Taking a second, reviewing notes from the first training this morning.  On sales, from a sales guy in real estate, New York-based during much of his stories but now in Jersey.  Talking ab… | Continue reading


@bottledaux.com | 2 years ago

Working from home today.  Just finished two trainings and on break till 11:30.  

Have two calls to make, my first sales calls responding to inbound leads.  Clearing desk, simplifying and trying to go as paperless as I can.  Remove clutter, simplify and singularize and consolida… | Continue reading


@bottledaux.com | 2 years ago

8:47

Didn’t think I’d make it down here to the poz loft office, and definitely didn’t think I’d make ti over 1000.  And a haiku.  9 of the 1000 set for project. I’ll go upstairs in a minute but not with… | Continue reading


@bottledaux.com | 2 years ago

9/1000

(No title) ….. Calm, because the street Has so many songs, renew All it, a love nudge  | Continue reading


@bottledaux.com | 2 years ago

Needed.  As are the cheater glasses.  Need to wear them.  Don’t want to, having an urge to resist but I can’t, I’m tired and put them on.  And you know what, I’m not fighting an… | Continue reading


@bottledaux.com | 2 years ago

Interesting day, for sure.  I don’t know if interesting is the word.  Who cares wha the words is, kept me engaged.  More of this new story which is turning into an adventure, obvious… | Continue reading


@bottledaux.com | 2 years ago

Influential

Table | Continue reading


@bottledaux.com | 2 years ago

Scars Learn

My eyes, decide fire Message, check it, don’t want to Angry happy court | Continue reading


@bottledaux.com | 2 years ago

9:17… some chill house, and the exhaustion is catching me.

Thinking bed sooner than forecast.  Looking through old Sonic pics, President’s Club trip and other… time just passing and I know there’s nothing I can do to stop or augment.  Just be present. Mess… | Continue reading


@bottledaux.com | 2 years ago

10/24/22

Haven’t had a long day like this in years.  LOVE it.  7:55, bed by 10:30, latest.  Driving from SF stressing about time and how this schedule rearranges and condenses EVERYTHING.  Not as much.  So … | Continue reading


@bottledaux.com | 2 years ago

Bakery Call

Morning, quantity Receipt, count Everything needed Desperate Rushes and visit, take quick pic | Continue reading


@bottledaux.com | 2 years ago

Headed to Napa.  Tomorrow, early early wake.  Soon as I’m back on this side of the mountain, dinner, prep, then sleep.  No movies, no lounging and music listening.  The new syst… | Continue reading


@bottledaux.com | 2 years ago

4:31 – Out of shower, short nap, at desk with a glass of SB, thinking about the week ahead.  

….. Time and my  place in its skips.  Coltrane on, thinking about walking to the Green, getting out of the house.  Still having that feeling of restlessness and slight incarcer… | Continue reading


@bottledaux.com | 2 years ago

Clothes, new shoes at Target as I didn’t want to fork over the price for the expensive shit at Macy’s.  Lunch at Lupe’s, switched out more laundry now time to rest.  Possibly a power nap then back … | Continue reading


@bottledaux.com | 2 years ago

After this entry promising to attack the kitchen, clean, get it out of my head.

Looks like the wind has stopped, weird.  Sipping this latte quicker than quick… Thinking about taking self to lunch in Petaluma, some new spot on the river.  Can’t remember its name. … | Continue reading


@bottledaux.com | 2 years ago

First walk to Café Noto in over a week.  First latte.  Wind, lots of it.  Started laundry, putting away clothes later, my laundry and Chardonnay party.  But now, nothing much to write or report.  P… | Continue reading


@bottledaux.com | 2 years ago

Sensei Language With

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@bottledaux.com | 2 years ago

12:36 Another meeting at 1.  Then a break.  Break from coffee.  Listening to a virtual meeting, one recorded months ago.  Going to do well here, I know.  I’ve decided so, b… | Continue reading


@bottledaux.com | 2 years ago

One meeting down and another in 15.  Metaphor of drinking from the firehose.  Somewhat applicable, hate the way that sounds and the thought of all this water coming at me.  Don’t fee… | Continue reading


@bottledaux.com | 2 years ago

8/1000

(No title) ….. Just bobbing my head Humans interest me no Today and never | Continue reading


@bottledaux.com | 2 years ago

Journal writings, one line reading how I’m teaching myself to write all over again.  

To not care, just put everything to page.  Dinner done, light dinner, rest of gyro and an Oliver’s mini-Caesar wit no chicken.  Now some Mourvedre and Thievery Corporation the more music after in o… | Continue reading


@bottledaux.com | 2 years ago

Test in progress.  Hoping for negative.  Training all day, didn’t sleep well.  Miss the kids and kept thinking about them, Jack and how he’s doing with his most recent covid stint.  Break over in 1… | Continue reading


@bottledaux.com | 2 years ago

1:17 not hungry for lunch, took a shower instead.  Have a call any minute, till then collecting and looking through notes.  All this technology, new technology anyhow I’ll speak it. … | Continue reading


@bottledaux.com | 2 years ago

journal

More nasal-y and couch prone this morning than yesterday from what I remember.  Plenty of sleep, ready for day and training on some CRM or lead gathering program.  Day 4 today, hoping and… | Continue reading


@bottledaux.com | 2 years ago

&me

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@bottledaux.com | 2 years ago

Felt self falling into some pessimism, a mood, some ire.  Stopped it, focused on gratitude, finding it walking from the loft down here to my office.  This desk, some water in cup then moving little… | Continue reading


@bottledaux.com | 2 years ago

Good sleep last night, no fever to speak of.  

Testing today and hoping for a negative, but I don’t think that’ll happen.  Doing it anyway, for some edification, or something. Somewhat of a holding pattern at work.  Not much I can do remot… | Continue reading


@bottledaux.com | 2 years ago

5/1000

I could restrain ….. But where’s the gain, how Would that benefit my kids How they see daddy | Continue reading


@bottledaux.com | 2 years ago

Training over… now for lunch. 

Company Door Dash gift, ordered from Skillets here in Windsor, a place my kids and I used to frequent quite a bit back in the day.  Figured out a couple tech issues on my own, which somewhat shocke… | Continue reading


@bottledaux.com | 2 years ago

Monday October 17th, 2022 

8:04am, settling in, preparing notes and questions.  Temp this morning is 98.5, so definitely on the mend.  Not much to prep for just putting self in character.  About to email partner Jason, let h… | Continue reading


@bottledaux.com | 2 years ago

Katie drops off medicines and thermometer, juice and other things and my heart is full.  Emotional, and quicker than usual.  Put laundry in dry and that’s where I stop.  Not doing an… | Continue reading


@bottledaux.com | 2 years ago

Covid Mike Madigan Day 1

Definitely feeling better than last night but nothing what normal would constitute.  Lots of sleep, shower this morning, put on laundry and notice I have somewhat of an obsessive compulsive dote to… | Continue reading


@bottledaux.com | 2 years ago

5:52

And… Couple hours later, and I’m Covid positive. It finally got me. Symptoms right now sniffles runny nose a little cough and scratchy throat but I feel just out of it, like I’m floating, like ther… | Continue reading


@bottledaux.com | 2 years ago

10/15/22

Busy day of course.  Bed well before 10 and up before 6:40 alarm.. First event of note, Henry when I wasn’t lookin either fucking kneed or head butted Emma in the nose, with his little melon head. … | Continue reading


@bottledaux.com | 2 years ago

Starting the morning,

cold and slow. | Continue reading


@bottledaux.com | 2 years ago

5:51 – All three here.  Still don’t feel 100, but will make it.  

Getting some stuff done in office before loft duty.  Dinner taken care of, tonight should be smooth.  Tomorrow, TBD.  Sound, planned activities after chill morning we always have on our Sundays. No… | Continue reading


@bottledaux.com | 2 years ago

2/1000

None title If it all left me Imagine air’s suggestion See paths better, kiss | Continue reading


@bottledaux.com | 2 years ago

10/14/22 9:51 making way through receipt piles then pile of papers and files to file.  Want to be as paperless as possible, for this office to truly give off the vibe of minimalism – sim… | Continue reading


@bottledaux.com | 2 years ago

Haiku Challenge to SELF

1/1000 Skip It Midas, no gold hand Everything bottled, switches Friday myth hit wish 10/13/22 | Continue reading


@bottledaux.com | 2 years ago

Marked Point

What if I lost place Any difference, no telling So back forth, stray | Continue reading


@bottledaux.com | 2 years ago

3:03, leaving in about 40 minutes.  Took a covid test after learning my friend’s daughter just tested positive and I was around them the other night.  Negative, thankfully.  I’ll be honest I though… | Continue reading


@bottledaux.com | 2 years ago

Breathing, no stress.  Anxiety again denied existence powers or any voice, gravity.  

Got store run out of the way for kids, big kids tonight, preparing for this new story…. My thoughts and attitude going in. Thinking about EVERYTHING…. Work and the kids, this page, today and how ti… | Continue reading


@bottledaux.com | 2 years ago

Time

A reminder. | Continue reading


@bottledaux.com | 2 years ago

Letter to

….. The old self minutes Ago, gone and away cold Sit, purpose, love more | Continue reading


@bottledaux.com | 2 years ago

10/12/22

Two pieces edited down.  Three to go.  For the winery profiles.  Not taking an assignment like this again for a while.  Forgot how stressful the deadlines are, and appeasing editors. Hour and six m… | Continue reading


@bottledaux.com | 2 years ago

something…

No longer in Beelzebub’s cocina – MY words are revolver rounds –  The ones with their decelerations become ballerinas … I should be  Quiet – okay, but their cuckoo’s nest not… | Continue reading


@bottledaux.com | 2 years ago

(No title)

Ignoring that What afflicts, the barbs expected No mirror now, just voided Smiling at this wall and that one The door opening it | Continue reading


@bottledaux.com | 2 years ago

Picking up final check today.  One thing I thought of adding to the list was Divorce, and writing about it.  But honestly, and I know it could help someone, male or female, I j just don’t… | Continue reading


@bottledaux.com | 2 years ago