by Ira | Mar 27, 2026 | Challenge, Journal
Coops goes under tomorrow morning to get some teeth extracted. Poor bubs has some periodontal disease that’s developed over the past couple years despite the fact that we brush his teeth, dental chews, stuff in his water…sigh. We didn’t do good enough, I guess. But...
by Ira | Mar 26, 2026 | Challenge, Journal
I’m all thumbs tonight because Joy has decided I am her pillow and she’s not moving. She’s currently on her back, belly up, in the position we like to call “rotisserie chicken,” because that’s what it looks like. She’s such a snug. Today felt like the first normal day...
by Ira | Mar 25, 2026 | Challenge, Journal
Sheesh. Another exceedingly busy day. Work-wise, writing-wise, socially, helping Liz…busy day. But I got everything done I set out to. I’m beat, though, so we’re cutting it short tonight. Alastair is off on Sunday to Vancouver to shoot God of War, so we had a little...
by Ira | Mar 24, 2026 | Challenge, Journal
I was thinking about therapy just now, how today I walked my new (old) therapist through my reading routine breakthrough, excitedly sharing step by step how it works and how it came to be…and I had the a question pop into my mind all the sudden: I wonder if that’s...
by Ira | Mar 23, 2026 | Challenge, Journal
Got aaaallll my writing done, got work done, no reading but that’s okay, work was busy, ate my salad, took care of the pups…a good day. Dampened a little bit by watching one the Warriors players—Moses Moody—go down with a pretty gruesome-looking knee injury. I hope...
by Ira | Mar 22, 2026 | Challenge, Journal
There are two perfect dogs at my feet right now, watching patiently and very very goodly as Liz goes through the nighttime treat drawer getting them their before-bed yums. We, boy…we do A LOT for nighttime routine. First, we take them each out to go potty, sometimes...
