July 31,2025,Thursday afternoon,1:58pm,pacific standard time,office in Costa Mesa, California,USA. Things are slowing down today. It has been an anxiety inducing week for now particular reason. I Slept in again this morning and did the treadmill walk at the gym. I just couldn’t rouse myself out of bed at 3:30am. Now work is quiet. I am watching time go slowly. I am going to head home tonight and try to get to bed early tonight. I want to get up and have some free time in tomorrow morning.

July 30,2025,Wednesday evening,6:08pm,pacific standard time, parking lot,school of rock,SanJuanCapistrano, California, USA. Yesterday at work we got Nothing Bundt Cakes to celebrate staff birthdays. I ate a slice and it made me shaky. Today we had a taste test with three different leftover flavors. Now I am really shaky. Other than that it was an alright day. Got up at 3:30am, did the Blue Lantern walk and back workout at Planet Fitness. We conducted three chaplain interviews via zoom today. Those made me nostalgic for days past. I Went to a Skilled nursing facility in Orange to meet with their staff. Then at the end of the day we had a incident that brought our collective mood down. A document was mis-dated and flagged by compliance. We got reprimanded for the issue. Lastly, on my drive home I looked in the rear view mirror and saw I had a big peanut skin stuck in my teeth. It probably had been there for hours. That wasn’t good. Now I am waiting for my daughter to finish singing lessons then I am going to take her home and call it a day.

July 29,2025,Tuesday night,7:46pm,pacific standard time, apartment in Dana Point, California, USA. I did the 5am gym routine for the second morning in a row. I just couldn’t get out of bed before 4:30am. I like the extra hour of sleep, walking on the treadmill and listening to my sports news but I also miss my outdoor walk and morning leisure time. It is always a trade off. If I get up early I have brain fog all day. When I get up later I have anxiety because I don’t do enough self-care. Tomorrow is a gym day regardless since it is a back workout. Either I get up at 3:30am to do the blue lantern walk and a quick visit to planet fitness or I do the 5am gym time for a third straight day.

July 28,2025,Monday evening,7:11pm,pacific standard time, apartment in Dana Point, California, USA. I slept in this morning and ended up doing my old treadmill/lift weights routine at Planet Fitness. I enjoy that workout but it leaves me no time in the morning. When I was done I had to rush home, shower and quickly head to the office. The day did seem to go faster at least. Probably because I wasn’t up for hours prior like I unusually am. On a personal note I spoke with a mortgage company about a loan today. Turns out if you haven’t owned a home in the past three years you are considered a first time home buyer. That could work to my advantage. I will see what I qualify for. I really want to buy something. It would be nice to own property and be able to pass it on to my daughter.

July 27,2025,Sunday afternoon,4:52pm,pacific standard time, apartment in Dana Point, California. Took my car to Big O in Aliso Viejo. Four new tires, alignment and $1,000+ later it is like new. Also, I opened a Robinhood account this morning. I now have shares of bitcoin, etherium and United Healthcare. I only put a couple hundred dollars in but I am glad I finally started investing. I am going to look at index funds and ETFs to see what I want to invest in next.

July 26,2025,Saturday night,8:54pm,pacific standard time, apartment in Dana Point, California, USA. Took my daughter to get ice cream this evening. Halfway there we heard a distressing flapping noise from the right rear tire. I pulled into a residential area and examined the situation. The tire was intact but a thin strand of tread ripped off and was slapping against the car as we drove. I got the spare out and after much effort got it on the car. However, it was completely flat and not safe to drive. I jacked the car up again and put the comprised tire back on and drove slowly to the nearest gas station, filled the spare with air then put it on the car. It was quite the learning experience. When I first started the adventure I struggled to properly put the jack under the car and turn the handle efficiently. By the third time I was a master.

July 25,2025, Friday night, 6:39pm,pacific standard time, apartment in Dana Point, California, USA. I went to bed with a headache last night. My thinking was it would go away in my sleep but that wasn’t the case at all. I woke up at 10:30pm in such pain I had to get out of bed and take ibuprofen. A half hour later I got up again and took DayQuil. Then I slept on the leather couch for a while because it was cooler. I didn’t wake up until 3:45am and didn’t have the energy to go for a walk. Which means I really didn’t feel good because I always get a walk in. I did do a chest/tricep workout because I knew I would feel antsy otherwise. Luckily work was low key. The big drama was getting the dog to the groomer and almost having to pick her up because my daughters mom wasn’t answering her phone. Fortunately she she answered and went to get the dog before I had to head that way.

July 24,2025,Thursday afternoon,3:50pm,pacific standard time,office in Costa Mesa, California,USA. My daughters mom let me know she was let go from her job today. On one hand it is a hardship. On the other hand she was under so much stress it is a relief. Having gone through the layoff process before I know the mixed emotions involved. The circumstances will change certain aspects of life but probably for the best. Change is a good thing. For my job the last two days have been tiring. Multiple meetings left me drained. Now that I have a moment to breathe feeling a little run down. The weekend will be a good opportunity to recuperate and start fresh.

July 23,2025,Wednesday evening,7:08pm,pacific standard time,parking lot,school of rock, San Juan Capistrano,California, USA. Spent the day with the new Division President. Lots of good information. We talked in the morning then had a strategy meeting and lunch with the marketing team. Afterwards I finished payroll and prep for tomorrows interdisciplinary meetings. The president and director of marketing went to dinner. I was supposed to go with them but my brain was fried so I told them I needed to take my daughter to singing lessons instead. Now I am feeling a little better.

July 22,2025,Tuesday night, 6:44,pacific standard time,apartment in Aliso Viejo, California,USA. I have become much more fastidious about retirement accounts since returning from Wyoming. however, money not tied to work isn’t as exciting. Earning money is more fun than counting it. Nonetheless, I do like being more aware of what I have accumulated. Between retirement accounts and CD’s I have a good start. The next step comes if I take a promotion at work. If that happens I am going to buy property in Dana point. I also opened an investment account to dabble in the markets. Lots of options available to me. We will see how it all goes.