December 8,2025,Monday night,7:09pm,pacific standard time,apartment in Dana Point, California, USA. Today was the last day our business office manager worked. And the first day for the new business office manager. While I am nervous about the change a part of me has come alive facing the challenge. I feel re-engaged with a big change taking place. I am ready to accept the new reality and keep succeeding with the situation I have been given.

December 7,2025,Sunday night, 6:52pm,pacific standard time,apartment in Dana Point, California, USA. Went for the blue lantern walk this morning then worked out at planet fitness in Laguna Niguel. After that it was laundry and taking my daughter for drives to get food. Work was a little busy but it was manageable. I am ready to call it a day and look forward to the week.

December 6,2025,Saturday night,7:26pm,pacific standard time,apartment in Dana point, California, USA. My daughter and I went to see Five Nights at Freddy’s 2 this afternoon in Irvine. We had a good time. The movie was better than the first one. On the way home my daughter shared background about the game the movie is based on. I have played it enough with her to know the references. I like going to movies with her. I am going to buy a monthly pass so we can go more often.

December 5,2025,Friday night,8:28pm,pacific standard time,apartment in Dana Point, California, USA. Went to dinner tonight at a restaurant called “Eurecka!” My aunts and uncles from Utah/Wyoming were in the area visiting and invited us out. We chose a restaurant close to Aliso Viejo for time saving purposes because I was coming from Costa Mesa. The dinner was good. Always nice to catch up and see family.

December 4,2025,Thursday night6:59pm,pacific standard time,apartment in Dana Point, California,USA. This morning I I crawled back in bed after completing the PCh/Blue Lantern walk and doing a back workout at home. After an hour of resting I still had another hour to kill. I decided to stay in bed. That extra hour left me well rested and somewhat bored. Getting up early can be challenging but not being rushed on weekday mornings has been very valuable stress reduction wise.

December 3,2025,Wednesday night,6pm,pacific standard time,parking lot,school of rock, San Juan Capistrano,California,USA. I have been dragging all day. Last night left me feeling sick from exhaustion. I had to take DayQuil and ibuprofen to get through the morning. Now I just feel tired. My daughter wants to get in &out hamburgers after her lesson. I might need to take a quick snooze to finish the night strong.

December 1,2025,Monday night, 6:28pm,pacific standard time,apartment in Dana Point, California, USA. I picked my daughter and the dog up at 6:30am this morning and brought them back to Dana Point. Hopefully it is the last day contractors are in their apartment unit fixing the water damage from a leak above them. My daughter spent the day here while I went to work in costs Mesa. Her mom picked her up before I got home but I have to say, it was nice to see the accoutrements of a teenager hanging out (fast food wrappers, blankets and pillows strewn about,etc) when I came home rather than the staid existence I usually keep. Sunrise and sunset were beautiful today.

November 30,2025,Sunday night,6:12pm,pacific standard time,apartment in Dana Point, California, USA. This morning I went for the blue lantern walk followed by the pacific island walk. I had pent up energy from being in the car all day yesterday so I used it to clean and rearrange my living room. I also did a couple loads of laundry and took the dog for a walk. The night ended on a bummer though. Looks like my daughter left her purse somewhere in Arizona. I noticed the hotel tried to call me yesterday but didn’t leave a message. I called them back today. The front desk said they didn’t see her purse in the lost and found but to check back in the morning with house keeping. Hopefully we can locate it and get it back.

November 29,2025, Saturday night, 7:29pm,pacific standard time,apartment in Dana Point, California, USA. Woke up at 5am this morning and did the stonefield/Vive walk. After that I worked out at the planet fitness off Arizona Avenue in Chandler. Then I visited the old office in south Phoenix and stopped by Safeway in Ahwatukee to get turkey jerky and fruit. We got out of Phoenix at 10am pacific. Unfortunately we hit epic traffic in Riverside county. A usually 6 hour trip took over eight hours. None the less, it was a fun trip. I am glad we did it.

November 28,2025,Friday night,11:15pm,mountain standard time,Hilton Hotel, Chandler,Arizona, USA,room 204. My daughter and I drove all day and got to Chandler at 5:15pm. We went straight to the mall. After walking around a bit we grabbed coffee at Wildflower and dinner at Cheesecake Factory. At 8:30pm we headed to the theater to watch Zootopia again. Now we are at the hotel. We got separate rooms this trip. I think it is more relaxing for both of us not having to share a space. She likes to stay up and sleep late in the morning. I want to get up early and drive around. Now we can both do what we like on our own time. I think that makes the trip much more enjoyable.