by Ira | Mar 31, 2023 | Challenge, Journal
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...
by Ira | Mar 30, 2023 | Challenge, Journal
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...
by Ira | Mar 29, 2023 | Challenge, Journal
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...
by Ira | Mar 28, 2023 | Challenge, Journal
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...
by Ira | Mar 27, 2023 | Challenge, Journal
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....