Thursday, February 06, 2020


What. A. Day. I was up most of the night, likely getting in a couple hours of fragmented sleep, attending to Scottie who was sleeping in his bed on the floor. He was a mess and it was hard to have no way to help him. He slept a great deal but he'd get up, stagger and weave trying to navigate walking while still drugged up. He actually went out to pee twice in the night thanks to my following and opening paths. Watching him almost face-plant on one instance was scary. All this and I still managed to get the kids to school, with some tensions from Tommy who ended up skilling zero period. I tried not to be worn down by it. I took Lauren to Panera and we had a bagel and talked. That was helpful. Returning I was just in time for an early call from Ukraine. Feedback from both sides was positive so I feel like we're hit a good pace with their team. Subsequent meetings ended and since Jen stayed to help, which was a huge game changer, we walked him a bit. He as slow but responded well to the routine, smells, and such. It wasn't easy to get him to eat but I managed to do so with some fatty soft bacon. We'd already decided to start doing all home-made food so I used lunch to stock up on some bacon, sausage and salami. Used lunch hours to catch a 60min sleep which helped immensely. After a PM walk and poop he ate. He's about 50% 'back', it seems, and he'll be sleeping on the floor again tonight simply because I can't risk him trying to jump down just yet. He does not seem 100% and with all that work being down on his mouth a face-plant would suck. I used some time in the PM to finally catch up on some decluttering, and filing of paperwork, putting the 2nd Time Capsule on an Alexa outlet for easily scheduled restarts, and numerous other action items that otherwise get sucked up by TV and tech. We did watch a documentary about dog food that was inspiring and enlightening and well timed. I've not bee reading nightly because I've been getting sidetracked or a late start, so I'm going to hopefully get a chapter in after finishing this.


Gratitude: The progress of Scottie's recovery.


Goal: Weigh in tomorrow as I've not done so for a few days.


Anticipation: Watching Ikiru, hopefully tomorrow.


Watched "DOG FOOleD", Read "Just Kids", Listened to Cinefiles podcast on Kurosawa.


Accomplishments: Meditation Mindfulness Cleanup