by Ira | Sep 26, 2024 | Challenge, Journal
Today was the last Oakland A’s game in Oakland, ever. That’s, man…that is a weird, very messed up thing to be typing. The Oakland A’s have been a thing my entire life. They’ve been MY thing since…1989, or thereabouts, the year they won the World Series against the San...
by Ira | Sep 25, 2024 | Challenge, Journal
Joy does this thing while I’m writing my journal entries for the night where she goes down onto the floor for a while, sniffs around for a while, and then comes to my side of the bed on her hind legs, ears back, and kinda of prances to ask me to lift her back up. We...
by Ira | Sep 24, 2024 | Challenge, Journal
It’s dark in the house tonight. We lost power a few hours ago. There was the popping sound of an explosion a little ways off, and the power went out a split second later. Pretty sure that means it was a transformer blowing or something like that, but the DWP says...
by Ira | Sep 23, 2024 | Challenge, Journal
A wonderful last day in Portland! Oh man, it was great. Quality time. Scott was even able to get home in time from work to join us on the trip over to the airport. The flight home was an adventure in the sense that there was a (very, very minor) issue with the plane...
by Ira | Sep 22, 2024 | Challenge, Journal
Had a great day today! Haircuts, fried chicken, walks, a soak in the Kennedy School pool, bike rides with my bro, and just the best best BEST weather ever. A really, really wonderful day. Now, time for sleeps.
