by Ira | Apr 6, 2025 | Challenge, Journal
Watched a great documentary film today called Somm: Cup of Salvation. I don’t think the title is all that great, now that I’ve typed it out, but the movie is—truly—phenomenal. I’ve seen the other Somm films and this one is BY FAR the best one. Like, another league of...
by Ira | Apr 5, 2025 | Challenge, Journal
What job would I do for free? I think this question might mean “what job do I love so much, I’d still do it even if I wasn’t paid to?” But, the first thing it made me think was: you mean “volunteer?” For the latter, anything the benefits those in my life or my...
by Ira | Apr 4, 2025 | Challenge, Journal
It is…so hard to breathe carefully and not cough before going to bed. That’s what I’m laying here struggling with at the moment. Just took some cough meds that will hopefully aid that struggle but damn. All my chest wants to do is cough. But if I start, it’s a vicious...
by Ira | Apr 3, 2025 | Challenge, Journal
Sick, day three. A bit better than the first two, I’ll say. Not a ton, but a little. Took a covid test and that was negative, so that’s good. Still have never tested positive for that one (though I suspect I actually had it in that super early very first wave of 2020,...
by Ira | Apr 2, 2025 | Challenge, Journal
Took a sick day today. Woof. But the fever is gone now, I think, so the worst should be over. Coops is doing okay—when he’s been, like, sleeping for a little bit, when you first pick him up and put him on the floor, he’s wobbly and seems to take a minute to remember...
