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...
by Ira | Feb 28, 2026 | Challenge, Journal
It’s 3am. Joy just licked my face so hard because she was all wound up that we’d been out so late. But we had a great time. Night night.
by Ira | Feb 26, 2026 | Challenge, Journal
Ashi is six! We went over to their house tonight and had In-N-Out together then watched K-Pop Demon Hunters. She’d been wanting to see it for months. Her friends at school had seen it. But mom and dad said she had to wait until she turned six…which she did today. Big...
by Ira | Feb 25, 2026 | Challenge, Journal
I’m wiped, so I’m making it short tonight BUT… Good day. Getting the six was a struggle, but I did it. Got my Netflix work done. Got my Shakespeare reading almost done—hopefully I can make that up tomorrow. Got my hang time with Bear done. Therapy done. Now…sleep....
by Ira | Feb 24, 2026 | Challenge, Journal
Did both my writing sessions today. Like, legit did them both. Six pages in the morning, then outlining at night. The latter, in particular, is big. That’s the key to all of this working, really—ABO; always be outlining. If I can do that, I can write new pages every...
