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Day 3,436: Shelves

Joy killing it today. Maniac most of the day. Spurts of being just the fucking cutest thing ever. She and Joe are in love; she was so excited he came home, she had the zoomies. They do this thing where he shuffles his feet and then runs around in his socks and she chases him. Omg she loves it so much.

Really, really missing Coco today. I think part of it is that I called the hospital for her last clinical notes so I can finally file the last claim with her insurance and get reimbursed. Sigh. ...

Day 3,435: There She Is

The good thing about writing consistently, kids, is that when you’re going through the doldrums, a good writing day is only ever a day away.

I had one today. A good writing day. Whew. Almost done with Act 1. Gonna finish it tomorrow, in fact. Send it off to my co-writer to read over and react to. Hopefully he likes it. I think he will. It’s…slightly different, but fun.

Great client work today. Handled my Netflix stuff. The Warriors won, even though I didn’t watch. Liz and I dj’d. It was a ...

Day 3,434: Sleeeeeep

I had a SOLID writing morning. Didn’t get that elusive second session and I’m frustrated about it. Sigh. Work went long, that was part of it. Nothing I can do about that. But, it was also just being stressed about the pups. They were fine, they just needed attention. To be fed. Walked. Stimulated. Same with the kitties. And I let that keep me away from my second writing session.

Going to do better tomorrow, and that starts with a good night’s sleep. Night night.

Day 3,433: Cooler

Cold and windy today. It was pleasant with the sun shining. Took an EPIC nap with Bear in the afternoon, and that was lovely. The best nap I’ve had in quite a while. I was OUT. It was the nap I needed, to be honest.

But, otherwise…I’m fucking done with the cold weather, man. I’m ready for highs in the 70s and lows in the 60s or high 50s. Enough of this forties bullshit. This is LA for god’s sake. And here’s the thing: I know this shyte is going to flip right over into insanely hot weather jus...

Day 3,432: Better

What do I need to do to do better. Lots of “dos” in that sentence, but you catch my drift. I want to do better. I’m ready. I’m ready to get back to setting goals and getting shit done. I’ve really been struggling with that so far this year, and there are many reasons why, but honestly, I look at where I was the year before and it’s much the same story: overwhelmed. Feeling like there’s too much on my plate, and not able to focus and handle my shit in the time that I have.

And I have time.

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Day 3,431: Hit Piece

We got our bathroom tile cleaned and re-sealed today. It’s marble (I know, FANCY), which looks great and feels great because it’s real stone, but real stone is also porous. It’ll soak stuff up if you let it, which means it has to be regularly cleaned and sealed. Which costs money. Not much, but still. Feels good to be on top of it, though. Like, yeah baby, I got you.

Disjointed day. Didn’t get writing in dammit, which would have given me a perfect week. Sigh. Still a struggle on that front. G...

Day 3,430: Wiped

Wiped, man…but I did okay today. Not great progress on the writing. Not like yesterday, but I put my ass in my chair, man. I did my best. Truly. One more work day, and then some rest.

It’s bed time, so this will be a short one. Let pinot noir breathe for, like, an hour and then drink it. Who knew?

Day 3,429: Hey Now…

I made legit progress today. EVEN THOUGH I WAS EXHAUSTED. I was so tired, in fact, that I snuck a quick nap in before lunch. That tired.

It’s the time change. And the stress of various things that have upset my schedule. BUT…I was able to push that shit aside today and just get some writing done. It was good writing, too. Genuine progress. Whew.

Now, we do it again tomorrow. Night night.

Day 3,428: A Struggle

It’s…man, it’s hard right now. I’m on the struggle bus. I have fits and starts, but I’ve just had a really hard time getting going.

Getting myself set up for success was key this morning. That holds true. I was out in my office right on time, and I started my writing right on time. The problem is that I’ve developed some bad habits the past few months. I check the internet. I look things up. I go online window shopping. I lose entire hours to that shit.

So…that’s the focus tomorrow. Get up...

Day 3,427: Better

Today was a start. I didn’t get in my second writing session, but the morning session was solid. I got actual outlining done. Walked myself through a section I hadn’t envisioned yet. Happy about that.

We have more heavy rain coming tomorrow, so after I took care of my Netflix work, I went up on our roof and tarped over the couple spots where we’ve been having leaks. I really hope I did a good enough job. WE. SHALL. SEE.

The second leak, man, it’s been a big bummer because it just pours all...