by Ira | Dec 18, 2024 | Challenge, Journal
Describe a man who has positively impacted my life. My dad. Easy. Jon Heinichen is one of the kindest, friendliest, most wonderful people to be around in the world. I really, really lucked out with him, thank the stars. He’s thoughtful, musical, loves movies and...
by Ira | Dec 17, 2024 | Challenge, Journal
Making it a quick one tonight because…well, because Joy is curled up on me where I usually put my iPad, and writing an entry on my phone just takes too long. But…today was a really good day. I got half the finances done, and I’m in enough of a groove I should be able...
by Ira | Dec 16, 2024 | Challenge, Journal
What skills or lessons have I learned recently? Right now, I’m learning how to read Shakespeare—really read Shakespeare. I have training already, but mostly on the performance side of things which, granted, involves hefty reading. But it’s with a different aim: as a...
by Ira | Dec 15, 2024 | Challenge, Journal
What cities do I want to visit? I’ve never been to so many. Sooooo many. I want to visit Tokyo. London. I’d love to visit Dublin. In the US, I’ve never been to New Orleans, which would be fun. And DC. I’ve done pretty well with the US cities, actually. I’ve been...
by Ira | Dec 14, 2024 | Challenge, Journal
Joy is licking the carpet underneath our bed right now, which is very disturbing. WHY???? Did, like, Cooper puke down there or something? I looked and shined a light and it looked totally normal. Ugh. Probably, like, some crumbs under there from Cooper eating one of...
by Ira | Dec 13, 2024 | Challenge, Journal
Cooper is lying in Liz’s place on the bed right now, lol. So happy there. Posted up. Ready to snooze. Where is she supposed to sleep, Coopey? Whatevs. Not my problem, he says. A lower key day today. Whew. Work was fairly chill—we finally figured out how to do this...
