September 2025
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September 15
I am reading Beloved, which I’ve never read before, and it’s beautiful. So painful but so beautifully told. We all still have so much to learn.
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September 14
Robin asked to go to the playground, so… why not? It was a gorgeous day. We ate dinner on the patio, then went out for ice cream and to the Game Haus, where we tried out a few new games. We had a lot of fun, but now I have a headache. It has been…
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September 13
I didn’t intend to buy a car today, but I did anyway. It’s a nice car. It has air conditioning. But I am exhausted. Robin and I were there literally all day, and buying a car is stressful. Tomorrow I have a four-mile run planned. I am going to need to do something outside after…
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September 12
I talked on the phone for nearly seven straight hours today. How did I have that many meetings on a Friday? But Pinot got a haircut and now we can see his eyes again.
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September 11
Repairs on my car are $3,500. Also I have a road trip planned in a week. For some reason, my brain is not processing this, and I don’t know what to do next. So we went to Chili’s.
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September 10
I made the mistake of looking at the training materials we are using at work. Cannot unsee! My colleague suggested I trash it and ask ChatGPT to rewrite it for me. Man, I don’t know what it is, but I hate the idea of being shown up by AI. But… we’ll see what it can…
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September 9
My days are getting away from me. Time seems to blend and I’m losing track of where I am and what I’m doing from one minute to the next. Every day feels the same. Also the air conditioning in my car is broken. So there’s that.
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September 8
Today involved a lot of work stupidity and a few moments of insightfulness. It rained, which felt nice. Other than that, nothing much of note.
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September 7
I took the girls to the mall with their friends. Robin got to go alone and had an absolute great time. She didn’t want to leave, which makes me so happy. Christina also had a great time, but had to stick with me. I guess there are worse things. I was good and didn’t buy…
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September 6
I had all intentions of sneaking away to do some writing today, but not surprisingly, the day got away from me. I did, however, build Legos with Robin. We’ve completed the 3-in-1 that Christina gave me for my birthday, so we went to the store and bought some more. Robin’s already finished it. Too bad…
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September 5
The last few days have been brutal. Work is stressful and then I am exhausted all evening. Today’s big accomplishment was putting together what I hope is a compelling proposal to do some meaningful hiring on my team. Time will tell. Robin and I spent 20 minutes cleaning up all the poop in the dining…
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September 4
Not surprisingly, I am exhausted today after staying up so late last night. I seriously considered not taking the kids to school so I could sleep in, but I sucked it up and got them there anyway. It was a tough day made tougher by back to back meetings literally ALL DAY LONG with zero…
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September 3
I stayed up past midnight to finish reading this book. I really liked it, a lot better than the other one I finished. I love the main character so much. Now I need something else to read.
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September 2
Back to work today, and not a minute to myself. When you eat a bowl of cereal at 4:30 and that’s actually still your breakfast, you’re doing something wrong. Finally at dance and the sun is setting and there’s a little breeze and it’s not too hot and I have a book to read and…
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September 1
I’m a little sad after our trip. I wish I felt closer to Rob and his family. I felt comfortable with them all weekend, more than I expected, but since coming home, all I can think of is them talking about me and how fucked up my kids and I are. I can’t help comparing…
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