Ira Heinichen's Blog, page 88
June 21, 2023
Day 3,519: Stuck
Joy did NOT puke the bed last night. She has a tummy of steel, that’s for sure. She did, however, poop all over our friends’ carpet today while Liz was there with her, visiting. Poor babes. And poor friends! Apparently the cleanup was pretty straightforward, it was just embarrassing. Luckily, that seems to be all the ill effects from eating the snake plant last night. Whew!
In a bit of a rut writing-wise. Sigh. Ready to break out of it. Gonna get my ass up on time tomorrow and re-start this t...
June 20, 2023
Day 3,518: Puke Fort
So, Joy ate some snake plant this evening. Sigh. It’s mildly toxic—ie, it can lead to vomiting and diarrhea. We just spoke to a medical hotline and there’s nothing to fear BEYOND that, but still; if she starts puking and/or pooping, we should probably bring her in to get some meds to calm her GI tract. Poor baby. Hopefully she’ll be fine.
In the meantime, we’ve built a little puke fort on the bed. Waterproof pads, towels, etc. We want to be next to her just in case she starts to feel bad and ...
June 19, 2023
Day 3,517: My Baby Babe
Joy getting so cute you guys. I was worried that as she got older and grew bigger and turned into a dog rather than a puppy, she wouldn’t be as cute as she was when we first got her and I’m happy to report: she’s so goddamn CUTE! She has this moppy muppet teddy bear look going on and I’m obsessed. Kind of like those golden retriever / poodle mixes. And she’s so SOFT. And SWEET.
It’s been really nice spending so much quality time with her over the past several days.
Kept up on my yoga. I’m ...
June 18, 2023
Day 3,516: Boba
Y’all held out on me a bit with this Book of Boba Fett stuff. That show is quite good! It does go off the rails ever so slightly in the last couple episodes with the sudden shift to Mando’s POV and a bunch of filler BUT…daaaamnnn. I enjoyed the show SO MUCH MORE than I thought I was going to. Really solid stuff. Western on one track, with particular parallels to Dances With Wolves, and a Crime story on the other with parallels to almost every mob movie you can think of—all in a good way. We know...
June 17, 2023
Day 3,515: All The Way In
I guarded my heart.
I didn’t mean to, and even when I had an inkling, I knew I wouldn’t forever…but I was. The loss made me. I couldn’t help it.
This weekend with Joy has been a turning point. She’s just old enough. It’s been just long enough for me. It was just enough time. Just enough of an exhale schedule, work, life-wise for the armor to crack.
She’s such a good little companion. Just like Coco. I want her with me all the time.
A turning point, this weekend. It’s made me miss Coc...
June 16, 2023
Day 3,514: Kicks
We’re doing all of Hitchcock. Everything. Not missing a single film, at least not any of them that are available to watch. Hitch does go back far enough that some of his early stuff is straight up lost in the mists of time. But everything that CAN be watched, we have decided to watch.
And why not? That’s kind of in the mission statement for Film School. We go hard. We do it ALL. No stone unturned. And it’s cool like that, because we get the whole picture. There’s so much to learn from the les...
June 15, 2023
Day 3,513: Time
You know…sometimes I just have to give into the rest. I needed a couple days where I mentally let go of the rope a bit. Work, thankfully, has been quiet. I gave some attention to other things clamoring in my head, like getting the ball rolling on having all the cats in our little feral colony fixed, renewing my vision prescription so I can go get new glasses (prescription hasn’t changed! woohoo), watching the rest of Strange New Worlds finally…
I ate some junk food. I took a very patient walk...
June 14, 2023
Day 3,512: Joy
Joy is loooooooving sleeping on the bed. Make me happy. Sweet baby. She even loves being right up at the top of the bed in between our pillows, just like Coco used to be.
Busy day. We have a line on a spay/neuter rescue that operates in our area, and they’re going to coordinate us getting some traps so we can get our cat colony fixed. That will be such a relief. Also got my eyes checked and my prescription updated so I can go and get glasses next week (want Liz to accompany me so I get a pair...
June 13, 2023
Day 3,511: Rhythm
Certainly don’t have my rhythm back. Sigh. Today was rough on the creative front. No steam. I tried. I did. I was up on time and butt in seat, even through the whole session…but nothing really came to me. I gave up easily, really. It’s an energy thing. A focus. A determination. I lack it so much, it seems. Not as much as I have in the past, but still…
I could write so much faster. I could be so much more confident. Focused. Poised. But, I’m not. Not yet. I’m a work in progress, and that’s the...
June 12, 2023
Day 3,510: Okay…
Read through my outline today for my writing sessions. Just to get back in touch with it, but also to see what shape it was in. It’s in good shape! It’s exciting. At least until right around where I left off…starts to get a bit messy by then, BUT…only because I have a few things to figure out. Tighten up. It’s close. Not finish-by-Friday close, but within reach.
It was a huge relief, actually. I really didn’t know if this story was, well, worthy. It’s not what I expected to write, to be hones...
