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Pain Hurts

A 233-post collection

Tuesday, Bills, Patreon and PLNs

Paid the bills. Yay. Have to add supplemental material for my Patrons, which I have yet to write. Boo.

[Instant distraction moment: I discovered that Bill Amend, artist behind the Foxtrot comics, is on Bluesky and sharing silly doodles. Anti-fascist doodles]

I'm procrastinating on recording more chapters for Adorable, so they'll likely appear on my Patreon next week.

I do have some stuff for the Archive to share, but I want to get the thing for the Promptcast to pop up in there too.

...and I've just been drafted to help out with the Promptcast's weekly newsletter. Yay...

More writing is overdue, so I'd best get a shake-along.

Monday, Shopping Day

...as well as everything else.

We need eggs and a whole FUCKBUNCH of other stuff, but I had a little set aside that should cover it. Theoretically, all will be well and I know the cheapest source of whatever so I'm technically okay.

Beloved and Adorable are still looking for gainful employ and I need to see what I can do for Miss Chaos about restoring her MyGov account so she can get Disability. Last I checked on Mayhem, he was Pending

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Saturday, Chilling Out PLNs

I know what the prompt is for the Archive and, after I get the tale of the day done, I'll have a go at writing that lot. Depending on how long I can withstand the knowledge of the blank document awaiting some fiction.

I now know how to acquire more heel inserts for my spurs! Yay. The knowledge shall be passed along to my Physio because others may be suffering for the want of them. But I have my replacements and a

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Friday, Duties and Dallying

MeMum now has a new phone because her old one was getting decrepit. The battery was going bad. I've done what I can to make it adjusted to her needs, but there's an issue with the alarm. I might need to go back, fiddle around, and teach her how to turn her alarm off.

Hopefully, getting her to read the screens will solve it.

I have reviews to write for the Archive, a story to write for the Temple of Notes, and

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Thursday, Free-roaming Nerd

I have bread in progress and MeMum needs tech support. Fun times ahead.

Here's the PLN:

  • Get myself presentable for public appearance [done]
  • Feed the cats
  • Prep the bread process for the kids to take over
  • Wake kids and notify them of same
  • Make sure I have everything I need
  • Ice my ankle
  • Leave for MeMum's

I shall make certain that all is in place including a full tank.

As is always the case when I'm on an extended Leyland's Tour, there

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Wednesday, Shrink, Bread, and Other Things

I have bread in progress, a shrink appointment, my ankle to tend and some offerings to push forth. Including the weekly installment of My Baby Now.

(Quasi Update) I forgor to write this while I was getting on with all that stuff in the first paragraph. Whoopsydoodle.

Nevertheless, the weekly story installment is out. The flash fiction is about to get out. I'm one more fold away from putting the dough to rest in the fridge, and I'm still slightly nuts.

Yay?

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Monday, Backups, Physio, and Shopping

My physio appointment has moved up to today so I'm using the opportunity to get a few things whilst I can. Including eggs, because the fam is firkin ravenous for them.

I has moneys, so shopping is less of a concern. So is paying for my physio.

I can commence the regular bill cycle very soon, but not the irregular bills because my savings are a teeny bit shot to shit.

The big things have to wait a little while. Next payday,

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Sunday, Stream Shenanigans

The Archive is doing its thing. Soon, the Promptcast will be doing theirs and I shall be working as moderator on their chat.

And probably also working on the prompt from the Archive as well. Maybe even working on today's story. Going hog wild over here [/sarcasm]

I shall have money enough to start paying the bills again tomorrow. I'm going to leave it one more week before I call the Mower in to tame the yard. Insulation against disaster and all.

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Saturday, Pitched Again

B'nar's been cast aside by one, so I've flinged it at another. Yay.

I got my humidifier, and Learned Something last night. Turns out I get cloggy in the bronchi during high humidity. And I somehow need more hydration in my atmosphere to ameliorate that shit.

Don't ask me, I just live here.

Anyway, my humidifier is smart enough to not add to the vapours in the air after it gets to 99% and that didn't effect my sleep, thank grop.

Was

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Friday, Sneezin' and Wheezin' Season Mitigation

I have been having a couple of severely Bad Air Days. Frequently on Max(the nebuliser), dizzy because air problems and so on. Easily solved by the stupidest mitigation ever - a fucking humidifier.

So now my PLNs include getting a big one for the bedroom since the little desktop one doesn't do so well at keeping my breathing easy.

My PLNs now include going outside, going place, and getting thing. Bleh.

Meanwhile, this morning, the rain has been landing on us

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Thursday, Cash Floweth at Last

We has money. They pay schedule has changed, but we has money. Huzzah.

I shall be treating everything very carefully for a while. Until it's stable.

Softly and cautiously for quite some time.

Things should be much better by the new fiscal year. But until then... head down, bum up, and gentle with the moolah.

Today, I have PLNs to record some chapters for Adorable. Or at least the audio archives. Alongside the usual offerings, of course. And make the bread.

Onwards,

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Wednesday, Weekly Thing and Medical Intervention

My prescription for the preventer has expired, and I need more preventer. So today includes a visit to the medicos and a subsequent visit to a pharmacy.

It's going to get EXPENSIVE. And it's already been expensive, this week. I needed to stock up.

Keeping track of it all might break my heart, give me headaches, and so on... but it will also help me understand where or when I have economy issues.

Figuring out a decent strategy is key. At least

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Tuesday, Patreon, Supplies, and Cash Flow

I haven't heard anything else from the chief breadwinner. Any longer and I might just encourage her to get lawyers on her side.

HOWEVER...

  • I am earning HIVE through Peakd
  • I can export those to Binance and convert that to Bitcoin
  • Which I can then stow in my e-Wallet
  • And then fling to my CoinJar
  • So I can trade it for cash
  • Which then goes to my bank account

So I can at least cover the autobills and therefore have room to

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