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.