by Ira | Mar 16, 2024 | Challenge, Journal
Had a really nice day with Bear today. We had lunch with one of her friends from USC—he’s about to get married! That was really nice. We then went down to Chinatown from there, and she got cake slices from a cake shop she really loves, and then went to a tiny Japanese...
by Ira | Mar 15, 2024 | Challenge, Journal
Hitch is hitting a stride. Hasn’t all come together yet, for sure, but I know he’s taken a leap in that I’m starting to look forward to watching his movies each week. They’re tipping from intellectual exercise into “movie” territory. They’re becoming entertaining....
by Ira | Mar 14, 2024 | Challenge, Journal
Tired days. The time change is hard, but the new daylight hours are invigorating. I wouldn’t say I’m refreshed or particularly energized, but they do suit me. I wrote. I read. I got Netflix work done. I yoga’d. I went to Costco with Bear and we got the groceries we...
by Ira | Mar 13, 2024 | Challenge, Journal
I lost a week on the front yard project last week, and I nearly lost another this week by not doing anything on it this weekend. I fixed that today. I started moving the big, heavy stuff. There’s several inches of mulch in the front planter-thing, several inches of...
by Ira | Mar 12, 2024 | Challenge, Journal
Joy is NOT moving to let Liz into bed ahahahaha. It was a solid day today. Whew. Got my writing done in the morning, on time, got started on work on time, yoga and lunch like wham-o blam-o, which meant that we got to go over to Nicole and Alex’s and hang with their...