by Ira | Sep 10, 2014 | Challenge, Journal
Nine days on the blessed soil of Maui. Not full days, but nine days nonetheless. It wasn’t enough. Liz is editing footage right now from the whole experience, and I must say, it’s making me miss the place. I will say this, I *do* feel ready to go home and...
by Ira | Mar 18, 2014 | Challenge, Journal
I showed my Dad the wonders of Spotify tonight. He was like a teenager listening to his “old” rock music. I put the quotations because that music isn’t really old to him, nor is it old in any objective sense either, considering music has been around...
by Ira | Mar 17, 2014 | Challenge, Journal
Yup. You heard it here first, folks. Brushing my teeth makes me pee. I don’t know how it started, what fleeting impulse took root in my brain, but I’ve sat down at the end of the night to pee with my Sonicare toothbrush buzzing away in my hand for long...
by Ira | Mar 10, 2014 | Challenge, Journal
So, today, my mom had the surgery the we’ve been working so hard for the past…oh, 7 or 8 months or so to get her to have. It’s done. It’s half of the huge load off. The other half will obviously be seeing, once she’s recovered, that...
by Ira | Feb 11, 2014 | Challenge, Journal
Crackers! So, today wasn’t quite as successful as I wanted it to be, work-wise. There is nothing better than that feeling I had exactly one week ago, sitting in bed, with all the work done that needed to be done at that point in the week. Not so today,...