September 30, 2026 (Wednesday

Drinking (Yes/No) Yes (179/94)

Paid work - Retired.

Creative work - work on the jelly creature.  Probably going nowhere but fun.

In the interim - backup day.  Almost forgot.  Using a newer version of WinMerge, which actually only copies new/changed files rather than entire folders.  

Overall - another day.  Got my miles in.

See you tomorrow.

September 29, 2026 (Tuesday)

Drinking (Yes/No) Yes (178/94)

Paid work - Retired.

Creative work - work on the jelly creature.  Not sure why, but it's fun.

In the interim - lots of walking, and a possible schedule for the rest of the parking lot work.  In the meantime, parked back near where I used to.  Reached out to Tom and he said I could park at his house--very cool.

Overall - tired and depressed a lot.  Ate very little.  Who cares.

See you tomorrow.

September 28, 2026 (Monday)

Drinking (Yes/No) Yes (177/94)

Paid work - Retired.

Creative work - work on the console, and resurrected the jelly bug.

In the interim - well, the parking lot work started.  Went to Panera and ate there, which made me ill, then parked at Wal-Mart and kept the car there.  Later parked where there were a lot of empty spaces.  Hope this crap ends soon.  No word from management of course.

Overall - at least got a lot of mileage, steps, and calories in.

See you tomorrow.

September 27, 2026 (Sunday)

Drinking (Yes/No) Yes (176/94)

Paid work - Retired.

Creative work - worked on the control panel for the blue man.

In the interim - nice major walk, over 5 miles.  Swapped the DP-HDMI cables for straight DP and things look way better.  Supposedly, the parking lot will be resurfaced tomorrow.

Overall - another Sunday.  Begged off the call.

See you tomorrow.

September 26, 2026 (Saturday)

Drinking (Yes/No) Yes (175/94)

Paid work - Retired.

Creative work - got the buildings done.

In the interim - overall an OK day despite the Yes.

Overall - Saturday again.

See you tomorrow.

September 25, 2026 (Friday)

Drinking (Yes/No) Yes (174/94)

Paid work - Retired.

Creative work - some work on the supplement buildings.

In the interim - felt ill waking up, no surprise there.  Managed a good walk.  Looks like the parking lot stuff will happen on Monday.

Overall - damn it.  

See you tomorrow.

September 24, 2026 (Thursday)

Drinking (Yes/No) Yes (173/94)

Paid work - Retired.

Creative work - added some sounds and worked on the buildings.  Fixed some animation bits and moved them forward.  Nice ideas about city views.

In the interim - left the apt around 7:00 and did errands and exercise until 1:00...only to find that the parking lot stuff had been cancelled.  Found out via printout on the door.

Overall - thought the Yes would reappear and it did.

See you tomorrow.

September 23, 2026 (Wednesday)

Drinking (Yes/No) No (172/94)

Paid work - Retired.

Creative work - nothing.  Trying some ideas.

In the interim - got a No, because the parking lot needs to be evacuated at 7 AM.

Overall - not really a good No since it was forced.  We'll see tomorrow.

See you tomorrow.

September 22, 2026 (Tuesday)

Drinking (Yes/No) Yes (172/93)

Paid work - Retired.

Creative work - some building stuff.

In the interim - pulled the trigger on switching out the PCs.  Still need to do things to complete the process but feeling good so far.  Went on a long walk.

Overall - felt really good after switching the PCs.  Not sure why I got a Yes but I did.

See you tomorrow.

September 21, 2026 (Monday)

Drinking (Yes/No) Yes (171/93)

Paid work - Retired.

Creative work - finished the main backup stuff, and tried to animate some buildings in fog.

In the interim - longish walk.  As noted, did the backups.  I think I will try the switch-out tomorrow.

Overall - tired a lot.  Went to Sam's and they had no DP.  Damn it.  Got the rest of the stuff though.

See you tomorrow.

September 20, 2026 (Sunday)

Drinking (Yes/No) Yes (170/93)

Paid work - Retired.

Creative work - still working on backups.

In the interim - did a long walk, then laundry.  Wonder if my detergent makes itches.  Weird dreams about family stuff (though not really my family).

Overall - this seems to be the way forward.

See you tomorrow.

September 19, 2026 (Saturday)

Drinking (Yes/No) Yes (169/93)

Paid work - Retired.

Creative work - nothing really, backing up stuff.

In the interim - today is the day to swap out the water filter.  Looked, and I was out of them, so had to go to the store.  Long walk today, very humid and muggy.  Getting closer to the PC swap, so making backups just in case.  Might not be needed.  But then again, might.

Overall - foot still doesn't look good.  Tried removing the sole and we'll see if that helps.

See you tomorrow.

September 18, 2026 (Friday)

Drinking (Yes/No) Yes (168/93)

Paid work - Retired.

Creative work -animating buildings in fog.  Looks pretty good.

In the interim - bought cat litter.  Went on a short walk.  Heat and humidity not lessened by the rain.

Overall - ill and depressed.  Nice to get "stay healthy" notes from YouTube.  Wish I could, but thanks.

See you tomorrow.

September 17, 2026 (Thursday)

Drinking (Yes/No) Yes (167/93)

Paid work - Retired.

Creative work - animating buildings

In the interim - too hot to do anything.  Went to get the mail and it was too hot to do more.

Overall - ah, Death, you're getting closer.

See you tomorrow.

September 16, 2026 (Wednesday)

Drinking (Yes/No) Yes (166/93)

Paid work - Retired.

Creative work - work on buildings

In the interim - did nothing, only left the house for the Yes.

Overall - damn it all.

See you tomorrow.

September 15, 2026 (Tuesday)

Drinking (Yes/No) Yes (165/93)

Paid work - Retired.

Creative work - some good detail work

In the interim - prepping the new PC

Overall - at least tomorrow should be payday.

See you tomorrow.

September 14, 2026 (Monday)

Drinking (Yes/No) Yes (164/93)

Paid work - Retired.

Creative work - some good city work

In the interim - a blah day.  A damn day.

Overall - could of been worse.

See you tomorrow.

September 13, 2026 (Sunday)

Drinking (Yes/No) Yes (163/93)

Paid work - Retired.

Creative work - building work.

In the interim - very tired and depressed.  Woke up to purple left little toe, was sure it was gangrene.  Now I think I must have smashed it while Yes-ing.

Overall - terrific phone call.  Best thing keeping me alive.

See you tomorrow.

September 12, 2026 (Saturday)

Drinking (Yes/No) Yes (162/93)

Paid work - Retired.

Creative work - buildings for a brief bit.

In the interim - very depressing day.  Loaded up the pill boxes.

Overall - very down day.  Can't seem to shake the booze or the depression.

See you tomorrow.

September 11, 2026 (Friday)

Drinking (Yes/No) Yes (161/93)

Paid work - Retired.

Creative work - animation work, correcting the orbit.

In the interim - 25 years ago, and it's now a joke.  Invasion ongoing.

Overall - damn the life that makes me want to die.

See you tomorrow.

September 10, 2026 (Thursday)

Drinking (Yes/No) Yes (160/93)

Paid work - Retired.

Creative work - some animation work.  Is it worth the drinking?  Can I separate working from drinking?

In the interim - drove the car around the block; still works.  Not much else different.

Overall - another Thursday in the docket.  Feel like I'm heading toward death.

See you tomorrow.

September 9, 2026 (Wednesday)

Drinking (Yes/No) Yes (159/93)

Paid work - Retired.

Creative work - some interesting animation work.

In the interim - no idea why the Yes is so persistent.  

Overall - maybe I'm dying.  Weird how OK that sounds.

See you tomorrow.

September 8, 2026 (Tuesday)

Drinking (Yes/No) Yes (158/93)

Paid work - Retired.

Creative work - keyboard work.

In the interim - tired all day but can't rest.  Thought about a No but didn't.

Overall - everything gets worse.

See you tomorrow.

September 7, 2026 (Monday)

Drinking (Yes/No) Yes (157/93)

Paid work - Retired.

Creative work - some very good work done.

In the interim - not eating right.  I hope this changes.  Perhaps it shifted a bit--then didn't.

Overall - very very depressed.  And now worse.  Hope expires.

See you tomorrow.

September 6, 2026 (Sunday)

Drinking (Yes/No) Yes (156/93)

Paid work - Retired.

Creative work - some nice work.

In the interim - went for a medium walk, but it looked like storms were coming so turned around.  At least got the Sunday chores done.

Overall - very very depressed.

See you tomorrow.

September 5, 2026 (Saturday)

Drinking (Yes/No) Yes (155/93)

Paid work - Retired.

Creative work - .a bit of animation, some ideas.  A bit more animation and some graphics.  I'd give it all up for sobriety.

In the interim - pretty sure the nice girl I met a few weeks ago was a heat-induced hallucination.  Still, it's nice when my brain is good to me.  Went for a brief walk, very hot and humid.  As before, ate very little.

Overall - very very depressed.

See you tomorrow.

September 4, 2026 (Friday)

Drinking (Yes/No) Yes (154/93)

Paid work - Retired.

Creative work - .bits here and there.

In the interim - oh God the maelstrom.

Overall - why the drinking persists.  Why it wins.

See you tomorrow.

September 3, 2026 (Thursday)

Drinking (Yes/No) Yes (153/93)

Paid work - Retired.

Creative work - .some good face work.

In the interim - another Yes.

Overall - another Yes.

See you tomorrow.

September 2, 2026 (Wednesday)

Drinking (Yes/No) Yes (152/93)

Paid work - Retired.

Creative work - work on the part 3 project.  Some stuff done.

In the interim - slept a lot, though not as much--had an annoying tendency to stay awake.

Overall - not sure where anything is anymore.

See you tomorrow.

September 1, 2026 (Tuesday)

Drinking (Yes/No) Yes (151/93)

Paid work - Retired.

Creative work - work on the caretaker face, and trimming the timeline

In the interim - slept most of the day, had a brief walk

Overall - could always be worse I guess.  Not sure how.

See you tomorrow.