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Day 3,658: Consistency

I do enjoy consistency. I thrive on the routine of it. Like, I really rely on my Fridays podcasting with Josh to put a period on the end of the week and kick off the weekend. I really do enjoy that. It’s consistent.

Watched a clumsy early-effort tonight from Hitch. Pieces were there, they just didn’t come together in the end. Some poor choices along the way. But, you could see it. He’s in there, somewhere, trying to figure himself out. He just has to make some more of them. And he will. We kn...

Day 3,657: Wild Beast

Joy is a wild beast. She’s currently going ham on the comforter and her new waterproof SUPER soft cozy dog blanket from Costco. Good lord she loves this blanket already. She likes burying herself inside of it and wiggling around, then chewing on my hands through it. She’s crazy.

No urine tonight. So far. In all seriousness, there won’t be. We know exactly why it happened last night: she got scared from something we did by accident and piddled. It won’t happen again. Poor babes.

I was BUSY ...

Day 3,656: Pee!

Oh boy. It finally happened. A dog has peed in the bed. Like, right on the sheets so that it got onto the mattress. We’ve gone eleven years without that happening, but tonight was the night. Joy got scared and piddled. Poor babes. But, Liz to the rescue. She has a whole regimen to get it cleaned and then suck the odor out. And in the meantime, while that does its magic, we’ll sleep in the guest room. I just set that up.

Another busy busy day today. Tomorrow will be, too. But! I got stuff done...

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.