantly cool and overcast all day, so I was able to go on a ride right in the middle of the day and not have to worry about getting too hot or getting sunburned. Glorious. Not that I ...

Day 3,600: Peaches peachespeachespeaches

Project is DONE. Almost. Whew. Across the finish line juuuusssttttt in time. I worked hard today. Hard this week. And I really, really want to have a dope ass writing day tomorrow, so I’m going to bed right on time.

It’s so nice and cool right now, which is very odd for September in LA. It’s usually hot all the way through, and much of October, too. The heat is returning soon, but right now it’s beautiful. I’m going to go on a bike ride tomorrow. Enjoy that shit. Hopefully go on a bike ride m...

Day 3, 599: Jitter Pug

Joy under the covers again. She’s such a SNUGGLE. She came over while I was eating lunch today and snuggled up against me. It made me MELT. And Coops, tonight, while we were out eating dinner and watching TV, he was up snuggled against my pillow, taking a snooze. He’s been doing that lately. Coming to bed early. His favorite room in the house is the bedroom. He always wants everyone to be in here.

Another day of the massive project. Every step is a fight. Not with the people I work with. Not ...