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.