I finished mowing the lawn yesterday. It took me two days. Well, really, only about two hours, spread over two days. But it’s done, and I don’t have to think about it again for a while. I count that as a win. Lion wanted to go to the casino, so last night we went. We got a free dinner, and we both came out down some money. Lion says it’s similar to the cost of going to a musical or a concert. Despite having fun with all the lights and sounds of the slot machines, I count it as a loss. I can, and do, play slot machines on my iPad, and I don’t lose any money.

The biggest loss of the night was Lion missing out on a chance for an orgasm. He never really had a chance since I wasn’t going to give him one, but he missed out on the build-up to a potential orgasm. He may think a night out is equal to or better than sexual attention. I do not. [Lion — I don’t compare them. I had fun last night, and by the time we got home, I was too tired for sex anyway.]

Another loss for Lion happened when I walked into the kitchen and hit the brew button on the coffee maker. I didn’t even look. I just expected it to work. The flashing light was confusing at first. Then I looked more closely. Nope. No coffee pot, no water, no filter. No wonder it was flashing. I’m certainly capable of putting it together. I just found it interesting that I relied on it being done for me and never bothered to look. Now Lion is due for a punishment spanking. In my 4.0 mind, I was thinking of whomping him before we go out to run a few errands. How uncomfortable will it be to have a sore butt while clothed? I’m sure it won’t feel good. But, given his outing last night and the fact that he said he’s tired, I’m not sure he’ll be running errands with me. Of course, I could always whomp him and tell him to get dressed so he can feel clothes on his freshly bruised buns. It’s an interesting idea.

Sometimes it feels like all I do is write. I know, I’m a writer now. It makes sense that I should be busy at the keyboard. Still, it’s fairly new to me. I began my new writing career about a year ago. I’ve learned a lot in that time. For one thing, I have to figure out how to sell my work. I self-published a novel. It’s gotten some good reviews. Unfortunately, I don’t know how to get the word out so that people might buy it. I’m glad I decided to publish it myself. The chances of landing an agent and a real publisher are between slim and none.

What will I do with my next book? I can’t see it selling any better on Amazon. I don’t know any published authors who could introduce me to an agent. Unsolicited submissions have no serious chance of success. Maybe this is my whiney weekend. It’s unattractive, and I’ll stop. Besides, if I am any good, someone will discover me. After all, how many literary lions are there?

I think that Mrs. Lion will need to stick with blowjobs. Our handjob experiment wasn’t very successful. It isn’t her fault. It’s mine. Maybe after 10,000 handjobs, my penis loses sensitivity. Remember that all the edging we did almost every day for seven years was with Mrs. Lion’s hand. Maybe it wasn’t really 10,000, but it was almost certainly over 5,000.

Anyway, she gives the best head I’ve ever gotten. I’m delighted that she wants to keep being so nice to me. I’m very happy. Meanwhile, I’ve been doing some research. Every night for the last year or so, I’ve been taking melatonin to help me get to sleep. This is a harmless, natural substance that the body produces. It helps control our sleep cycle. Melatonin supplements are medically approved to help with sleep and to assist in helping our day/night cycles.

I tried different doses and found that 40mg at bedtime will put me to sleep in less than an hour. I haven’t noticed any obvious side effects. This is a much larger dose than WebMD and other sites say are typical. I tried smaller amounts, 3mg, for example. It had no effect on me. I worked my way up to 40mg. It is great.

The only thing is that my sex drive is way down, and I’ve been depressed. There are obvious reasons for some depression, what with the pandemic and losing my job. It turns out that a known side effect of melatonin is also depression. It’s fairly rare. I tried just leaving the melatonin out. I had miserable nights. My latest idea is to reduce the dose. The chances are that if any of my troubles are due to it, the reduced dosage will also lower the side effects. Last night I took 30mg. I had no trouble sleeping. In a couple of days, I’ll go down to 20. Experimental lion!

I’m going to ask Mrs. Lion to return to blow jobs. I hope she will. Meantime, we can see if my sexual responsiveness improves as the dose of melatonin decreases. Wish me luck!

Apparently, I’ve forgotten how to jerk Lion off. Either that or he’s been putting up with the wrong way for a while and hasn’t said anything. He’s told me I don’t do much for him when I try to masturbate him under the covers. Duly noted. Last night wanted to use some lube on him to get him excited before sucking. He said he was still trying to process dinner and didn’t really want the lube anyway. I suppose I could have told him it was too bad and that 4.0 wanted to use lube, but I was still a little full from dinner myself, so I backed off. A few minutes later, he said we could snuggle and see what happens.

Not long after we started snuggling, Lion wiggled a little and laughed. I asked what he was laughing about, and he said he was giving me a hint. Okay. I knew what the hint meant, but I was a little confused since he said he was still processing dinner. Had he processed it in ten minutes? Oh well. I started to play with him. And then he started telling me things I was doing wrong: Straight up and down works better than to the side. (I had no idea I was doing it to the side.) It won’t work with your fingers there. Like this. And so on.

Finally, I sat up. I thought we were snuggling to see what happened. I had no idea we’d segued into the main event. And I thought the main event was oral anyway. So I got into a better position. There hasn’t been a good position for hand jobs in a while-which is why I changed to oral, but I got as close to good as possible. He was responding, so I thought I was doing well. Then the combination of leaning and reaching started getting to me. I tried to find a more comfortable way to sit. He said it takes a long time when I’m sucking him too. Then I wasn’t doing things right again. So I moved and must have gotten it right because he was responding again. And then he wasn’t. Then he was. Then he wasn’t. Then he said he thought he was losing it.

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When we had gotten ourselves situated again and started watching TV, Lion said he thought he masturbated more slowly. I was going fast. I didn’t think I was. I thought I was going the same speed he was when he showed me a few minutes prior in our tutorial. I know sometimes I go too fast, and I slow down, but then I think I’m going too slow. When I suck him, I vary my speed. Eventually, I try to settle in around the speed he goes when he’s humping. That’s what I was trying to do, for the most part, when I was jerking him off.

The bottom line, I guess, is that I’m out of practice jerking him off. I haven’t really done it in a long time. There must be a better way to sit that doesn’t involve so much reaching and leaning. I’ll have to figure it out if he wants to be jerked off more.

[Lion — Maybe I’m getting too fussy in my old age. I realized that there was a chance that technique was what made handjobs stop working. Yes, I know. How hard can it be to jerk a man off? It can be very difficult. One reason many women use lube is that they can slide their hands all over the penis. When they do that, they have a great chance of hitting the magic spot. Dry handjobs depend on having a hand in just the right spot and moving most excitingly. We need to practice more. Also, I’m starting to think that the “right” spot moves during the handjob.]

Mrs. Lion is trying very hard to restart my libido. On Thursday night, she did a very good job and got me within inches of a desperately wanted orgasm. I was convinced she was going to take me all the way. After all, it was eleven days since I ejaculated. I didn’t think I was getting very close for a while, but I underestimated my lioness. I was panting and making little lion-in-heat noises before long. I was winding up and ready to pitch.

Then she stopped. She just stopped and kissed the head of my penis. She announced that was all. That was all? Mean lioness! When I caught my breath, I sighed heavily and moved back to my side of the bed. Poor me! Grrrr. As she is fond of pointing out, there’s always tomorrow. Apparently, no, there isn’t. In her post yesterday, she announced that 4.0 has no intention of letting me off that easy. I have a while to wait before semen is appearing. Fortunately for me, delayed ejaculation isn’t fatal. If it were, there would be a lot of dead male chastity guys.

Now that the pump is primed, maybe a hand job will start to work again. It’s been a while since I’ve responded to Mrs. Lion’s manual stimulation. Maybe a different, er, approach would work. It might have more to do with her position than anything else. Also, I am very sure that I need to be outside of the covers. Dunno. She has options. When it comes to edging, masturbation is easier than oral, I think.

I agree with Mrs. Lion that it would be pointless for me to give her orgasms if all they do is annoy her. She has to enjoy them for me to have fun delivering. She wrote about our earlier face-sitting sessions. She said that she didn’t like that I wanted her not to stimulate me while eating her. There’s a good reason why. It’s hard for me to maintain my focus with such a massively distracting activity going on. When it comes to sex, I am a monotasker.

Maybe some handjob/masturbation experiments are in order. There are a lot of variations possible with and without lube. There’s also the oft-neglected anal play. I’m not prescribing activities; just suggesting that there are options, lots of options.