I'm exhausted. It's been a long day. It's been an up and down and back up day. And I'm grateful that it's ending on the back up. 🙏 It's funny, yesterday, I talked about feeling like I was seeing a light at the end of the consecration tunnel, the light that illuminated the the reality … Continue reading 2025-06-20 (Friday) — All on the Altar Yet? 😆

I am beat, and I don't even feel like I've really done that much today. Got up relatively early and did my morning routine stuff. The super productive first thing in the morning, just checking things off the list right and left for routine stuff and random errands of different kinds. Heather and Hans were … Continue reading 2025-06-19 (Thursday) — Black Hills Snorkeling

I'm pretty tired. Tried to fight off the morning light for a good long time before finally just getting up. The goal tonight and going forward is to get to bed earlier. I'm going to try and get to bed by like 9:00, so I can get up with the light and have good morning … Continue reading 2025-06-18 (Wednesday) — Old Man Body Broken

Since I didn't bother to put in my headphones last night, I woke up every time somebody pulled in next to me and closed their door. 🙃 Not very effective for sleep. 😆 I think I woke up for the first significant time in the 6:00 hour, and then I thought to fall back asleep … Continue reading 2025-06-17 (Tuesday) — Temple Tuesday (Reprise 😁)

Discipline, Stephen, discipline. You don't want to stay up and write your journal post, but you do want to get the habit back. No time like the present. Put it off, and you'll likely put it off again. Do it now, and you've got a better chance of succeeding. [sigh] I meant to get going … Continue reading 2025-06-16 (Monday) — “He’s a Digger”

Feeling a bit... I don't know the right words... quite unsettled. I've been feeling great until about an hour ago. It's a quarter after midnight... and I'm going to write this journal entry instead of putting it off until tomorrow. We'll call that a victory, as I don't want to write this right now. Started … Continue reading 2025-06-15 (Sunday) — Tough Ending

I'm pretty tuckered out, and there's not really much to say about today anyway, so this is probably going to be short. I managed to get a little bit more sleep last night than I have. I think. Somewhere around I think 2:00 in the morning, I think the wind switched direction, because a loose … Continue reading 2025-06-14 (Saturday) — Hard as Rock

Just. Can't. Get. Sleep. 🙃 Don't know what it is, but I haven't gotten a good night's sleep since I've been in South Dakota. 😶 I just wake up so... early! Anyway, not really a lot to say today. Did some morning routine stuff, then we headed up to Rapid City to run errands. First … Continue reading 2025-06-13 (Friday) — Jack the… Hammer.

😴 So I went to bed last night hoping to get a decent night's sleep, even putting up the little blanket to keep the light out from the ridiculously early sunrise. ...and then I woke up at 4:45ish... with it already light out. 😶 Do I just have amnesia? This seems totally foreign to normalcy, … Continue reading 2025-06-12 (Thursday) — With Hammer & Chisel

(written on the 12th) Tough day today. Just... overwhelmed. 😕 Started off fine, except I'm just not getting enough sleep. Don't know what it is. Maybe it's just the sun coming up so early? I think I'm generally getting to bed somewhere around midnight or after, and then I'm waking up at 6:30ish every day. … Continue reading 2025-06-11 (Wednesday) — Weighed Down