March 21, 2026 (Saturday)

Drinking (Yes/No) No (42/38)

Paid work - Retired.

Creative work - nothing.  Shot some videos to see how water gets around objects.  Too uninspired otherwise.

In the interim - barely got out of bed.  Low level ill all day, and tired.

Overall -  glad to get a No.  Here's to more.

  

See you tomorrow.

March 20, 2026 (Friday)

Drinking (Yes/No) Yes (42/37)

Paid work - Retired.

Creative work - added the shadows, and worked a bit on the camera bug.  Fixed the motion of the barges--they should be slow.  Worked on the water-on-dome bit.  Needs work still.

In the interim - ill and tired all day.  Not violently ill but the thought of eating is not appealing.

Overall -  everyday is like night.  The worst kind of night.

  

See you tomorrow.

March 19, 2026 (Thursday)

Drinking (Yes/No) Yes (41/37)

Paid work - Retired.

Creative work - added the grapple droid to the TV scene.  Looks good...except the highlights on the droid are coming from the wrong direction.  Oops!  I'll try to fix.  Later, I fixed the highlights and added a moving shadow.  Added the droids to the overhead shot, and am going to add shadows for them.  Converted the recent updated flash files to video, and will add them to Vegas.

In the interim - bought more underwear (the thrills).  Felt mostly lousy and tired again.  Not sure how to stop the Yesses.  

Overall - gotta stop the Yes somehow.  Not sure how.  

  

See you tomorrow.

March 18, 2026 (Wednesday)

Drinking (Yes/No) Yes (40/37)

Paid work - Retired.

Creative work - working on the new droid for a possible role in the TV scene.  Looks good, but I wish there was some way to figure this out earlier.  Added to an older animation.

In the interim - well, did the taxes for 2025.  While drinking.  Hope I don't go to prison!  Also never left the house except to get booze.  Sad, yes.

Overall - worst day for a while.

  

See you tomorrow.

March 17, 2026 (Tuesday)

Drinking (Yes/No) Yes (39/37)

Paid work - Retired.

Creative work - the forest walk-through got too big to work well, so I created a second version with fewer elements.  And I went ahead and animated it--looks good.  Last night when falling asleep I thought of a missing element that might need to be put in earlier scenes, but damned if I can remember what it was now.  Later: remembered!  Have the TVs come on when the cables are plugged in.  Did so and it looks good.  Working the grappling droid.  Might have him hold an antenna.

In the interim - periodontist visit went OK, they found a small cavity.  I (finally) went to Dr. Honey's office and got signed up to have that fixed next Monday.  Seems like a good office.

Overall - Nice to get some stuff done, too bad about the Yes.

  

See you tomorrow.

March 16, 2026 (Monday)

Drinking (Yes/No) No (38/37)

Paid work - Retired.

Creative work - working on the airship(s).  Kind of fun.  Some good work on the trees for the motion scene.

In the interim - did a lot of sleeping.  Not looking forward to the dental appointment.  

Overall - very cold today--sleeting.  Tried to go for a walk but just too cold.  At least I got a No.

  

See you tomorrow.

March 15, 2026 (Sunday)

Drinking (Yes/No) No (38/36)

Paid work - Retired.

Creative work - not much.  Need to work on the trees sequence but just didn't feel like it.

In the interim - great phone call.  And did the usual Sunday stuff.

Overall - not too ill but very tired all day.  Glad to get a No, it was touch and go for a while.

  

See you tomorrow.

March 14, 2026 (Saturday)

Drinking (Yes/No) Yes (38/35)

Paid work - Retired.

Creative work - added a bit of animation to the "out of the forest" bit.  Should add that to the "overhead" bits too.  Looks good. Prepped the "walk through the forest" bit.  Still need to get it moving, though.  Tried some of that, and it looks fine but needs work.

In the interim - turns out I bought groceries yesterday but somehow forgot to pay for them.  So I went to the store and did so.

Overall - ill, tired, half the day wasted.  But got another Yes.

  

See you tomorrow.

March 13, 2026 (Friday)

Drinking (Yes/No) Yes (37/35)

Paid work - Retired.

Creative work - more work on the bug, including a side view.  Then some work on the walk through the woods.

In the interim - drove the car around the block.  Was planning to go longer, but just too tired.  Slept really badly until I moved to the couch.

Overall - And it's payday!  Always nice.  Not sure how many more there are.  Paid the car off, hooray.  As for the Yes, it's Friday.  Not looking forward to tomorrow.  But, Friday.

  

See you tomorrow.

March 12, 2026 (Thursday)

Drinking (Yes/No) No (36/35)

Paid work - Retired.

Creative work - working on the bug, to make him more presentable.  Looks good so far, and unlike the worker, it's a bit easier.  Other than that, nothing.  

In the interim - very ill and tired as expected.  Didn't leave the house except to get the mail.

Overall - gotta make No more permanent.  I hate wasting days like this.

  

See you tomorrow.

March 11, 2026 (Wednesday)

Drinking (Yes/No) Yes (36/34)

Paid work - Retired.

Creative work - working on the worn head from all angles.  I think I have a set of most angles.  Forgotten how difficult this bit was.  Also have to remember to reduce the fluid level in the chest.  Worked on the bug later.

In the interim - nice walk, decent though threatening weather.

Overall - not sure where the Yes came from, but they are out there.  Always going to get in somehow.

  

See you tomorrow.

March 10, 2026 (Tuesday)

Drinking (Yes/No) No (35/34)

Paid work - Retired.

Creative work - trying to get the dome emerging from the water seen overhead.  Need something to sell it more.  Maybe waves falling down the sides.  Working on the worn worker seen from above.  Nice to have saved everything, sure makes it easier.

In the interim - more sleeping and resting.  Went for a walk and tried a Big Arch.  It's a Big Mac only huge.  Comes apart easily.  Asked about car habits now that I'm not driving as much.

Overall - glad to get another No.

  

See you tomorrow.

March 9, 2026 (Monday)

Drinking (Yes/No) No (35/33)

Paid work - Retired.

Creative work - animated the overhead shot...at least the easiest part.  Working on a recording bug.  Decided (of course) that the bug needed a case of some kind.  Oh well, at least it's fun to work on.

In the interim - got up early and started work, then rested.  PC locked up some time during my rest, so I had to do a hard reset.  Fortunately I'd saved everything.  Nice walk in the afternoon.

Overall - still tired and resting a lot.  Weird dreams.  Glad to get another No.

  

See you tomorrow.

March 8, 2026 (Sunday)

Drinking (Yes/No) No (35/32)

Paid work - Retired.

Creative work - minor detail work. The overhead shot is working out well.

In the interim - ill and tired all day.  Barely left the house.

Overall - really need to stop the flow.  Thank goodness for the No.

  

See you tomorrow.

March 7, 2026 (Saturday)

Drinking (Yes/No) Yes (35/31)

Paid work - Retired.

Creative work - some work on the overhead shot.  Looks pretty good, really.

In the interim - yes, another Yes.  Went for a brief walk, but otherwise slept.  And another Yes.

Overall - I suppose the day could have been worse.  Somehow.

  

See you tomorrow.

March 6, 2026 (Friday)

Drinking (Yes/No) Yes (34/31)

Paid work - Retired.

Creative work - some work on the overhead shot--specifically, making the canvas larger.  I want those trucks visible!

In the interim - not very ill today, considering, but very tired and out of sorts.  Went for a short walk. 

Overall - not much else to say.

  

See you later today.

March 5, 2026 (Thursday)

Drinking (Yes/No) Yes (33/31)

Paid work - Retired.

Creative work - got a good animation for the gateway bit, just need to add the guy.  Added and animated the worker, looks good, removed Red Box and off to the next bit, the overhead shot.  Getting some good work on that, and found the overheard forest bit.

In the interim - nice walk, nice lunch, it's good to wake up tired but sober.

Overall - well, overall the day was fine, not sure why we got the Yes, but there it was.  I expect tomorrow will be less so.

  

See you tomorrow.     

March 4, 2026 (Wednesday)

Drinking (Yes/No) No (33/30)

Paid work - Retired.

Creative work - working on animation, kind of at the end of the day.  

In the interim - stayed indoors mostly, except to get the mail.

Overall - very ill and tired all day, thanks to the Yes last night.  Glad to get a No.

  

See you tomorrow.     

March 3, 2026 (Tuesday)

Drinking (Yes/No) Yes (33/29)

Paid work - Retired.

Creative work - since the trucks will be in the gateway sequence, I went ahead and exported all their parts.  The legs have the light from the wrong direction but that's what rotation is for.  Tried to animate the size changing and got very frustrated.  The far trees seem all wrong and don't fit.  But did manage to get the water animated and the trucks (I hope) properly placed.  I spent too much time on them for them to just not show up.  (A bad thought, yes.)

In the interim - interesting to get up earlier...I still end up napping a lot of the morning, but it's nice anyway.

Overall - the Yes was a huge pull.  I tried to resist but could not.  Need to look into this further.

  

See you tomorrow.     

March 2, 2026 (Monday)

Drinking (Yes/No) No (32/29)

Paid work - Retired.

Creative work - more work on the gateway thing, including importing into Flash.

In the interim - drove a tiny bit today, and the car is still working.  Thank you, car.

Overall - still exhausted a lot.  Oh well.

  

See you tomorrow.     

March 1, 2026 (Sunday)

Drinking (Yes/No) No (32/28)

Paid work - Retired.

Creative work - some work on the forest bit and the overhead bit.

In the interim - felt ill and tired all day, didn't leave the house.  

Overall - glad to get a No but it was touch and go for a while.

  

See you tomorrow.     

February 28, 2026 (Saturday)

Drinking (Yes/No) Yes (32/27)

Paid work - Retired.

Creative work - some work on the forest opening.

In the interim - backup time.  Managed to get it all done. Yay.

Overall - and so March comes to town.

  

See you tomorrow.     

February 27, 2026 (Friday)

Drinking (Yes/No) Yes (31/27)

Paid work - Retired.

Creative work - nothing really.  Looked through photos for overhead foliage.  Started working on the bits for the overhead and working on them.

In the interim - went for a walk and felt ill.  Not surprising.

Overall - got another paycheck, so that's good.

  

See you tomorrow.     

February 26, 2026 (Thursday)

Drinking (Yes/No) Yes (30/27)

Paid work - Retired.

Creative work - doing some work on the "gate" section.  Getting more foliage stuff so it is starting to look pretty good.  Otherwise, not a very productive day.

In the interim - as expected, didn't do much of anything.  Except buy more beer.

Overall - I don't know why I keep doing this.

  

See you tomorrow.     

February 25, 2026 (Wednesday)

Drinking (Yes/No) Yes (29/27)

Paid work - Retired.

Creative work - work on the overhead branches for the "gateway" bit.  And working on the gateway bit itself.  Shot a couple more videos to watch how treelines "move" when walking past them.  Made some progress on the "gateway" in terms of actual useful imagery, which was nice.  Still working on the "side walk" bit but that seems OK in the background.

In the interim - other than the Yes, not a bad day.  Walked, found out Fireman's "French dip" will expire shortly.  My Edison ID is deactivated, though I suspect that's because I checked "No emails" for forms.  If I don't get a paycheck on Friday, I'll be fine.  Still it would be nice...

Overall - nice to work on things early, even though I'm tired.  We seem to be back to getting very little night sleep.  And the booze every other day.  

  

See you tomorrow.     

February 24, 2026 (Tuesday)

Drinking (Yes/No) No (28/27)

Paid work - Retired.

Creative work - gathered some tree pics.  Started working on removing the backgrounds, etc, on some of them and have some interesting ideas about what to do with them.  Later, more work on the tree stuff and the overhead dome.  Shot a video to see what different tree-line depths do when walking along a path.  Result seems to be close trees "move" fast and far-away trees are much "slower."

In the interim - got up and out of bed somewhat early for the first time in quite a while and immediately went to work.  Tired, but it feels nice to be productive so early on.  Worked a bit on tax forms.  

Overall - pretty good day overall, though a big block in the middle where I was exhausted.  Went to Asia Cafe, they are expanding.

  

See you tomorrow.     

February 23, 2026 (Monday)

Drinking (Yes/No) No (28/26)

Paid work - Retired.

Creative work - nothing really.  Looking at tree pics.

In the interim - Very cold today, went for a long walk anyway.

Overall - that was the day.  Nice to finally get a No.

  

See you tomorrow.     

February 22, 2026 (Sunday)

Drinking (Yes/No) Yes (28/25)

Paid work - Retired.

Creative work - nice detail work on the trucks.

In the interim - great phone call as usual.

Overall - very cold, barely left the house, but managed the "Sunday chores" early on.

  

See you tomorrow.     

February 21, 2026 (Saturday)

Drinking (Yes/No) Yes (27/25)

Paid work - Retired.

Creative work - some very good work on the trucks, particularly the second one.

In the interim - swept the walkway because I was tired of having to dance around the dirt.  Mostly slept but did manage the usual long walk.  Most dogs seemed afraid of me.  I don't like that.

Overall - well, we've crossed over into Yes Positive land.  Maybe I can reverse this.

  

See you tomorrow.     

February 20, 2026 (Friday)

Drinking (Yes/No) Yes (26/25)

Paid work - Retired.

Creative work - some nice work on the truck.

In the interim - AAA replaced the battery, expensive but I was expecting worse.

Overall - ill and tired all day.  Crossed the Yes/No line.

  

See you tomorrow.     

February 19, 2026 (Thursday)

Drinking (Yes/No) Yes (25/25)

Paid work - Retired.

Creative work - more work on the trucks.  Kind of spinning my wheels.

In the interim - car won't start.  So put in an order with AAA.  Otherwise, slept a lot.

Overall - sick all day but still got a Yes.

See you tomorrow.    

February 18, 2026 (Wednesday)

Drinking (Yes/No) Yes (24/25)

Paid work - Retired.

Creative work - minor details.  Working on the trucks.

In the interim - mostly blah day.  Stayed indoors.

Overall - well, that was Wednesday.

See you tomorrow.    

February 17, 2026 (Tuesday)

Drinking (Yes/No) Yes (23/25)

Paid work - Retired.

Creative work - more work on the truck.  Can't seem to get a base that I like.  Also, edited some dreams to be posted to the dream blog.  Update: got a base that works.  Working on it.

In the interim - went to Culvers, first time in a while.  Very good, though they gave me fries instead of onion rings.  Pretty good walk overall.  And the store got in more Reisen!

Overall - that Yes was inevitable.

See you tomorrow.    

February 16, 2026 (Monday)

Drinking (Yes/No) No (22/25)

Paid work - Retired.

Creative work - had the idea for the truck vehicles last night, and started working on them pretty early in the day.  Looks good so far.

In the interim - had a huge urge for a Yes around 9, somehow was able to resist.  A bit worrisome.

Overall - got very little sleep last night, felt tired and weak all day.  Managed to go for a brief walk late in the afternoon.

See you tomorrow.    

February 15, 2026 (Sunday)

Drinking (Yes/No) No (22/24)

Paid work - Retired.

Creative work - nothing.  Not satisfied with trees, so looking for others.

In the interim - did pretty much nothing all day.

Overall - rainy and pretty miserable outside, went for a walk anyway.

See you tomorrow.    

February 14, 2026 (Saturday)

Drinking (Yes/No) Yes (22/23)

Paid work - Retired.

Creative work - work on the forest-to-lake bit.

In the interim - went on a brief walk, otherwise mostly a lost day.

Overall - yeah, another Yes.  

See you tomorrow.    

February 13, 2026 (Friday)

Drinking (Yes/No) Yes (21/23)

Paid work - Retired.

Creative work - some work on the foliage for the tunnel bit.

In the interim - another "payday" which is nice.  Otherwise, stayed indoors mostly.

Overall - yeah, another Yes.  Checked last year and I'm actually doing better.  Hope to do even better.  Yeah that's an excuse.  Don't like it.

See you tomorrow.    

February 12, 2026 (Thursday)

Drinking (Yes/No) Yes (20/23)

Paid work - Retired.

Creative work - finished the lakeside animation, then started and completed the "forest path" clip.  Then remembered I left something out of the lakeside and fixed that.  Going through foliage pictures for the next scene.

In the interim - Melissa called, apparently things are not going well at the State.  She wanted to make sure I was aware.  Nice of her.  I wished her well.

Overall - nice to wake up not feeling ill.  That Yes just seized on me.

See you tomorrow.    

February 11, 2026 (Wednesday)

Drinking (Yes/No) No (19/23)

Paid work - Retired.

Creative work - animation re-dos.

In the interim - put together the shelves and am restacking things.

Overall - nice to get a No.

See you tomorrow.    

February 10, 2026 (Tuesday)

Drinking (Yes/No) Yes (19/22)

Paid work - Retired.

Creative work - some clean up animation to get the droid's arms looking good.  And some animation for the scanning arms.  Getting fairly complete.

In the interim - tired a lot, but not too ill.

Overall - sorry about the Yes but what the future will be is already written down somewhere.

See you tomorrow.    

February 9, 2026 (Monday)

 Drinking (Yes/No) Yes (18/22)

Paid work - Retired.

Creative work - a couple of bits.

In the interim - deposited the IRA check, contacted Rock about Edison and was able to get in and download the W2.  Yay.

Overall - very tired, and another Yes.  Something's not right.

See you tomorrow.    

February 8, 2026 (Sunday)

 Drinking (Yes/No) Yes (17/22)

Paid work - Retired.

Creative work - some good animation work.  Getting the lake bit done.

In the interim - not sure why we have a Yes but we do.  Spent most of the day just slumming, but did manage to start the "new shelving" thing.  Good for me.

Overall - tired all the time now.  

See you tomorrow.   

February 7, 2026 (Saturday)

Drinking (Yes/No) Yes (16/22)

Paid work - Retired.

Creative work - lots of work on the droid, looks good.

In the interim - tired and down a lot, could only do half a walk.  Then drank.  Oh well.

Overall - not looking forward to tomorrow...oops.  Oh well.

See you tomorrow.   

February 6, 2026 (Friday)

Drinking (Yes/No) No (15/22)

Paid work - Retired.

Creative work - working on droid arms.

In the interim - tired a lot.  Went on a nice walk, though it was cold.  Watch party was incomprehensible.

Overall - fixed the toilet which was nice.  Also nice not to be ill.

See you tomorrow.   

February 5, 2026 (Thursday)

Drinking (Yes/No) No (15/21)

Paid work - Retired.

Creative work - some work on the droid.  Got a lot of the layout done.

In the interim - very sick all day.  Managed to get to Sams and clean the toilet.  Put in the work order to have it checked.

Overall - mostly wasted day.  At least I got a No.

See you tomorrow.   

February 4, 2026 (Wednesday)

Drinking (Yes/No) Yes (15/20)

Paid work - Retired.

Creative work - some work on the dome and such.

In the interim - ill and tired all day.  Really need to quit that.

Overall - didn't leave the house, except to get the mail and buy beer.  

See you tomorrow.   

February 3, 2026 (Tuesday)

Drinking (Yes/No) Yes (14/20)

Paid work - Retired.

Creative work - some bits.  Then some other bits.

In the interim - very tired today, didn't leave the house.  No sickness but just exhaustion.

Overall - not sure what else there is.

See you tomorrow.   

February 2, 2026 (Monday)

Drinking (Yes/No) Yes (13/20)

Paid work - Retired.

Creative work - only a bit.

In the interim - very tired today.  Went for the full walk, but otherwise slept for hours.  Tried to find out about the tax forms but got nowhere.

Overall - don't want more days like this if that's OK.

See you tomorrow.   

February 1, 2026 (Sunday)

Drinking (Yes/No) No (12/20)

Paid work - Retired.

Creative work - new droid coming along OK.

In the interim - went for a walk, not too bad out.  Did the usual Sunday stuff, including lots of sleeping.

Overall - fire alarm went off, wow is that annoying.  Otherwise a fairly good day.

See you tomorrow.   

January 31, 2026 (Saturday)

Drinking (Yes/No) No (12/19)

Paid work - Retired.

Creative work - something about the new droid seems off to me.  Gonna try and re-think it.  Did some progress on that, and I think it works better.

In the interim - huge amount of snow overnight, so I didn't leave the house.

Overall - as ever. lots of time sleeping (except at night).  Somewhat depressed.

See you tomorrow.   

January 30, 2026 (Friday)

Drinking (Yes/No) No (12/18)

Paid work - Retired.

Creative work - clean up animation on the TV Land scene.

In the interim - payday maybe? Yes.  As expected, felt ill all day.

Overall - mostly lost day.  Brief walk, during which I threw up.  Gotta cut down.

See you tomorrow.   

January 29, 2026 (Thursday)

Drinking (Yes/No) Yes (12/17)

Paid work - Retired.

Creative work - some animation, and adding it to the Vegas project.

In the interim - doctor's appointment went well.  More big payments to car and MasterCard.  Met Richard--he now works for Lowe's.  Seems to be enjoying life, awesome.  Met some very nice dogs.

Overall - still quite tired, and confirmed that the anti-booze stuff might be responsible, as well as loss of appetite.  Not too sad about the Yes, it was a while since so why not.

See you tomorrow.   

January 28, 2026 (Wednesday)

Drinking (Yes/No) No (11/17)

Paid work - Retired.

Creative work - some work on the droid, but I'm not sure I like it.

In the interim - got a haircut, did the usual walk.  Rested a lot.  Cleaned up after the cat, yuck.

Overall - not a bad day overall.

See you tomorrow.  

January 27, 2026 (Tuesday)

Drinking (Yes/No) No (11/16)

Paid work - Retired.

Creative work - work on the droid.  Coming along.

In the interim - very cold outside.  Went for a brief walk but it was way too cold.  Car still works, yay.

Overall - not a bad day.  Spent more money, but what the hey.

See you tomorrow.  

January 26, 2026 (Monday)

Drinking (Yes/No) No (11/15)

Paid work - Retired.

Creative work - work on the new droid.  Coming along nicely.

In the interim - spent a lot of the day resting, though in a pretty upbeat mood throughout.

Overall - got some snow last night, but it looks like it's mostly gone.  Stayed indoors anyway.

See you tomorrow.  

January 25, 2026 (Sunday)

Drinking (Yes/No) No (11/14)

Paid work - Retired.

Creative work - some animation.

In the interim - tired a lot, but did go for a walk.  Very good phone call.

Overall - cold and rainy.  But not as bad as expected.

See you tomorrow.  

January 24, 2026 (Saturday)

Drinking (Yes/No) Yes (11/13)

Paid work - Retired.

Creative work - some animation on the second bridge bit.

In the interim - tired and "off" feeling the whole day.  Didn't expect the "Yes" but we are in different times.

Overall - supposed to get a winter storm.  A bit cold outside, but not much storm, reallyl

See you tomorrow.  

January 23, 2026 (Friday)

Drinking (Yes/No) No (10/13)

Paid work - Retired.

Creative work - working on the new bridge stuff.

In the interim - more tiredness, less ill, still down though.  Watch party made me ill.

Overall - very down a lot.

See you tomorrow.  

January 22, 2026 (Thursday)

Drinking (Yes/No) Yes (10/12)

Paid work - Retired.

Creative work - some good work

In the interim - basically a good day.  Got some stuff done.

Overall - not a bad day at all.

See you tomorrow.  

January 21, 2026 (Wednesday)

Drinking (Yes/No) No (9/12)

Paid work - Retired.

Creative work - some animation, fixing a couple of things, finished the TV section.  Started on a new scene.

In the interim - again mostly tired, and somewhat ill.

Overall - that was Wednesday.

See you tomorrow.  

January 20, 2026 (Tuesday)

Drinking (Yes/No) Yes (9/11)

Paid work - Retired.

Creative work - more work on the new droid, and animating him too

In the interim - not sure where the Yes came from.

Overall - feet still feel numb.  

See you tomorrow.  

January 19, 2026 (Monday)

Drinking (Yes/No) No (8/11)

Paid work - Retired.

Creative work - more work on the droid.  Looks good.

In the interim - went for a walk, very cold.  Bought some supplies through Amazon.

Overall - more resting.  Strangely down in the evening.  Still any No is a good No.

See you tomorrow.  

January 18, 2026 (Sunday)

Drinking (Yes/No) No (8/10)

Paid work - Retired.

Creative work - work on the hands a bit.  Not a lot else.

In the interim - didn't feel too bad, surprisingly, but didn't leave the house.

Overall - another day gone by.

See you tomorrow.  

January 17, 2026 (Saturday)

Drinking (Yes/No) Yes (8/9)

Paid work - Retired.

Creative work - some work on the new droid.

In the interim - well, that was Saturday.  A hope dashed.

Overall - not sure.

See you tomorrow.  

January 16, 2025 (Friday)

Drinking (Yes/No) No (7/9)

Paid work - Retired.

Creative work - some animation, getting that scene shaped up.

In the interim - a very nothing day.  Don't want more of these, please.

Overall - here comes the weekend, not that there's a distinction.

See you tomorrow.  

January 15, 2026 (Thursday)

Drinking (Yes/No) Yes (7/8)

Paid work - Retired.

Creative work - minor work here and there.

In the interim - still tired and resting a lot.  A bit ill from last night.

Overall - "payday" today.  Nice to have money in the bank.  Yes is getting dangerous.

See you tomorrow.  

January 14, 2026 (Wednesday)

Drinking (Yes/No) Yes (6/8)

Paid work - Retired.

Creative work - some good work on the background.

In the interim - not as ill as I thought I'd be, went for a nice walk.  

Overall - today's Yes is concerning.  Why?:

See you tomorrow.  

January 13, 2026 (Tuesday)

Drinking (Yes/No) Yes (5/8)

Paid work - Retired.

Creative work - some work on the TV scene.

In the interim - not as ill as I thought I would be--went on a walk, for example.

Overall - I'm hoping the Yes was an anomaly, but I guess we will find out.

See you tomorrow.  

January 12, 2026 (Monday)

Drinking (Yes/No) Yes (4/8)

Paid work - Retired.

Creative work - prepping some background stuff.  

In the interim - well, the SSA appointment went very well, with some nice bonuses.  Lady at the counter was super helpful, many thanks to her.  All that anxiety lifted, at least for a while.  I asked for her card so I could email my thanks, but the card was blank.  Probably a policy decision.

Overall - other than the Yes, which was probably going to happen no matter what, a very good day.

See you tomorrow.  

January 11, 2026 (Sunday)

Drinking (Yes/No) No (3/8)

Paid work - Retired.

Creative work - got a good 2000's TV

In the interim - good phone call. 

Overall - ill and tired.  Tomorrow we find out about SS.

See you tomorrow.  

January 10, 2026 (Saturday)

Drinking (Yes/No) Yes (3/7)

Paid work - Retired.

Creative work - some more work on TV land.

In the interim - still doing a lot of resting.

Overall - not sure where the Yes came from.

See you tomorrow.  

January 9, 2026 (Friday)

Drinking (Yes/No) No (2/7)

Paid work - Retired.

Creative work - some work on the new TV section.

In the interim - as expected, sick most of the day though I've been worse.  Good watch party for an irksome movie.

Overall - still tired a lot.

See you tomorrow.  

January 8, 2026 (Thursday)

Drinking (Yes/No) Yes (2/6)

Paid work - Retired.

Creative work - more television stuff.

In the interim - went for the walk, and then the Yes.

Overall - not expecting much tomorrow.  At least if it's once a week we can be OK.

See you tomorrow.  

January 7, 2026 (Wednesday)

Drinking (Yes/No) No (1/6)

Paid work - Retired.

Creative work - working on TV stands.

In the interim - went Sam's shopping.  Should be good for food for "a while."

Overall - still tired a lot of the time.

See you tomorrow.  

January 6, 2026 (Tuesday)

Drinking (Yes/No) No (1/5)

Paid work - Retired.

Creative work - work on the TV set.

In the interim - resting and stuff mostly.  Almost out of cat treats, will need to shop tomorrow.

Overall - still trying to get a kind of schedule going.

See you tomorrow.  

January 5, 2026 (Monday)

Drinking (Yes/No) No (1/4)

Paid work - Retired.

Creative work - some redesign of the TV set.

In the interim - first Monday.  Getting used to things.  Did a lot of resting, but went for a walk as well.

Overall - trying to get into gear.

See you tomorrow.  

January 4, 2026 (Sunday)

Drinking (Yes/No) No (1/3)

Paid work - Retired.

Creative work - some animation.  Two minutes.

In the interim - still felt ill, but managed to get the Sunday stuff done.

Overall - so, this was the last "normal" weekend.  Here we go...

See you tomorrow.  

January 3, 2026 (Saturday)

Drinking (Yes/No) No (1/2)

Paid work - Retired.

Creative work - some animation.

In the interim - aside from doing nothing, not too terrible a day.

Overall -  super ill and tired most of the day.  You'd think I'd have learned by now.

See you tomorrow.  

January 2, 2026 (Friday)

Drinking (Yes/No) Yes (1/1)

Paid work - Retired.

Creative work - some animation fixes.  Looks good. Shaping up.

In the interim - got gas, and meds, took a brief walk, otherwise rested a lot.

Overall - the "Yes" was not unexpected.  

See you tomorrow.  

January 1, 2026 (Thursday)

Drinking (Yes/No) No (0/1)

Paid work - Retired.

Creative work - some animation.

In the interim - lots of resting, and paid a bunch of bills.  Got to get into the new money schedule.

Overall - felt pretty good today, though still tired.  Met some nice dogs.  Finished the backup, then did the same with the MSI.  And nice to start the year with a No.

See you tomorrow.