I’m feeling...better... ? It’s hard to tell, because it comes and goes. But, I think I am getting better. Finally. It’s so weird, even my nasal congestion comes and goes. Like, right now, I’m totally clear. An hour from now, I might wake up because I have to start...

It’s rough not being able to spend time with Liz. Close time together, anyway. We eat dinner together on the floor, me leaning up against the bedroom wall that looks out through the door into the living room, and her on the floor of the living room facing opposite me....

I was just petting the Coops before getting into bed tonight, and just observing how much he liked it when I was very, very gentle. And it made me think about how animals will be gentle like that with each other all the time. It’s something they value, just like we...