by Ira | Feb 28, 2024 | Challenge, Journal
It’s already past bed time, so a short one this evening. It was because we stayed up to watch Navalny all the way to the end, the doc made a couple years ago after the Russian opposition leader had recovered from the nerve agent attack against him and was preparing to...
by Ira | Feb 27, 2024 | Challenge, Journal
A banner day for movies, out of nowhere. I’m halfway through Stalker by Andrei Tarkovsky. It’s been on my list to watch for a while, now; ever since watching his Solaris really and absolutely being blown away by it. Solaris is the only film I’ve ever seen that does...
by Ira | Feb 26, 2024 | Challenge, Journal
A solid day. Last night was an adventure though; literally right after turning out the lights to fall asleep, Joy decided to puke in bed. All over the sheets. And the mattress below. So, it was a quick strip of the bed, tossing the sheets into the wash, dabbing off...
by Ira | Feb 25, 2024 | Challenge, Journal
I wasn’t sure what kind of day this was going to be for me today. I didn’t have anything planned, per se. I just wanted to wake up and see how I felt. Was wiped out and exhausted a few days ago at the end of last week, and this weekend was going to offer a couple...
by Ira | Feb 24, 2024 | Challenge, Journal
It was Ashika’s 4th birthday (party) today. She turns 4 for real on Monday. But, today was the big bash, and big it was. She legit had like 20 kids show up. Bounce house in the backyard. Tons of pizza. Moana showed up. We went up early to help get everything ready. It...
by Ira | Feb 23, 2024 | Challenge, Journal
Making this a quick one, but…took it more low-key today. Work was actually fairly busy, but I didn’t try to cram in all the other stuff. I mentally took it off. Let stuff go. It worked. I feel better. One step toward better, anyway. Mental recharge, here I come. Night...
