August 31, 2026 (Monday)

Drinking (Yes/No) Yes (150/93)

Paid work - Retired.

Creative work - backup day, so mostly that.  Did some work on the caretaker face.

In the interim - went for a walk and bought fish tape. Tried the Walmart unclogger and it didn't work--went right down the drain without stopping.

Overall - coulda been worse, I guess, somehow.

See you tomorrow.

August 30, 2026 (Sunday)

Drinking (Yes/No) Yes (149/93)

Paid work - Retired.

Creative work - work on the caretaker face.  Two versions.

In the interim - went on a long walk, otherwise couch time.

Overall - wish I could change this.

See you tomorrow.

August 29, 2026 (Saturday)

Drinking (Yes/No) Yes (148/93)

Paid work - Retired.

Creative work - some nicely done bits, considering.

In the interim - yes drank again.  And didn't feel horrible the next day.  I hope this is not  trend.

Overall - had a nice lunch (OKish) and got some stuff done.

See you tomorrow.

August 28, 2026 (Friday)

Drinking (Yes/No) Yes (147/93)

Paid work - Retired.

Creative work - work on the bug getting and arming a weapon.  Hope it's not an outtake.

In the interim - slept a lot, very down and depressed.  What is wrong with McDonalds?  Feels like everything is made to be too tough to eat easily.

Overall - depressed all day, as noted.  Awful dreams where I'm letting everyone down by doing the wrong thing.

See you tomorrow.

August 27, 2026 (Thursday)

Drinking (Yes/No) Yes (146/93)

Paid work - Retired.

Creative work - lots of work on the weapon, and animating it.  And figuring out when the switch should be shut off.

In the interim - slept as lot of teh day, missed a webinar, still didn't feel sick.

Overall - ugh.

See you tomorrow.

August 26, 2026 (Wednesday)

Drinking (Yes/No) Yes (145/93)

Paid work - Retired.

Creative work - quite a lot done, new ideas.  Liking the progress.

In the interim - slept most of the day, and while very depressed, didn't feel ill. Nice long walk.  Barely ate anything.

Overall - here's the halfway mark for the week.

See you tomorrow.

August 25, 2026 (Tuesday)

Drinking (Yes/No) Yes (144/93)

Paid work - Retired.

Creative work - some work on consoles and lining everything up.

In the interim - barely left the house, lots of back pain.

Overall - some day I'll get a No.  When I'm dead, maybe.

See you tomorrow.

August 24, 2026 (Monday)

Drinking (Yes/No) Yes (143/93)

Paid work - Retired.

Creative work - more work on the Caretaker face.  Coming along nicely.  And added some details for furtherance.

In the interim - amazingly, didn't feel too sick to move today, so did some stuff and had a nice long walk.

Overall - I'll go with "coulda been worse."  Because it coulda been worse.

See you tomorrow.

August 23, 2026 (Sunday)

Drinking (Yes/No) Yes (142/93)

Paid work - Retired.

Creative work - work on the Caretaker face.  Looks quite good so far.

In the interim - more spending time on the couch.  Got the Sunday stuff done, and went for a long walk.

Overall - aside from the morning-afternoon-evening depression, day could have been worse.  Expecting that tomorrow.

See you tomorrow.

August 22, 2026 (Saturday)

Drinking (Yes/No) Yes (141/93)

Paid work - Retired.

Creative work - bits here and there, working on the Caretaker's face.

In the interim - slept all day, but still got a Yes.  Went on a very long walk (to Culvers) but I think my watch miscounted.   Got the next three weeks of meds arranged, so today's not a total loss.  

Overall - a Saturday dawned and passed.  I suppose.

See you tomorrow.

August 21, 2026 (Friday)

Drinking (Yes/No) Yes (140/93)

Paid work - Retired.

Creative work - some work on button pressing and so forth.  Lots of cosmic ideas from trying to fall asleep last night.  They all seem great, hope I'm up to the challenge.  (Kinda thinking not, but we'll try.)

In the interim - another day on the couch but must more positive.

Overall - and look here comes the weekend.

See you tomorrow.

August 20, 2026 (Thursday)

Drinking (Yes/No) No (139/93)

Paid work - Retired.

Creative work - nothing.

In the interim - spent most of the day on the couch.

Overall - tired a lot, but got a No.

See you tomorrow.

August 19, 2026 (Wednesday)

Drinking (Yes/No) Yes (139/92)

Paid work - Retired.

Creative work - more interesting ideas overnight.  Trying to realize them with Flash and Vegas.  Some progress made.

In the interim - got the haircut, finally.  And another tire warning.  Sigh.  At least it's payday.  Met a nice dog and a friendly chap on the walk.  Slept a lot.  Got the KotH set, but no season 14.

Overall - here's hoping the short hair allows better sleep.

See you tomorrow.

August 18, 2026 (Tuesday)

Drinking (Yes/No) No (138/92)

Paid work - Retired.

Creative work - had some very interesting ideas last night while trying to fall asleep.  

In the interim - went on a nice long walk, otherwise slept a lot.  But was in a much better mood.

Overall - not a bad day, rather a good one considering.

See you tomorrow.

August 17, 2026 (Monday)

Drinking (Yes/No) No (138/91)

Paid work - Retired.

Creative work - nothing.

In the interim - power outage for a couple of hours.

Overall - very tired all day.

See you tomorrow.

August 16, 2026 (Sunday)

Drinking (Yes/No) Yes (138/90)

Paid work - Retired.

Creative work - working on the console.  Lots of preliminary stuff to be integrated.

In the interim - not as ill today, but still very tired.  Went out but too hot, made me a bit sick.  Great phone call as always.  Sober through it, too.

Overall - had worse days, I guess.  Got the Sunday stuff done at least.

See you tomorrow.

August 15, 2026 (Saturday)

Drinking (Yes/No) Yes (137/90)

Paid work - Retired.

Creative work - working on Part 3.

In the interim - went for a short walk, but too hot to go far.  Otherwise on the couch all day.

Overall - another Saturday.

See you tomorrow.

August 14, 2026 (Friday)

Drinking (Yes/No) Yes (136/90)

Paid work - Retired.

Creative work - finished part 2, and uploaded to YouTube.  And then started working on part 3.  No rest for the wicked I guess.

In the interim - on the couch most of the day.  Really need to get more Nos.

Overall - well, that was a Friday that could have been but wasn't.

See you tomorrow.

August 13, 2026 (Thursday)

Drinking (Yes/No) Yes (135/90)

Paid work - Retired.

Creative work - I think I've finished the thing.  A couple of viewings to be certain.  

In the interim - spent most of the day on the couch.  Longish walk.  No nymph.  Maybe that was an hallucination.  

Overall - sometimes the 13th falls on a Thursday.

See you tomorrow.

August 12, 2026 (Wednesday)

Drinking (Yes/No) Yes (134/90)

Paid work - Retired.

Creative work - Argh, discovered that a shot of the cambug shows him with no arms and no shield, right when he's supposed to have both.  Trying to fix and upload.  UPDATE: managed to fix that.  Need better quality control.  Later: cambug audio is finished, only the trucks are left.  Got some good truck sounds in there, but needs more coordination.  And a No.

In the interim - mostly rested today, aside from the sound work.  Lots of anxiety about the trucks, which led to the Yes...though I suspect the Yes was waiting for an opportunity.

Overall - half good, half bad.  Don't expect much from tomorrow.

See you tomorrow.

August 11, 2026 (Tuesday)

Drinking (Yes/No) No (133/90)

Paid work - Retired.

Creative work - more sound work.   Hoping to finish the camera bug tonight.

In the interim - nice long walk, met some nice folks including a pretty young lady who introduced herself.  Nice brief chat.  Otherwise, lots of sleeping.

Overall - three Nos in a row.  Don't remember when that happened last.

See you tomorrow.

August 10, 2026 (Monday)

Drinking (Yes/No) No (133/89)

Paid work - Retired.

Creative work - more audio work.  Some good progress, with some bits complete and some bits still to be worked on.  Overall I'm pleased so far.  Got more done, just the camera, the trucks and the prop to detail.  Had an idea to change a scene (already shot and imported) so I did that and will probably swap it in.

In the interim - rested a lot today.  Spent a frustrating amount of time trying to transfer audio from my phone, only to find that a lot of recordings have a loud click throughout.  Bought one of the big cat litter buckets.

Overall - medium walk today.  Overall an OK day.  

See you tomorrow.

August 9, 2026 (Sunday)

Drinking (Yes/No) No (133/88)

Paid work - Retired.

Creative work - lots of sound work.  Still more to go.

In the interim - almost phone call, but we were both not up for it.  Did nothing all day.  But at least I finally got a No.

Overall - let's see how this week goes.

See you tomorrow.

August 8, 2026 (Saturday)

Drinking (Yes/No) Yes (133/87)

Paid work - Retired.

Creative work - some interesting work on part 3.  And a lot of soundtrack work on part 2.  Not sure why sound work disturbs and distresses me.  It does, though.

In the interim - lots of sleeping, long walk.  Bought some earbuds with ear arms.  Haven't set them up yet.

Overall - I was hoping for a No but them's the breaks.

See you tomorrow.

August 7, 2026 (Friday)

Drinking (Yes/No) Yes (132/87)

Paid work - Retired.

Creative work - working on the screen bits. Lots of sound work on part 2.  Why does audio work bring me so down?

In the interim - tired, ill, depressed.  Determined not to drink, but got a Yes anyway.

Overall - very worried about the future.  Mine.

See you tomorrow.

August 6, 2026 (Thursday)

Drinking (Yes/No) Yes (131/87)

Paid work - Retired.

Creative work - worked on the "numbers" screen for part 3.  Got the environment stuff settled for part 2 and closed up some sound effects bits.

In the interim - long walk.  Otherwise nothing.  Slept a lot.  Got another Yes.

Overall - weekend coming.  So what.

See you tomorrow.

August 5, 2026 (Wednesday)

Drinking (Yes/No) Yes (130/87)

Paid work - Retired.

Creative work - worked on the "letter animation" for part 3.  Also some sound work on part 2, got quite a lot done, actually.

In the interim - had a long walk, but otherwise didn't leave the house and slept a lot, while being tired, miserable and depressed.  Probably the same tomorrow, see the Yes above.

Overall - what in the Hell.

See you tomorrow.

August 4, 2026 (Tuesday)

Drinking (Yes/No) Yes (129/87)

Paid work - Retired.

Creative work - lots of work on the audio--which went smoother than I expected.  Got the space and the air done, and a bunch of water bits as well.  Mostly long stretches with nothing specific to events, but hey I'll take it.

In the interim - as expected, slept most of the day.  Finally moved the cushions to the new shoes and had a short walk.  

Overall - need to get out of this run.

See you tomorrow.

August 3, 2026 (Monday)

Drinking (Yes/No) Yes (128/87)

Paid work - Retired.

Creative work - working on getting the video bit into shape.  Vegas 2026 disappoints for the most part...again.  Fixed some bits.

In the interim - got the tire issue seen to, professionally (more than I hoped, less than I feared).  Picked up the glasses and some groceries.  

Overall - got stuff done but still drank.  Not expecting anything tomorrow.

See you tomorrow.

August 2, 2026 (Sunday)

Drinking (Yes/No) Yes (127/87)

Paid work - Retired.

Creative work - worked on more of the satellite stuff, and rendered what we have so far.  Looks good, aside from a couple of trims that should be trimmed.  Exported the elements from the first chapter so I can start on the soundtrack.  Also worked a bit on the screens.

In the interim - barely got any sleep last night, but at least I don't feel ill or miserable (yet).  But the damned hunger came in full force.  What the Hell.

Overall - not a bad day at all, lots of resting...until the Yes kicked in.  And I've got the tires tomorrow.  Can I learn?

See you tomorrow.

August 1, 2026 (Saturday)

Drinking (Yes/No) No (126/87)

Paid work - Retired.

Creative work - nothing.  Got the idea of where part two could be ended, so rendered the file and will import it at some point.

In the interim - another wasted day.  Brief walk.  But got a No.

Overall - I've had worse I suppose.

See you tomorrow.