December 31, 2025 (Wednesday)

Drinking (Yes/No) No (288/77)

Paid work - last day, which is a bit scary.  Mostly pretty slow.

Creative work - animating the new opening.  So far so good.

In the interim - end of the month, so backup time.  Going along.

Overall - expecting a Yes, so there's that.  Forward....

See you tomorrow.  

December 30, 2025 (Tuesday)

Drinking (Yes/No) No (288/76)

Paid work - another slow day.

Creative work - worked a bit on checking animation.  It looks better than I thought it did, so I guess that's good.

In the interim - ate a big lunch, but somehow very hungry later.  What?

Overall - cold all day again.  

See you tomorrow.  

December 29, 2025 (Monday)

Drinking (Yes/No) No (288/75)

Paid work - very slow day.

Creative work - work on the new robot.

In the interim - tired again, like always.

Overall - very cold day today.  Not like!

See you tomorrow.  

December 28, 2025 (Sunday)

Drinking (Yes/No) No (288/74)

Paid work - not on Sunday, no.

Creative work - work on the robot.

In the interim - slept a lot, because of illness.  Great phone call.

Overall - didn't feel as ill as before.

See you tomorrow.  

December 27, 2025 (Saturday)

Drinking (Yes/No) Yes (288/73)

Paid work - not on Saturday, no.

Creative work - work on the new robots.

In the interim - ill and tired, though not as ill as (I'd hoped).

Overall - well there was Saturday.

See you tomorrow.  

December 26, 2025 (Friday)

Drinking (Yes/No) Yes (287/73)

Paid work - very slow.  Nice to have Melissa back.

Creative work - working on robot design.

In the interim - gas very good, didn't need that much but good to keep a schedule.

Overall - yeah ill tomorrow.

See you tomorrow.  

December 25, 2025 (Thursday)

Drinking (Yes/No) No (286/73)

Paid work - state holiday day 2, so no.

Creative work - nothing.

In the interim - went for a walk, got Ubuntu on the laptop.  

Overall - work tomorrow for one day, then another weekend.

See you tomorrow.  

December 24, 2025 (Wednesday)

Drinking (Yes/No) No (286/72)

Paid work - state holiday day 1, so no.

Creative work - working on animation

In the interim - more time off tomorrow.

Overall - tired and ill of course.

See you tomorrow.  

December 23, 2025 (Tuesday)

Drinking (Yes/No) Yes (286/71)

Paid work - some stuff done, otherwise slow.

Creative work - working on the sideways guy.  Upgraded some animation bits.  Happy to work on stuff.

In the interim - got the Ubuntu Studio to work on a PC with a new USB drive.  Looks good.

Overall - prepare for illness tomorrow....

See you tomorrow.  

December 22, 2025 (Monday)

Drinking (Yes/No) No (285/71)

Paid work - very very slow for the most part.

Creative work - nothing

In the interim - tried to get Ubuntu working on a Lenovo without success.

Overall - felt ill in the evening.

See you tomorrow.  

December 21, 2025 (Sunday)

Drinking (Yes/No) No (285/70)

Paid work - not on Sunday.

Creative work - nothing today.

In the interim - actually brought stuff in from the car.  And did the weekend walk.

Overall - still felt a bit ill from Friday.  Will I stop?  We'll see I guess.

See you tomorrow.  

December 20, 2025 (Saturday)

Drinking (Yes/No) No (285/69)

Paid work - not on Saturday.

Creative work - nothing

In the interim - stayed indoors the whole day.

Overall - as expected, ill the whole day, though not as bad as last week.

See you tomorrow.  

December 19, 2025 (Friday)

Drinking (Yes/No) Yes (285/68)

Paid work - very slow day...Friday before Christmas, not surprising.

Creative work - finished the "Storm" thing and posted it.

In the interim - gas fairly cheap.  Not bad.  Had to bail on the watch party as I couldn't get the chat up.

Overall - the Yes was written in the stars.

See you tomorrow.  

December 18, 2025 (Thursday)

Drinking (Yes/No) No (284/68)

Paid work - mostly pretty slow.

Creative work - finished the sound work for the lightning.  Still need to look at it again.

In the interim - tried to sign up for SS today, but got an error message.  So I called instead, and got an appointment January 12th.  Tire was way down, so I got that fixed.

Overall - not a bad day, overall.  

See you tomorrow.  

December 17, 2025 (Wednesday)

Drinking (Yes/No) No (284/67)

Paid work - slow, with bits of work here and there.

Creative work - finished sorting through the sound effects.  Worked on thunder sounds.

In the interim - lots of folks unhappy about work.  Sam's Club automatically renewed.

Overall -  weekend is closer.

See you tomorrow.  

December 16, 2025 (Tuesday)

Drinking (Yes/No) No (284/66)

Paid work - mostly slow, but got a bunch of things done.

Creative work - more sound organization.  Added some sound to the project.

In the interim - not much else.  Tried the "new" headphones and they seem pretty good.

Overall -  a bit restless but not a bad day overall.

See you tomorrow.  

December 15, 2025 (Monday)

Drinking (Yes/No) No (284/65)

Paid work - very slow day.  Thought I had an onboarding but that's tomorrow.

Creative work - working on the sideways head.

In the interim - pay day.  And now most of it is gone.  No bills due, at least.

Overall -  exhausted all day.

See you tomorrow.  

December 14, 2025 (Sunday)

Drinking (Yes/No) No (284/64)

Paid work - not on Sunday.

Creative work - nothing.

In the interim - went on the usual walk, first in a couple of weeks.

Overall -  rested a lot, but felt pretty good the whole day.

See you tomorrow.  

December 13, 2025 (Saturday)

Drinking (Yes/No) No (284/63)

Paid work - not on Saturday.

Creative work - bit of work on the worker's side face.

In the interim - ill and tired all day, don't know why this is hard to learn.

Overall - glad to get a Saturday No.  

See you tomorrow.  

December 12, 2025 (Friday)

Drinking (Yes/No) Yes (284/62)

Paid work - mostly very slow, with a bit of ARGH at the end.  Why do people wait until the last minute?  At least there was a work-around.

Creative work - organizing sound, clearing Google space.

In the interim - nice to get back on a regular gasoline schedule.  Somehow lost a Solitaire game and am back at the beginning.

Overall - yeah, another Yes.  Oh well.

See you tomorrow.  

December 11, 2025 (Thursday)

Drinking (Yes/No) No (283/62)

Paid work - mostly slow, very tired.  Processing surplus.

Creative work - organizing sound again.

In the interim - really tired today.  Wow.  wanted to check SSA but they added a new bit and I begged off.  Will try again tomorrow.

Overall - well, the weekend awaits.

See you tomorrow.  

December 10, 2025 (Wednesday)

Drinking (Yes/No) No (283/61)

Paid work - largely slow, some things done, pizza.  Very tired.

Creative work - organizing sound again.

In the interim - tired a lot

Overall - it was an okay day.

See you tomorrow.  

December 9, 2025 (Tuesday)

Drinking (Yes/No) No (283/60)

Paid work - slow day.  Loading the van in the morning which kind of wiped me out.  Lady with bluetooth issues got those fixed, yay!

Creative work - more sound organization.  Should try to finish something.

In the interim - Sam's run for beverages.  Cool.

Overall - again, very tired.  Really cold today.

See you tomorrow.  

December 8, 2025 (Monday)

Drinking (Yes/No) No (283/59)

Paid work - fairly busy day, lots of typing.

Creative work - sorting sound effects.  Thinking about other projects.

In the interim - gotta go to Sam's soon.  Running out of potables.

Overall - well, everyone now knows I'm retiring.  Hope it's still a good idea.

See you tomorrow.  

December 7, 2025 (Sunday)

Drinking (Yes/No) No (283/58)

Paid work - not on Sunday.

Creative work - nothing.

In the interim - good phone call.

Overall - tired and ill all day.  Gotta stop with the booze.

See you tomorrow.  

December 6, 2025 (Saturday)

Drinking (Yes/No) Yes (283/57)

Paid work - not on Saturday.

Creative work - nothing.

In the interim - spent the whole day resting, sleeping, ill...but still drank.  Damn it.

Overall - have had worse Saturdays but hard to remember them.

See you tomorrow.  

December 5, 2025 (Friday)

Drinking (Yes/No) Yes (282/57)

Paid work - worked on inventory the whole day.  More frustration from Nashville.

Creative work - organizing sounds so I can find them better.

In the interim - well there was that.

Overall - gas nicely priced, but needed a lot.  Finished applying for Medicare.  

See you tomorrow.  

December 4, 2025 (Thursday)

Drinking (Yes/No) No (281/57)

Paid work - mostly very slow, worked on inventory and found things.

Creative work - not much.  

In the interim - another day of exhaustion.  Started on Medicare application, and unlocked the MC card.

Overall - well, there's Thursday.  Gas day tomorrow.

See you tomorrow.  

December 3, 2025 (Wednesday)

Drinking (Yes/No) No (281/56)

Paid work - a lot of driving.  Very tiring.  Frustration at others' work which affects me.

Creative work -  started working on sound.  Got some good rain work.

In the interim - not a terrible day, overall.

Overall - still exhausted most of the time.  But a single Diet DP seems to work for the day, rather than the three or four regulars.

See you tomorrow.  

December 2, 2025 (Tuesday)

Drinking (Yes/No) No (281/55)

Paid work - decent day.  Got some stuff done, learned some things that might help.

Creative work -  started on the end credits bit.  

In the interim - not a bad day overall.

Overall - still tired a lot.

See you tomorrow.  

December 1, 2025 (Monday)

Drinking (Yes/No) No (281/54)

Paid work - mostly slow.  Got some stuff done.

Creative work -  loaded the clip into Vegas, thinking about sound.

In the interim - sick again in the morning.  Felt a bit better later.

Overall - gonna try to get gas tomorrow AM.  Not critical but worrisome.

See you tomorrow.