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Day 3,595: Using My Brain

I needed another zonked out day today, apparently, so I took it. I woke up, though, and did the start of a writing sesh, then pooped out. Back at it tomorrow. Really, really want to finish this book. Wish me luck.

Day 3,594: Do Me

I find myself thinking about “how do I just do me?”

What is my personal angle, point of view, and/or voice that’s JUST me? And not because writing with a market in mind, or picking a genre outside of my comfort zone hasn’t been successful…but I do still feel like I haven’t quite found myself completely. And I can’t help but feel like when I do find that, it’s going to take off more than anything else I’ve ever done. My sweet spot is still out there. And it’s genuine, authentic, and absolutely...

Day 3,593: Whadda Week

Man. What a week. I was so freaking busy with work. Insanity.

Weekend plans? Finish my damn book. So, more work ahead. Sigh. But…I have the energy. I have the desire. I can do it. Not this weekend, to be clear. It’s going to take longer than two days to finish this thing. More like a week. BUT, I’m still close. Really, really close.

And on that note, I’m off to bed. EARLY. Gonna get up and get my writing in before I take Coops to see the vet. Woohoo. Night night.

Day 3,592: X-Wang

Has to be a quick one tonight because I am WIPED and it’s already past bed time.

Work. Workworkworkwork. SO MUCH WORK today.

But…I’m in good shape. I got almost all of it done, and the rest I can finish tomorrow. Whew!

Night night.

Day 3,591: Anniversary!

Nine years. NineTEEN, really, but Liz and I have been married for nine years. It’s kinda hard to put that in perspective. That’s a full quarter of my life, I guess. And we’ve been together for half of it. That is wild. And yet…it’s not. Because it honestly feels like the most natural thing in the world. Liz is a part of me. And we’re happy together. So, so happy.

We cried over dinner tonight, thinking about Coco, and how painful it was in those last few days and hours, and how much we wished ...

Day 3,590: Toofs

Missing Coco tonight. And realizing that Joe’s room doesn’t have very good WiFi. I’m…gonna have to fix that. It’s annoying, too. This mesh system we have is supposed to span 8,000 square feet, which is 1,000 more than our entire lot size. Bollocks.

Night night.

Day 3,589: Yak Bone Treat Ball

Odd week. Totally out of my groove. But, I’m turning that around tomorrow. Back into it, and getting this book done. Man, I really want to finish it. Really REALLY want to finish it.

I did test-streams today for two of the setups. They did great! No issues. Everything worked exactly how it was supposed to. Whew! Still need to figure out some image stuff. I just want it to look super professional, you know? I want this year, the last year, to be the year where everyone is like daaaammnnnn it w...

Day 3,588: PCs!

I have all nine PCs set up for the conference in two months. “Set up” as in windows has been updated (and updated and updated aaanndd…updated and you guessed it more updated) and software has been installed. Next up: testing each setup in full to make sure everything works. And I need to do that ASAP, because I’m only within the return window here for another week.

But I also need to get back into the writing. Gonna find a way to slide back into that lightly tomorrow, or at least get myself s...

Day 3,587: Joy

Joy is…sleeping on the floor right now. Why? Because she wrestled her pillow off the bed and then decided she was done wrestling and jumped down to join it and fall asleep. Sweet baby. Gonna go grab her once I finish writing this entry.

Busy day. Busy week. Not a ton of writing, but very, very busy with work and a lot of other things. I’m back next week, though. Truly. Locked in. Gonna finish this book.

Podcasted with Josh. Spilled wine ALL over myself and his couch. We immediately through...

Day 3,586: The Ball, Dropped

This week hasn’t turned out to be all that great for writing, but I despair not. Next week will be. I can feel that in my bones.

Work has been busy. Got my teeth checked on after their deep cleaning a month ago. Things look good! The gums responded well. That was good to hear. Had therapy today. Not doing it on Saturday mornings anymore. Gonna miss starting my weekend like that, but it’s okay. That’s the time that works for my therapist, and I’m pretty sure it works for me, too.

I bailed o...