by Ira | Dec 15, 2014 | Challenge, Journal
Thirteen has always kind of been a lucky number for me. Weird, I know, given that it’s considered so unlucky by so many cultures. But, see, I was born on the 13th. One of my best birthdays ever was on Friday the 13th. It was a surprise party when I...
by Ira | Dec 14, 2014 | Challenge, Journal
These days that get away from me are definitely magnified by the no-room-for-error-ness of the rest of my available work time. I got about a half days’ worth of work done, and it should have been more than that. Not, perhaps, a full work day given some of the...
by Ira | Dec 13, 2014 | Challenge, Journal
I have a beautiful new dog. Her name is Coco, and she went to the groomers today for the first time…and she’s so pretty the Ho and I almost cried when we saw her. She’s, like, a full-on fancy beautiful Shih Tzu with the cutest round face and big eyes...
by Ira | Dec 12, 2014 | Challenge, Journal
I turned my bedside light off before opening up the wordpress app to write this entry. I have no idea why I did that, but here we are. This “new” keyboard has a nifty feature that backlights the keys, so you can see them in the dark. Pretty cool. Also,...
by Ira | Dec 11, 2014 | Challenge, Journal
I’m at altitude, cruising along. It was a rough one today, don’t get me wrong, but I got my shit done. I was tiiiirrrrreeedddd. Didn’t get enough sleep because we had a worker come by at 7:30 in the AM to get into a unit for some work. Early mornings...
by Ira | Dec 10, 2014 | Challenge, Journal
This year has been a marathon of epic proportions. A long, very long, haul with some very lofty goals, both personal and professional. And all of that struggle and trudging and whatnot…all of that is now condensed into an 8-day sprint. 8 days, at least, for the...
