Day: December 31, 2025

Happy New Year’s Eve, everyone.

I’m celebrating with half of my family. The other half declined, and while that stings something awful, I have to remember that I am not alone and without them, the ex would be. So, they made the right choice. Life is full of choices. We’re each living one long storyform where we branch at every moment. Some of those branches lead us to happiness. Others lead to despair or even worse. Some merely continue us down the path of normalcy, or as I call it, mediocrity. I am not happy with everything in my life and I am having a terrible time with allergies right now, but in the long and short of things, I’m doing quite good. I’ve had an amazing year. Next year promises to be even better in terms of production and successes. I will likely gain an MFA and with it the possibility to relocate and secure a new job in a new place with a fresh start as my youngest graduates from High School and moves on to college. That is the end of an era.

That is the beginning of a new act.

I am excited to see what the future brings for them, as well as for me. I want it to go well. I want us all to have the level of happiness I wish for at all times. I’m looking forward to seeing what this new future brings.

I received my 2026 calendar in the mail. It is roughly half the size of the 25, which always appears to be the case when ordering from Amazon. They do send you the smallest items unless you ask for the one that is right-sized. Nevertheless, a smaller calendar means more whiteboard space. I don’t have a massive layered whiteboard where I can slide aside layers to show story stuff or anything even close, but I do have a board and it does have stuff on it. Mostly love notes from the Lady Talis and story notes from the Torathae, but it is going to have more space for more things now. Stories, most likely–after I use it to plan out these 8 classes and a schedule that works very very well for me.

Most of the issues with scheduling comes down to not wanting to be working when my love is around. So, I try to build a system that avoids that. It only works effectively during the school year, as otherwise she is around and I no longer wish to work. Dedicated writer I am, but not more than dedicated husbando… and dedicated gamer. Sometimes more than dedicated gamer. I’ll post on that bit tomorrow or soon after.

Some Thoughts:

1. Blue bow day. Did a ton of backyard work (unfinished). Did a toilet repair (finished).
2. My birthday is during one spring break but not the other.
3. Gotta schedule February quite succinctly. Short month, but also there is a holiday and a conference. Online week is happening. I think what I’ll do is stage the 3 sections of the comic book for February, March, April at the end of each month.