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Pain Hurts

A 279-post collection

Friday, Technical Issues

I'm still trying to connect to the printer. My varying brute force attempts keep splattering against a brick wall where the tech just decides it doesn't like me.

I'm trying two 'attacks' - manually trying to connect via my compy's Bluetooth capability, and connecting the printer to the WiFi. Neither of them are working, but I'm trying.

Maybe my lovelies will have an answer about that. Maybe I'll have my ongoing pattern of luck with this shit.

So far, it's the latter.

I'll get it sorted. Eventually.

Meanwhile, I've started bread, I need to see to the litterbox, and I have a tale to tell today. Fun times ahead.

Getting a wriggle on very soon.

Thursday, Time of Ease?

I can hope I have some time to chillax. The Leyland's tour yesterday did horrible things to my left foot so I am taking things gently and getting around with my support staff.

A literal staff to support me. AKA a broom handle with a tennis ball added to the floor end.

I stayed up last night to finish reading Project Hail Mary and finished the review pretty darn close to midnight. It's a bloody miracle I woke up at my alarm

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Wednesday, Belated Shopping Trip

I have three locations to visit, this week. I'll be shopping with a calculator to make sure I remain under or at budget.

Not helped by the fact that we need to get a printer in order to complete Miss Chaos' red tape completed. At least I have some savings to take care of that part. Enough to cover it and a bit more.

[Not much of a bit, but a bit nonetheless]

I keep forgetting it's Wednesday and not Monday, which

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Tuesday, Patreon and Plotting

I would very much like to finish up the Promptcast thing for the Patrons today. I have five chapters to read, which can also go up on there today. The issue?

I have to get that shit done.

Procrastination is my copilot.

So my PLN is to do the recordings, finish the Promptcast thing, and get today's offerings both done and up. Probably in that order.

Huzzah.

Very soon.

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Monday, Backup Reads and Progress

The Archive will be sharing stories with each other this morning. I have five more chapters to read for Adorable.

...eight more to go on the WIP.

Eep.

I'm not leaving the house until Wednesday and PLN to get a cheap laser printer alongside all the other nonsense we're acquiring that day. We do need to print documents from time to time. And a laser printer promises (so far) to be the least continuing trouble when operating under irregular use. And it

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Sunday, Chocolate Egg Day

I did the "egg salad" gag where I collected all the fun-sized Easter eggs into a bowl for communal snacking.

Mayhem had some. I had a sampler. Miss Chaos has yet to awaken and scoff. So I'm holding back.

The Archive is streaming as I type and the Promptcast will be streaming today. So most of my time will be absorbed in stream stuff.

I may or may not be working on writing while stuff goes on.

Thanks to holidays, we won't

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Saturday, Caught Up?

I got the Promptcast story done. I got the Archive thing done for the prompt Hey, Yo, I'm a [BLANK].

Yay.

I have one more day until I have one more prompt to work with for a thing. Yay.

Given the situations happening all over everywhere, my PLNs remain minimalistic for travel, same with shopping. Keep it sane. Keep it in budget. Hope I can get all the shit together and have money.

Hahaha I am so funny sometimes.

I can hope.

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Friday, Erastide Looms

As the great Bullwinkle J. Moose once said: This time for sure!

I am going to work on the Archive prompt today.

I have a good idea, I have a decent starting line. I have an immense capacity for self distraction...

And therein lies the rub.

I have PLNs and it's up to me to see them through.

I shall endeavour after I ice my silly sore ankle again.

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Thursday, Continuing the Nonse

I owe my Patrons a couple of things, so I shall get on with posting those before I settle down and get on with today's tale.

Also in my agenda - writing the thing for the Archive. But that has extra time to percolate, so my Patrons are likely to see it after the weekend.

And that's okay.

Sometimes, things take time.

I got a solid start on the next chapter of ADT, and debatably have PLNs to stick in an extended

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Odinsday, Catching Down

It's April 1 and my PLNs to lock in and focus have been blown to smithereens by a completely forgotten appointment to figure out what the heck was going on with the sullage system. Turns out the aerator wasn't and that's going to cost me close to half a grand.

...yaaaaayyyy...

I'll figure out a way to wrangle that.

I don't have very many plns today other than locking in and getting shit done. Which also includes walking Miss Chaos through the

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Tuesday, Patreon and The Sads

Adapting got its fifth rejection this morning.

Sigh.

I'm planning to send it to the Promptcast crew for inspection to see what it needs, or where it could go for a proper audience. I used to believe that this thing was the perfect intro to the Amalgam Universe. It still could be.

I just don't know any more.

So alongside my hope leaving my body, I have stuff to do today. Including locking in and writing the thing for the Promptcast, the

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Monday, Round Round Run Around...

Today's PLN:

  • Get Chaos' Centrelink horseshit sorted
  • Get the shopping done
  • Get the story done for today
  • Get the story done for the Promptcast
  • Get the story done for the Archive

I am fully prepared to have only one of those accomplished.

If there's a twofer tomorrow, you'll know I just got exhausted by the first thing on my list. Or maybe the first two.

I shall try my best, regardless.

Centrelink should be open. I am packing my lappy just in

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Sunday, Streams and Stories

The Archive's not streaming today because presenter illness. Such fun.

Adapting is off on its last chance to gain an agent before I throw it at the Promptcast to see what it needs.

Even if it needs to be taken out behind the chemical shed.

I used to Believe in that book. Sigh. I've been sitting on it way too long and got too despondent about getting it out into the world. Past me was such a dreamer.

Fuck, I'm still a

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Saturday, Embuggerances

At least I got my hair washed. Yay. As for the downside...

Adapting got rejected. Centrelink is shut on the weekends. And Pippi got out into the front room and decided to be a snugglebug all over my freshly-washed hair. It was wound up in alligator clips, but still...

Of all the nonsense, the cat thing is the least irritating.

...just now found out I accidentally missed MeMum's proof of life emails twice. Fuck My Life.

I don't even know how that

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Friday, Extended Unfucking

I shall be attempting to do a very fast story today. All so I can hold Chaos' hand and try to get her into the process of getting the disability pension. Which is going to take five-freaking-ever but we WILL get there. So help me.

I'll be getting story done in between helping with the centrelink mess. So far, it's been finding the right links and getting the process done so that we can start the NEXT process.

The current process is

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