For most of the day today, it was just a repeat of yesterday. After waking up in the morning, I went to Walmart and finally bought some groceries, including a whole crap ton of stuff that was against my diet because... I wasn't doing very well, and I was back on a track toward relapse. … Continue reading 2023-12-26 — Back Toward the Light

Seems like over the last many years, Christmas comes without me really experiencing it, and then it's over, and I think about how long it'll be before it comes again. I forget to listen to Christmas music. I work and work and work and work, and then suddenly there's Christmas, and I wasn't paying attention, … Continue reading 2023-12-25 — Nowhere to Breathe

Night and today difference between yesterday and today. 🥳 I should probably start with last night, since I posted before the night was over. The carry-on saga in Denver actually went a lot better than it did at XNA. 🥳 In Denver, I decided to take even more articles of clothing out of my pack … Continue reading 2023-12-24 — Night and Day

It's been a really hard day today. I almost didn't go on my trip to Utah, deciding only in the last 20 minutes to go. I started the day waking up about 2 a.m., waking up probably to go to the bathroom, and knowing if I checked my phone, I would likely awaken a bunch … Continue reading 2023-12-23 — Heavy Heart, Utah Bound

Cory, you jinxed me. 🙃 You said you were happy I wasn't working today so that I could have a day that was much less likely to be stressful right before I leave on my trip. Ugh. Wednesday was supposed to be my last day of work as I try and get everything buttoned up … Continue reading 2023-12-22 — Convoluted

Today was a to-do list day, and on most accounts, a rather productive one. I closed the sales tax account with the state of Arkansas for my defunct tree service business. Funny that The agencies don't talk to each other. When you shut down a business with the state, not all the agencies get the … Continue reading 2023-12-21 — Happy Solstice!

Last work day of 2023. Gratefully, it went relatively well... until the last car. The first car was a 2007 Toyota Camry that had a coolant leak. Turned out to be a blown radiator, and the radiator that they needed was in a different city a little ways away, so it wasn't realistic to try … Continue reading 2023-12-20 — Last Work Day of 2023

I'm writing this on the 22nd--early in the morning... Everything is a blur when I don't work on cars every day. Each car is a little memory trigger, so the whole day is easy to recap because I have all these little memory triggers that remind me of everything that went on. But without those … Continue reading 2023-12-19 — Haven Hill Creek Park

Another rough one today... My morning routines have been a struggle because I haven't been getting up. As extreme as it might sound, it really is true for me, but if I make a single exception to my routine, I'm about 100 times more likely to lose the routine. I made an exception, and now … Continue reading 2023-12-18 — 😕

I'm here! 💚 Ups and downs. I spent the morning listening to the entire book of first Nephi and part of second Nephi. That was actually super effective for getting me grounded and calm and at peace. I'm grateful for that. Church was good, and I did pretty well after church. I don't remember very … Continue reading 2023-12-17 — Memory Lapse