Doug

Any time is bedtime if you commit.

Funeral today for my great aunt who passed over the weekend. She was 96.

The weather is gorgeous and bitter cold.

Currently reading: King Sorrow by Joe Hill 📚

I have locked myself in the bathroom for 15 minutes and am ignoring all shouts of “Dad!” until someone sounds hurt.

Flu day 5: I’m feeling human again. Cleaned up most of the detritus that has accumulated while we were largely bedridden. My wife feels awful today, probably a secondary sinus infection.

Kids are doing well. Except youngest, whose taste buds are off. He’s starving but will not touch food.

Flu day 3: Spent most of day 2 asleep with a high fever. Today I had the strength to get up and take a shower, but that’s about it. Still a big improvement.

Everyone in my house has the flu.

Guess it’s time to say “fuck”.

I’m so out of my depth at work right now. It’s such an amazing feeling. I don’t remember the last time I wasn’t pretty bored with what I was doing.

It’s a Lorna Shore kind of week.

Just told my therapist we could re-schedule a week out because I don’t have any tea from this week to drop.

Decided to let 11 watch Firefly with me in the evenings. He likes it okay, but he’s really struggling to understand what Inara does for a living.

The bad: I’m out $50 today

The good: I gave it to my son for cleaning out and vacuuming all three of our cars.

So is no nut November about all nuts or do I just pick one to avoid?

Squid Game isn’t quite what I expected.

Switching out my lounging hoodie for my work hoodie to head to an office party.

Got a notification a package had been delivered when it hadn’t. It had a delivery photo attached that was just a rain soaked windshield with some blurry trees. Thought it odd.

I was sitting on the porch when the driver pulled up and a cloud of skunky smoke poured out the car door. Mystery solved.

My dog desperately wants to go for a walk outside. He gets mad at me when I try to take him and he sees it’s pouring rain.

“I hear some call Nashville NashVEGAS!”

I love conference humor.

(Virtually) Attending a cyber security conference this week from the couch on my front porch.

I’m powerful tired, boss.

A bottle of wine, a white gummy bear flavored vape, and all of you; beside me whistling in the darkness.

My smattering of gray hairs positively ✨sparkle✨ in the sunlight.

Found a tiny scratch on my laptop screen. I guess it’s time to spiral for the rest of the day.

Watched two cars pass two other cars in a no passing zone at the same time this morning. Next to my kids’ elementary school.

What the actual fuck is wrong with people?

Just found one of our missing travel mugs. It’s sitting safely at the corner of the storage building on the property next door.