by Ira | Mar 5, 2026 | Challenge, Journal
Joy is curled up so tight against me right now, all the way up on my hip, which makes it very difficult, very constrained to type this entry. She is such a little snug. She has been from the very beginning, especially after hanging out with Tommen, whom we watch quite...
by Ira | Mar 4, 2026 | Challenge, Journal
Fighting a bit of the overwhelm today. Work is very hectic at the moment. Big project coming and the schedule for that is shifting. Sigh. But, it’ll be fine in the end. I hit a wall on the writing today, but that’s okay. Still got a lot done. Almost ten pages. I’ll...
by Ira | Mar 3, 2026 | Challenge, Journal
I went back and looked at one of my old blog posts today, it was from October 2015, and I’d just ticked over my first year of doing these entries. There was a comment there from someone I knew in high school, Hannah. She commented to say she’d been reading along,...
by Ira | Mar 2, 2026 | Challenge, Journal
Twas a busy day at work today! But…we got it done. Almost. I’m done, at least, though others are burning towards the end at the moment. I think all our hard work last week figuring out the best workflow has paid off. Hope so. We’ll see. I’m back at it tomorrow,...
by Ira | Mar 1, 2026 | Challenge, Journal
Wooooooowwwww…a day off. Like, a legit day off. Good lord I was so tired today you guys. More tired than I’ve been in a long time. It was absolutely the going out on Friday night. But also the grief. Cat’s memorial yesterday was very beautiful. It was out on the...
by Ira | Mar 1, 2026 | Challenge, Journal
Dolphins showed up for Cat’s memorial today. It went well. Truly. It was gorgeous and heartfelt and a myriad other things that I don’t seem to have words for at the moment. It’s exhaustion, probably, and grief—it still just doesn’t feel right that she’s gone. I...
