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Spent most of the day noodling with the boys’ Christmas book. Should have it off to the printer in another week or so. Glad to have put it together, glad the way it turned out, glad to know it’s out of my hair soon.
Weather warmed a bit today. Not sure where it’s heading, but it was a nice afternoon.
Left home before noon for a workout. Gym was mostly empty. Came home, proofread, and read a little.
K back from Europe.
Thanksgiving just around the corner.
Yeah, so, I nice dinner out last night with friends.
Today, lost a step or two.
Working on an uneventful evening.
Gotta say it didn’t exactly go the way I thought it would, but it turned out okay just the same.
Woke early—really early—thinking it was morning. But it wasn’t. It was the moon glow on four inches of fresh snow.
Made a morning marathon of shoveling the neighbors’ sidewalks, and have to say it felt good. Wrote a while afterward, then headed off to the gym.
Killed the rest of the afternoon proofing the boys’ Christmas book.
Dealing with some awfully cool weather here, but it’s that time of year and there’s nothing to do about it.
Not sure what tomorrow’s gonna bring, but looking forward to it.
Tonight, just kicking back and relaxing.
Got a good jump on things this morning. Banged out some good edits. Later, met my buds Sol and Dan for coffee.
Nice quiet afternoon. Have begun Christmas-ing up the house—the earliest in a long time.
Spent most of the day in research, but took a little time off to shop and goof around. No gym, but that’s okay. Figure I had a day off coming to me, and now I’ve taken it.
Tonight, kicking it.
Boys leave tomorrow for the Spanish Wells. Will be thinking of them.
Thought I might be able to squeeze more out of the day than I did. Even so, no complaints. Did some good work at the keyboard, got in a nice workout, and made some advances Christmas shopping.
Got the carpets cleaned, too.
Cold day today, but supposed to get even colder tomorrow. Through the weekend as well, though that may change.
No big thoughts, no crises to contend with, nothing to deal with but tomorrow. I like that.
Early to rise, early to work. Put in a solid morning at the keyboard before going off to PT.
Good session, good workout.
Went shopping most of the afternoon, but got in a nice walk around the neighborhood first. Pretty chilly today. Not sure what the temp was, but there were snow flurries blowing in from the west. The front range was misted over with a long gray cloud.
Forties tomorrow, or so we’re told. Looking forward to a nice sunny day.
So, it went like this…
You slept better than you had in days, woke early, worked long, forewent the gym, and spent the better part of the afternoon shopping.
And it felt good.
Last stop was the Tattered Cover.
Browsed a few books, enjoyed a nice latte, and did as little as possible that might have resembled work.
Looking forward to a quiet evening.
Bad night’s sleep. Some kind of relapse. Chills, sore throat.
Managed to get out to work at a decent hour, despite feeling cruddy, and put in two N reviews before heading out to the movies.
Saw The Banshees of Inishherin and thought it was one of the best flicks I’ve seen all year. Maybe longer.
Went out for a walk when we got home, then started dinner.
Cold today. Eighteen, maybe. Still, the sky was blue and the sun was shining. All in all, a good Saturday.
So, i feel like I let this one get away from me.
Woke half an hour later than usual, saw the snow outside the bedroom window, and drifted into a lazy morning. Worked on a new short for a while, then went off to the gym where I got stymied a second time by would-be cage fighters, amateur grapplers, taking up most of the workout space. Did okay in the end, but felt as if I’d left something on the cutting room floor. Maybe it was for the best.
Did a little grocery shopping later in the afternoon, and decided on baked potatoes and wine for dinner. A cold front moved in overnight, and sapped our ambition for much else.
Called the boys around four-thirty, and had a nice twenty-minute conversation before they ran off to play some new game they’d recently discovered.
Movie tomorrow.
Forewent the election news last night and watched “The Fellowship of the Ring” instead. Best choice I’ve made all week. Woke refreshed this morning, and ready for work.
Put in time on a new short. Didn’t make as much headway as I’d have liked, but suspect it was because said piece was a fetid pile of garbage. Lesson learned.
Had a good workout, then came home, went for a walk, and promptly retired for an afternoon nap with the kitties.
Big winds moved in this afternoon. Suspect a cold front is on the way, though I haven’t heard any weather reports.
Need to catch up on paperwork tomorrow. Take care of some general housekeeping around the office, too. Like to think I could maybe push a new story out the door this weekend if all goes well.
Put together a pretty good morning at the keyboard. Making headway on the long piece, but itchy to get back to the two or three shorts I abandoned before going to Pittsburgh.
Good workout, good PT session afterward. Checked in with the oral surgeon late afternoon, then came home and went for a nice long walk. The weather’s cooled off, but it’s still good for getting outside and enjoying the fall air.
Picked up a chicken and a bottle of wine for dinner. Figure to look past the election news until tomorrow.
Gonna try and ignore the papers, and keep to what’s in front of me for the next few weeks. Too many good things to think about and too much work to accomplish to spend any more time fretting after things I can’t change.
I’m fighting though this stuff, looking for light, but at the moment it isn’t there.
Sent letters to the boys today. Worked out. Voted, and all the rest.
Even so, tired.
Gonna try and get a good night’s sleep and come at this thing with teeth grit.
Daylight Savings Time.
Woke in the dark, and went directly to work. Tomorrow should be a different story with the sun coming an hour earlier.
Put in a long day of edits and reading. Also finished a critique for an N essay. Otherwise, squandered the day with a nice walk, a short nap, and the start of a new novel.
Still feeling off from the cold or whatever. Wish I could get a handle on this thing. Sore throats in the morning, fatigue, and weird flu-like aches later in the day. Have taken two Covid tests already, but am tempted to take another.
Need to get on my letter-writing tomorrow. Catch up with my bud, G., too, to see how he’s doing out there in Labrador.
Hoping for a good start to the new week.
Okay day.
Didn’t let the bad night’s sleep get in the way of my writing. Put in a good three hours before heading out to the gym.
Still, this cold’s got me down.
Had a nice talk with my buddy, S. He sounded good. Wish we could could get together for another day of fishing.
Daylight Savings Time tomorrow.
Another bad night’s sleep. The throat keeps waking me up. Two tests, back to back, say it isn’t Covid. But it’s sure as hell something.
Jostled in and out of the office most of the morning, so left for an early workout. Put in as much as I could before throwing in the towel.
Took a long walk and a short nap before ferrying Kit off to the vet. Good news is, his thyroid number seem to have improved, and his attitude as well. Will have a conversation with the doc on Monday, but feel pretty good about the way things are going so far.
K’s in London tonight, Italy tomorrow.
Those of us with less ambition are going to hang around home, and watch a movie or two.
Hoping to feel better tomorrow.
Slept poorly. This thing, whatever it is, is driving me nuts. Took another covid test this morning. Good news is, no Covid. Still, sore throat, listlessness, and all the rest.
Didn’t get much writing done, but did manage a workout and a few words with my buddy, Sol. Otherwise, a quiet day.
Tried a nap this afternoon, but couldn’t get there, either.
Read a long essay for N. Good? Yeah. Great? Not really.
Tomorrow, a late afternoon vet appointment with Kit.
Good news.
No Covid, no cut in SS.
Back from Pittsburgh. Long day.
FT’d the boys when we got home.
Back in the saddle tomorrow.
K coming for dinner tonight, and a brief pill dispensing tutorial.
Short day writing, short day at the gym, but managed to clear all the necessary errands before leaving.
Mixed feelings about getting on a plane, especially with the kitties being stressed, but they’re in good hands with K, and I wouldn’t want to miss a chance to see the boys.
Don’t figure to bring my laptop along to Pittsburg, so I’ll be off the grid for a while. Hoping for a good trip, and an uneventful return.
Put up some good work today. Wrote, worked out, got in my PT, and cleaned the house. Also bought a new drinking fountain for the kitties.
Saw the rough draft for the boys’ X-mas book. Looked terrific.
Lots of loose ends to tie up tomorrow before we head out to Pittsburgh, but nothing big and nothing to worry about. The stress is there, like it always is, but most of it’s owing to the hassles of travel.
Looking forward to a quiet morning of writing tomorrow. We’ll see. Meanwhile, gonna unwind with a bottle of wine and a little TV.
