September 13,2025,Saturday evening,5:42pm,pacific standard time, apartment in Aliso Viejo, California,USA. Hanging out, waiting until 6:30pm then heading to Irvine to see Demon Slayer:infinity castle in 4d at 7pm. It has been a good day. Did the blue lantern walk, went to the gym, worked on my finances and compiled the first two installments of 10,000 bricks. I have a laptop again. That is helpful. Gives me a chance to do work I couldn’t finish on my phone. Like complete my application for a home loan. I am curious what I can afford. If our living situation changes it would be nice to own something for a change.

September 12,2025,Friday afternoon,2:54pm,pacific standard time, office in Costa Mesa, California,USA. It is a painfully slow today. Counting the minutes until 5pm. Waiting to hear about the VP job and hitting the seven month mark makes me antsy. That and drinking coffee in the afternoon. I probably should cut down on that habit. My daughter is texting me about seeing the new Demon Slayer movie in 4d. Maybe we will do that this weekend.

September 11,2025,Thursday night,6:41pm,pacific standard time, apartment in Aliso Viejo, California,USA. Hanging out, watching football, waiting to take my daughter to music at 7:30pm. We have a lot of referrals at work but not a lot of admissions. That is making me feel punchy. I remind myself to be present in the moment. Now is the time to relax, breathe and appreciate the moment.

September 10,2025,Wednesday night,6:16pm,pacific standard time,Starbucks parking lot, San Juan Capistrano, California,USA. Had my area Vice President interview today. I thought it went well. My previous manager is helping make the hiring decision. Honestly, I have a hard time believing they have a better, more qualified candidate. Be that as it may, if I don’t get the position I will continue in my current role and do the best I can. We will see how it all plays out.

September 9,2025,Tuesday night,8:22pm,pacific standard time. Had our monthly staff meeting at work today. Introduced ‘the wheel of recognition.” If someone gets recognized by name through an online review, survey response or thank you card they get to spin the wheel for a prize. I think it went over well. After the meeting my boss called to tell me one of my staff members emailed him with a positive endorsement for the area Vice President role. Tomorrow is my first formal interview for the position so the timing was excellent. I am eager to get the position and use my talent in different ways but I want to make sure the Orange County branch continues its success as well. That is my first order of business, securing a strong succession plan.

September 8,2025,Monday night,6:41pm,pacific standard time, apartment in Dana Point, California, USA. I am back in Dana point after spending most of the weekend in Aliso Viejo with the dog. I am a little bummed. I miss hanging out with her and taking our evening walks. We had a good routine going. My daughter went to see the new Conjuring movie in 4D at the Irvine Spectrum with her friend. Since she wouldn’t be home I drove from the office straight to Dana Point. I am the administrator on call this week so I had to work a little bit before I could relax. Now I am going to catch up on reading, doing puzzles and watch a little football.

September 7,2025,Sunday night,7:56pm,pacific standard time, apartment in Aliso Viejo, California,USA. I am making a point to focus on the present and the future. So many past concepts of desired rewards involve things that are not helpful. These past two weekends have given me a blueprint going forward. Waking up feeling healthy, walking, exercise, watching a movie, running errands. I appreciate who I am. It has been a good weekend. There was some leftover ice cream in the freezer so the dog and I enjoyed a treat.

September 6,2025,Saturday night,7:06pm,pacific standard time, apartment in Aliso Viejo, California,USA. The dog and I got up early and did the Blue Lantern walk. Afterwards we headed to Aliso Viejo for breakfast and coffee. At 8am I went to the El Toro Planet Fitness for a quick workout. At noon I went to Dana Point to pick up an overnight bag. We are going to stay in Aliso tonight. It has been a good day and a nice evening. At 6pm we went for the dog park walk. Now we are enjoying the air conditioning and watching football.

September 5,2025,Friday night,8:06pm,pacific standard time, apartment in Dana Point, California, USA. My daughter and her mom came to visit me at work today. I didn’t know how to introduce her mom so I went to the standby “wife.” The staff knows we don’t live together but it still felt slightly awkward. There aren’t many occasions where I introduce he. I guess I could have said my daughters mom or just her name but those choices seemed worse than the original. Oh well. My daughter is staying in the Los Angeles area with friends this weekend to work on a movie project. Her mom is staying out that way as well. I brought the dog with me to Dana Point. It is nice to have company but she is scratchy from fleas so it might be a long night.

September 4,2025,Thursday night,7:49,pacific standard time, apartment in Dana Point, California, USA. My daughter is in band rehearsals again. That means private lessons Wednesday night and group practice on Thursdays. Luckily her mom will pick her up tonight. 9:30pm is past my bed time. I would not get home until after 10pm if I had to take her to aliso and circle back. Now I am home and just turned on the season opening NFL game between the Cowboys and Eagles. 24-20 Eagles with 4 minutes left in the third quarter. Looks like they are in a weather delay.