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,...

Coco has been home one day, and she’s already making progress. She walked! And peed! Granted, I had to hold her haunches while she did those two activities, but she definitely still has control of her limbs and sphincters back there. Thank. Dog. It’ll take time for...

Coco is home. She’s back from the hospital. She went poop on her own outside. She hasn’t peed yet at home, but apparently she went pee at the hospital today (and I don’t think she’s had much water to drink — she didn’t want her meatorade tonight). Something to...

I had the working weekend I needed. Not the one I wanted per se, but the one I needed. And I did want it, I suppose, because I needed it. I’m not quite caught up. I’m about a week behind, still, actually…but I made up enough ground that if I continue to grind away...

Tonight before bed, Liz and decided to figure out who—of the old, classic age of cinema—could get it. Our list so far is Gregory Peck, Audrey Hepburn and Christopher Plummer. The list will grow, for sure, but that’s where we’re starting from. Coco should be ready to...

So, because Coco just had back surgery…I’m not going to make it to the writers’ conference that’s about to kick off. I’m really bummed. And really mortified with how much responsibility I’m suddenly shifting onto other people’s shoulders, since I was leading one of...

Coco’s surgery was successful today. She’s in ICU care, basically, for the next three days (ish). Thank dog. I was still a basket case today. Did some work, but not much. Tomorrow, however, I’m hoping will be different. We’ll see. Night night.