by Ira | Mar 26, 2026 | Challenge, Journal
I’m all thumbs tonight because Joy has decided I am her pillow and she’s not moving. She’s currently on her back, belly up, in the position we like to call “rotisserie chicken,” because that’s what it looks like. She’s such a snug. Today felt like the first normal day...
by Ira | Mar 25, 2026 | Challenge, Journal
Sheesh. Another exceedingly busy day. Work-wise, writing-wise, socially, helping Liz…busy day. But I got everything done I set out to. I’m beat, though, so we’re cutting it short tonight. Alastair is off on Sunday to Vancouver to shoot God of War, so we had a little...
by Ira | Mar 24, 2026 | Challenge, Journal
I was thinking about therapy just now, how today I walked my new (old) therapist through my reading routine breakthrough, excitedly sharing step by step how it works and how it came to be…and I had the a question pop into my mind all the sudden: I wonder if that’s...
by Ira | Mar 23, 2026 | Challenge, Journal
Got aaaallll my writing done, got work done, no reading but that’s okay, work was busy, ate my salad, took care of the pups…a good day. Dampened a little bit by watching one the Warriors players—Moses Moody—go down with a pretty gruesome-looking knee injury. I hope...
by Ira | Mar 22, 2026 | Challenge, Journal
There are two perfect dogs at my feet right now, watching patiently and very very goodly as Liz goes through the nighttime treat drawer getting them their before-bed yums. We, boy…we do A LOT for nighttime routine. First, we take them each out to go potty, sometimes...