Dear Diary

A 3170-post collection

Friday, Back on the Routine (ish)

The new regime of foot care involves squishing my arches and heels around on a gel pack. I already have one, but it's still in the process of getting squishy[It was rock-hard in the freezer drawer]. So I kind of rested my feet on that thing and repositioned as appropriate. I also have sports tape on my left foot, but not my right.

The lingering results of sonic heels and laser therapy are an intermittent 'ping' of pain in the spur regions of my feet. It fades in and fades out with little in the way of warning, but is otherwise mostly tolerable.

Mostly.

I do have to use a hair dryer on my foot if I get the bandages wet or they are going to ITCH. So I have to add that to my routine when I prep for parkrun this week.

Next week, I hope this shows an improvement.

But also next week I got another whirlwind-related schedule. Including a trip to MeMum's to unriddle her tech at last. I swear, I am going to firkin chain her new tech book to her dingdang desk. She's lost like five of them by putting them "down somewhere".

That's this coming Tuesday sorted.

Today I resume the normal PLN of ferrying Mayhem to work, waiting until 11 to see if he gets time free, and then rattling on homewards to finish the offerings, clean out the catio, and otherwise meddle with whatnot until it's time to fetch him again.

I might get my first button to make a clicky noise.

Lad might be motivated to get extra time because his current compy has done a 'splode. He needs it repaired and wants it upgraded, and the lad is learning all about budget. Fun.

Meanwhile, I do what I can for my aches and pains. And my regular outputs. Of course.

Thursday, First Treatment, Shopping, and Time Lack of Management

I got my feet sonic'd and one foot lasered. It didn't hurt until after I was done shopping at Costco.

The sonic sounds like my nebuliser and feels like a particularly vigorous massage machine. I almost fell asleep. Almost. I almost drooled. Almost.

The laser, made to "warm up" the muscles and tendons responsible, was surprisingly cold. I didn't feel any burning sensations until I was well into my shopping.

And in a small handful of minutes, I'll be offski to fetch

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Wednesday, Rant Day and Psych Day

I just have myself a really firkin crowded week. I'm glad I took the days off to start with. Powers know I don't have the time to relax until next gorram week.

If I'm lucky.

What I have been able to achieve is a source of free sounds to use in Pseuducku. Just for button clicks. I'll be recording duck noises for the game at a later date.

Much later. When I've figured out all the nonsense behind making the buttons do

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Tuesday, Car Service

It's going to cost me a new pair of sandshoes. For reference, decent sandshoes that will actually help failfeet like mine cost upwards of half a grand.

This is on the low end of that "upwards" but it's still a sock in the gut.

I began today with a massive cyclone headache at 2AM and it's not looking that great for the rest of the day. Painkillers taken, but not yet kicking in. I have to wait until I have my bread

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Monday, Public Holiday and Patreon

I posted what I have to offer. Which isn't a lot. Procrastination is my copilot and some degree of exhaustion is at the helm.

Soon, I'll be making my offerings unto the internet. Also, I shall be making bread with the help of the spawn. Because I already borked my wrists by walking with a cane.

I'm cancelling my story streams because schedule issues.

And spending as much time as possible on things I enjoy after that.

The sooner Mayhem has his

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Sunday, So Tired

My foot firkin HATES me, so I'm highly motivated to stay off it. And I've also realised how much I've left by the wayside this week gone. My brain has been fixated with attempts to remain organised and as a result, I've let a lot of other things go by the wayside.

I gotta bake - my loaves have gone mouldy. I gotta feed my Starter. I gotta go shopping... I gotta make my daily offerings.

And I would much rather take

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Saturday, Parkrun and Bifdy Bash

For those unaware, 'bifdy' is a uniquely Aussie corruption of the word 'birthday'. I'm moderately certain that most people know that 'bash' is slang for 'party' but... if you didn't? Today You Learned.

I like spreading knowledge.

Aaaanyway...

Chaos and I are doing parkrun with Beloved and Adorable in the morning, possibly brunching together. Then I go home, roust the kiddos into jooshing up for the evening, as well as grooming myself to be fancy for the night.

Outback Steakhouse birthday feast

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Friday, Happy Birthday to Me!

As a gentle reminder, you can now obtain your free copy of The World Will Not Miss... from every ebook retailer that doesn't upmark my ideal price of $0.00

Because I insist this story is free. For everybody. For the rest of time.

I'd understand a markup to "cost" if it was in the dead tree version, but... it isn't. It's all electrons. Those bits can be flipped for amazingly cheap.

I am indulging in carbage and planning on enjoying myself

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Thursday, PLNs of Inaction

Today, Powers Help Me, I am going to make a button. It will not be functional, but it will be added to the layout of the 4x4 grid for later programming, bells, and/or whistles.

I am also going to make a phone call. I honestly don't know which is more harrowing.

Then I'll take the rest of the day off to mess around in Satisfactory. I'll have earned it by then.

In the meantime, my daily offerings shall be flowing forth

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Wednesday, Rant Due and Foot News

I do not need to have my feet sliced open. Which is great news for me. What's happening as far as I understand it is that I will be getting therapy on the tendon responsible for the pain.

Such therapy involves deep tissue sonic vibrations. There's another therapy involving lasers that's part of the deal.

Which means that I will be making jokes about having a Sonic Heel and being put in the tank with the sharks1. It amuses me and

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Tuesday, Foot Doc and Spruiking Myself

It's the first of October and, all being well, The World Will Not Miss... should be out on a lot of e-retailers. Which means I should begin bragging about it on all my socials.

Should, as I frequently say, is not is.

Today, I'm offski to the specialist to see to my janky heels and the bone spurs within. After that, I'll get the shopping done before retreating to the sanctuary of home. With a treato or two.

I think I've absorbed

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Monday, Configuring the Jiggery-pokery

There's a certain illogic to what I'm doing on Mayhem's work days. It works very well in theory, but the practice leaves something wanting.

The problem: I would normally spend four hours just driving hither and thither to get Mayhem to work and then back again.

The wrinkle: He can apply for early time off now that they don't need him, since the rush season has petered off.

The solution: He applies for early time off [E-Time] whilst I enjoy breakfast and

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Sunday, Day of Rest

I'm taking it easy today, and I think I've earned the breather.

I'm putting minimal effort into A Devil's Tale today, and doing my mandatory dailies. And then I am slagging off until bedtime.

Given all the furforal I've been doing all week, and the furforal I'm going through next week... I deserve a little time for self-indulgent pursuits.

Next week, I resume the grand endless runaround.

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Saturday, Parkrun in the Rain

Wet weather. Such fun. Even more fun is having a foot that absolutely hates you with a passion. I had to bust out my cane just to make it the whole five kilometers.

And then it was a question of which hurt more - my foot or my wrist because of firkin course my entire dang body is falling the flakk apart.

At least I'm seeing someone about the nonsense in my feet this coming Tuesday. Thereafter I should at least have

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Friday, Rain Interference "Fun"

It's raining. Which means my internet access is shit. Which means that anything I do online will be slower than molasses.

JUST in time for me to try learning how to make buttons in GameMaker. Yay.

All the running back and forth, the missed connections and other nonsense has me very frazzled and stressed and needing intimate haptic feedback. Alas, the rest of the QPP is far, far away and out of my range for firkin weeks on end.

Sigh.

I feel

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