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Monday, Extra Day Off Because Lurgi

Mayhem has once again found a Lurgi that loves him. Alas, this news came after the writer's group was done with the share session. Whoops.

Tomorrow, I'm offski to the other side of Brisbane to unriddle MeMum's tech issues. At last. With a freshly-tuned car to do it all with. Yay.

Today, I'm going to attempt to add sounds to my Pseuducku project. Daring.

The good news is that my feet are starting to hate me less and walking is a lot less of a trial. The bad news is that I discovered, and then discarded, a busted ice pack. Yay?

Who knows? I might see further progress.

But first, I make my offerings and share stuff with my socials.

Let's see if I can focus on that for more than five consecutive minutes.

Saturday, Parkrun Fail and Fucking Asthma

I thought Sneezin' and Wheezin' Season was finally done with me. I thought wrong.

I got giddy at about the 1/4 mark. Checked my nails... and I was turning blue. So I turned around. First time in about 2 years that I gave up on a parkrun. But... health also important and staying alive is a priority.

I'll put myself back on Max when I get home.

Right now, I am waiting at Adorable's place for Beloved and Adorable to return

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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

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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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