by Ira | Nov 29, 2022 | Challenge, Journal
I had a pretty productive day today. I did not get everything done I wanted to, but I came pretty damn close. I can finish up what I missed tomorrow, and I’m in good shape for the rest of the week. Whew! Coco continues to recover. She’s feeling so much better. She’s...
by Ira | Nov 28, 2022 | Challenge, Journal
I have so much to do. I have the time to do it, but it’s just a lot. Sigh. I want to be better about this. I’ve gotten used to be overwhelmed, and I don’t like it. I used to have more space in my brain for things I enjoyed. Lately, I just feel guilty whenever I’m not...
by Ira | Nov 27, 2022 | Challenge, Journal
Dinner with friends tonight at our house. Twas lovely. SO lovely. These are friends we’ve recently reconnected with. Not after a long absence or anything, it was a couple years, something like that, but so nice to reconnect all the same. We’re doing a hangout every...
by Ira | Nov 26, 2022 | Challenge, Journal
There were a few tasks stressing me out, and I got at least one of them done. I need my rest. I do. But, damn, it stresses me out sometimes getting back to work. That limbo state between rest and when I should get back to working is really really hard for me. I do my...
by Ira | Nov 25, 2022 | Challenge, Journal
I have a bit of the finished-book-blues. It’s so hard to write a book y’all. It’s so much work. And it feels soooo gooood to be done with it. That high is pretty, preeettyyyy nice…and then, as with all highs, there’s a crash that follows. I’m in the crash right now....
by Ira | Nov 25, 2022 | Challenge, Journal
Thankful for my family, both here at home and afar. Thankful that Coco is getting healthy. Thankful for writing, and my house, and food and wine. Thankful for my own health, and that my body does what I want it to do. We spent Thanksgiving dinner with the Kings. It...
