I caved in and let Joy run around with Snacks this evening for a little bit. And by ‘run around’ I truly mean she just ran around the yard having the zoomies. They hardly actually played together at all; she just wanted to run. And you know what? She is ZONKED OUT...

Joy is so crazy before bed now. I have to believe that part of it is that she’s not getting nighttime walks right now because she’s recovering from getting fixed. No play time with Snacks, either. But man, she is WILD before bed. Right now, she’s digging around under...

Had much of my writing rhythm disrupted today BUT…I knew that was going to happen, so I made sure I got in some hours early. I can reliably write three good pages an hour. GOOD pages. No rushing. Stopping to fix stuff as I go. Clean enough prose to give it an easy...

Coops has a heart murmur. He saw a cardiologist today and the news is about as good as it could possibly be. Downside, he does have a heart murmur. The upside: it’s a type that has an 80% chance of developing so slowly it will never be an issue, and currently, his...

I was much closer to my page goal today. Sixteen pages. Just four shy. Granted, it means I’m well shy of what I wanted to cover in the first two days, but I’m not focused on that right now. There will be time to make that up in the days to come. For these sprint days,...

Making this a quick one! Didn’t hit my page goal today, but I did fine. About half what I wanted to, but here’s the thing: a single day doesn’t matter so much as it matters getting right back at it the next day. I know this. There’s always time to make up ground. And...

Joy has a new game where she likes to go underneath our top blanket, twist around for a bit, and then dig. It COMPLETELY messes up the bed…and she loves it. Looooooves. She’s doing it right now. Sigh. She’s so cute, you guys. Her little belly incision from getting...

Joy just “fixed” the bed. She went under the covers, dig some digging, some twisting, popped back up for air, and then laid down happy with her work. I do have to say, it is objectively better now. Lazy day. Needed it. Whew! I’m still exhausted. Wiiiiped. Night...

Finished the outline. Right on time. Whew. Now…rest. Then, next week, we go hard. Gotta get this thing out. Very proud of myself. Very tired. It’s been a very, very long week. Night night.

Trapped two more kitties from the colony. Lady Marmalade and Pumpkin, our kitten. We also call Lady “Mama” Marmalade because she’s had several litters since we started feeding her. She is FIERCE. All the other kitties stay away from her because she will CUT YOU. Went...