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Day 3,441: Costco Run

The fridge is FULL. Kinda cray, we went an entire month on our last Costco run. We usually go about three weeks, but this last one was a full month. Made a good dent in all our bits and bobs of random food, too. Like the fish fillets in the freezer, for example. Ate a bunch of those. I’m proud of us.

It’s already bed time, so I’m cutting this short. Writing today was a struggle bus, but I expected that. Gonna come out tomorrow swinging. Night night.

Day 3,440: Fuzz

Looking at Coops’ fuzzy back right now. It’s so…flippy. Like, his hair curls at the very end, giving it this swoop on the tips. It’s very handsome. Of course. Oh wow.

Had a nice sleep-in. A nice nap. And between that, Liz and I went out to a wine shop/restaurant, had a flight of their featured wines, ate some pretty dang good food, and then walked around Santa Monica. It was really, really nice. Loved it.

After taking a nap, I went outside and actually pulled the weeds that I wanted to pul...

Day 3,439: Alive

I’m alive!

Man. Working for so long yesterday wiped me the fuuuuuck out today, which I knew it would. Gonna be tired tomorrow, too, but not as bad as today. I took TWO naps. Neither of them for very long, but passed out for each one pretty much immediately. And I just…chilled. Didn’t do anything. Recovered.

Work told me that the stuff I submitted last night after the epic day was two thumbs up. Whew! A relief. I was a zombie last night when making the final renders and uploads; I didn’t ev...

Day 3,438: Wow

Okay, so I worked for sixteen hours today. And by “today,” I actually mean “yesterday” because I, in truth, never wrote this entry. It was 12:30, I’d been working straight since 9am, and I was an absolute mush. Zonked. Wiped. Didn’t even realize I forgot. Just passed out.

The good news, however, is that I got my shit done. Work was happy. All is good.

That’s all for this one. Onto actually writing tonight’s entry 🙂

Day 3,437: Copy

A’s won on opening night. I think it’s the first baseball game I’ve watched (almost) in full in…two whole years? Maybe three? The A’s man, they just. They really ripped it out of me over the last 20 years of just never keeping players. I know almost nobody on our team. Maybe…three players? Laureano, Kemp and…Seth Brown. I know those guys. Everyone else, literally all of them, no idea who they are.

But, hey! We won.

It was wild watching the game, truly. It’s different. Very, very different....

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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