by Ira | Oct 9, 2021 | Challenge, Journal
Happy Birthday to one of my best friends. Joe. He’s in town this week/weekend with Madhuri and Ashika in tow, and it’s so, sooo nice to have them. We went and had Korean Barbeque together and it was gd delicious. Then picked up cake from 85º just down the street. A...
by Ira | Oct 8, 2021 | Challenge, Journal
Coco is improving. Thank dog. She had another episode this morning of really bad pain, BUT…it wasn’t as bad as I saw it happen yesterday evening, and it passed much faster. She relaxed and laid down after just a minute or two. And it didn’t happen again for the rest...
by Ira | Oct 7, 2021 | Challenge, Journal
It was touch and go with poor Coco today. She was fine when she had her meds in her. But, oh boy, when they started to wear off, she was really in pain. Exacerbated, I think, by me picking her up to take her outside to go to the bathroom, and then eat dinner. That...
by Ira | Oct 6, 2021 | Challenge, Journal
It’s almost 3:30 right now as I right this. Coco…suddenly was in acute pain tonight, right as we were getting ready for bed. Shivering. Hardly able to move. She would yelp whenever I would pick her up. I knew something was wrong. I took her to the ER and the doc says...
by Ira | Oct 5, 2021 | Challenge, Journal
Whew. Long day. But, I did it. Got my shit DONE. Need to do the same tomorrow. Haven’t written a word in a week. Don’t like that. Going to fix that tomorrow morning, come hell or high water. You heard it here first. The task is outlining! And I need to get Author...
by Ira | Oct 4, 2021 | Challenge, Journal
Today I decided that I’m obsessed with Lil Nas X’s “THAT’S WHAT I WANT” It’s so good. The whole album is sooooo good. And it’s so gratifying, man, because I really wondered if he was going to make it in the rap/black music scene as an openly gay man. Lotta homophobia...
