Pain Hurts

A 280-post collection

Thursday, Well... Fuck

My main compy imploded because I accidentally kicked the power loose multiple times because I need a pillow for my stupid pained ankle because I twisted it getting out of the car at Costco [that ate the malt that lay in the house that Jack built]. So I now cannot edit the videos due tomorrow. And a bunch of other things, besides. A lot of the stuff I do for the interwebs is locked in that machine and I can only pray that some of those files are intact post implosion.

Some of them are more sentimental value than anything else. Like my fourth fucking attempt to build Trispire Mountain and the Earldom of Whitekeep.

And, of course, the work on Pseuducku - which has been paused because of the aforementioned ankle.

The good news - such as it is - is that I can walk around the house without needing the cane so much. Yay. I'm still icing the ankle every two hours and that seems to be working for me.

Everything for next week is now hinging on what my physio says tomorrow.

In order to fix my compy, I need to take it to Adorable. That's a bit of a drive to get there[anywhere between half an hour to an entire hour, depending on traffic]. I have to be able to drive there and drive back without doing myself a damage in the process.

I might have to spend compy fixing time being close personal friends with an ice pack.

Speaking of ice packs, I'm almost due to cool off the pain in my anatomy. Story and missing blog whenever I'm done with that.

Tuesday, Furthering PLNs

Mayhem now has a foundation in using Cursor, and a week to FAFO with it before he says yae or nae to the traineeship. Okay. Would have been nice to know that before this morning.

I have a parcel to pick up so I might as well go on a supply run while I'm out. In socks and sandals because my shoes are too heavy for my delicate ankle. I'm in my comfy dowdy clothes because I could not give less of

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Monday, A Small Hope

It's been a disorganised morning. Starting with Mayhem notifying me that he has a takeoff time to get to the nearest train station. Nice of Beloved or Adorable to give me a warning about that.

Anyway, Mayhem is offski for his traineeship orientation tour, all to see if he's amenable with the traineeship at all. If not, I have NO idea what's going on with him and his future.

Fingers crossed, my lad gets a career.

If not... well. There's a Woolies

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Friday, Physio Day

My ankle is not letting me walk very much, very far today. To add to the fun, we need to make bread. Gonna need lots of help from the spawn today.

I'm not setting up my daily doses until after I'm back from the physio. That nonsense takes a LOT more time than the time I have before I take off for the physio.

So I shall be focussing on other offerings before I get back from the jackhammering.

I need every

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Wednesday, Rant Due and Video Things

I figure that, if I edit on the days between posting day, then I have extra time windows to manage that thing. So I'm recording a thing today and wrangling stuff tomorrow so I can post on Friday.

I'm also doing a thing on my rant blog and I think I shall rave and recommend (surprising nobody) K-Pop Demon Hunters. I have a lot of love to share about it. And some words to spend on the best character in the whole

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Tuesday, Patreon and Extra Owwies

Yesterday, I could barely walk because of the ankle. My opposite knee doesn't like supporting the extra weight, so I've been wearing a knee brace there for at least four days.

After yesterday, my achey shoulders have been worse because supporting my weight with the cane has set the knots there into a worse tangle.

As I said to MeMum, I need a big burly bloke to wring the knots out of my shoulders with a bucket of Deep Heat.

I have

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Monday, Owwies

As I type, I now have bracers on three of my joints. One on the ankle, one on my opposite knee, and one on my right hand. My left wrist is threatening to act up as well.

Mayhem can't go to work because the family resposible for taking him on the last leg have the dreaded Rona. Prayers for wellbeing appreciated

Today, walking is painful. I'm getting Chaos to help gather my daily doses.

This might be painful.

The strategy - One

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Sunday, No Streams

Two hours up, ten minutes "icing" my ankle. Lather, rinse, and repeat. For as long as I can stand doing that cycle.

I've taken loads of time to do my minimal offering output. I don't know if I can move things along quicker. I can try but...

The ankle is distracting even when I'm at my debatably most comfortable.

Add to the interesting times the fact that I'm lacking good quality time with the QPP and feeling a little lonely because of

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Saturday, No Parkrun Because Ankle

I have a maximum of two hours to do things before I have to spend twenty minutes with a cold pack on and under my ankle. Plus I have bread going on. I thought one batch would be enough, and it looks like the kids are back to predating upon it.

Mayhem's off to work this Monday, so I may have to get Chaos to contribute to the bread supply.

I have NO idea how I'm going to deal around shopping time.

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Friday, New Routine and Bread

On the advice of my physiotherapist, I have a new way of working. It's a cycle of about two hours and twenty minutes. Two hours sitting up and doing things, twenty minutes with a cold pack juggled around the ankle. Ten minutes under, ten minutes over.

It's... workable.

I have enlisted Mayhem to help me bothering the bread. Just in case I have other bullshit going on.

The starter's incubating, I measured everything but the salt [my bad] and all is more

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Tuesday, Patreon Stuff and Ankle Gambits

Today's theory is that my regular walking shoes are too heavy for my fragile, sprained joint. Which is why I might be getting nerve janglies when I put that thing on a cushion or up on my knee.

So far, so good.

I still can't sit up at my computer for extended periods of time, so my PLN for relief is (drumroll) taking napnaps.

I did make some arts, yesterday, but the protocol I used to share it with myself made it

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Monday, Video and Ankle

I woke this morning [third time's the charm] with the sincere belief that my sprained ankle had finally healed. I could get back to doing my heel stretchies.

No.

I could not.

I aggravated my sprain. So I might be another week in the bracer. Powers alone know how I'm going to get the shopping done because it's always a Leyland's Tour.

I might have to do the driving and take a helpmeet to do all the running around.

Today, there shall

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Sunday, Anxiety Spike Issues

Dealing with issues does very suck. I got myself some mondo anxiety, I got the persistence of the nasty ankle, I got a firkin Bad Air Day going on...

I'm exhausted without even having started.

And I'm more inclined to call it a day early. It's been a terrible night and I'm looking down the barrel of a terrible day.

Fingers crossed things get better as time progresses.

Onwards to the offerings.

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Friday, Ankle Versus Video

I have five chapters to read for posterity, a couple of videos to edit - one for PeerTube, one for YouTube, and now that I've figured out how to keep my foot elevated... I also have Cursor to fight with.

I'll hold out for as long as I can, as my arrangement does things to my hip. Win some, lose some. I might have to sit out parkrun because ankle. Fun times.

...I'm going to catch it from my Physio because of

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Wednesday, Rant Due and Cyclone Headaches

The good news is, I don't have a bubbling blind spot this morning. The bad news is that my painkillers are taking their sweet damn time to kick into gear.

I just flicked Clockwork Souls off to PS Literary, and B'Nar is in the reserve pile. The agent I was looking at is taking a sabattical. I have to look up someone else to take Adapting and Beauties.

Finding a third set of potential representatives is my task of the week, now

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