I have a bit of the finished-book-blues. It’s so hard to write a book y’all. It’s so much work. And it feels soooo gooood to be done with it. That high is pretty, preeettyyyy nice…and then, as with all highs, there’s a crash that follows. I’m in the crash right now....

Thankful for my family, both here at home and afar. Thankful that Coco is getting healthy. Thankful for writing, and my house, and food and wine. Thankful for my own health, and that my body does what I want it to do. We spent Thanksgiving dinner with the Kings. It...

So, Coco is fine. Near as the doc can tell, she’s just been playing us for attention. Which is to say: our increased worry and attention over her has caused her anxiety to spike, and we all got caught up in a feedback loop. I buy it. Completely. In fact, it’s...

Coco had kind of a rough day, at least in terms of her anxiety. She got pretty worked up, barking for hours and whatnot. Definitely something to bring up with the doctor. We’d love a safe way to knock her out, you know? I had a good work day, though. Night...

Coco is still improving. She can stand up on her own, now. Not that we want her to do that, or anything. We don’t. But it’s nice to see that she has the ability. She’s still a little spitfire. Between about 12/1pm to 5pm, she’s a handful. Nothing can really get her to...

Made progress with Coco today. MUCH better day. Upping her pain meds was the right call. She was 100% so antsy and irritable because she was in pain. Now that the dosage has been increased, she’s much more restful. More calm. Much more sleepy, which is what we want....

So…Coco has been difficult. She won’t sleep during the day. She gets agitated and wants to be..well, she doesn’t know what she wants. She’s just uncomfortable, and she’s not really sure why. Food, going out to potty, resting in a different place, going for a stroller...

Had a really, really nice casting sesh with J. We started our Lynch deep dive. We’re watching every one of his feature films. We haven’t been able to meet now for three freaking weeks because things have been so busy, so it was an extra long sesh because we had so...

Good news: imports across the ocean are getting cheaper. Hope that helps inflation. This has been your Ira Economic Report. Coco continues to do well. We upped her sleepy meds, and it’s worked. She was a LOT less feisty today. She didn’t sleep all the time, but she...

I had the work day today I needed. Whew. Coco is still settling into a routine at home. We‘re upping the meds she takes for kinda conking her out, because she’s been very active. Or, at least, WANTING to be really active, which we can’t have. She needs to rest. So,...