I have money, so I'm going on a supply run to stock up on this, that, and random stuff. As you do.
Because one of my stops is Costco, I'm working here until half-past nine, just to be certain everything's open when I go.
My right wrist has decided to hate me before coffee, so that just makes everything more complicated because wrist brace. Hooray.
And I have to chill my ankle down while the time windows allow.
Today is going to be a unique and special kind of fun.
I has moneys, and I need to spend it. Huzzah. We've gone through a whole bunch of supplies and we need other supplies to unfuck a few things.
Meanwhile, the bread has commenced. I'm enlisting the kids to help with the dough schedule.
I'll be taking off on that adventure shortly.
Story shall be happening after I return from my expensive Leyland's tour. Editing of my anthology will happen if I have the spoons after all of that related noise.
I will
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If I am too frazzled when I get home, there shall be catching up tomorrow.
And
Read more »Ah, the sweet relief of payday. Oh, the bitter sorrow of an overflowing shopping list. It's always the way. You get stuff queuing up to spend your money before you get it.
Bleh.
The good news is that I have the first very rough form-generated query letters for all of the five books I'm plotting to pitch.
15 minutes in the morning on ADT gets me a little ahead by degrees. I should be finished with a chapter before Monday, all being
Read more »I need to stock up on a few things to keep the fam chewing, and keep me moderately sane. Translation: I need to get some of my meds as well as some supplies.
I don't know if I'm doing Patreon and Rants this week. I'll see how I feel after I return from my excursion.
I am feeling very tired about feeding that beast.
BUT I also want to make sure the chapters are recorded and ready to share.
I also have
Read more »Not necessarily dealt with in that order. It's going to be a strain on our economy, but I will get us stocked up with bits and bobs, stuff and things, and things and stuff.
Costco will be open soon, so I'll be icing my ankle ere I launch for the Leyland's tour. Everything else will be happening after I return victorious with my haul.
Gotta line up the stuff for my Patrons. Gotta get a rattle on with the side projects. Gotta
Read more »Mayhem's going to work on Wednesday, which means I have extra time to go forth and acquire supplies for the household. Huzzah.
Though walking around with my new, firmer ankle bracer is a bit of a pain in the arse, at least it doesn't require a sock so the velcro doesn't get on my sensory irritations. Part of my supply journey today includes stopping at a new meat place to see if the bargains are anything like Dickies.
Not helped by the
Read more »The batteries I have for our fire alarms are shit, and there's only two places that might have them. If we're lucky. So it's a Leyland's tour to keep the household safe from the threat of flame.
If I find them quickly, I'll pick up a few other things on the way back. If it's a long-ass search then I will drag myself home and get on with the offerings.
I sincerely hope to get my hands on a more rigid ankle
Read more »I may not have the time to post Patreon stuff today. It's almost 5PM and I just now sat down to do my work. I mean, I technically did finish a chapter of A Devil's Tale while I was roaming, but that's background work y'all don't see. Not until after it's done.
Here's my day:
I have parcels to pick up, Adorable to fetch, and an interesting day ahead because unriddling whatever the fuck is going on with my software and hardware.
Adorable has tradies coming, so juggling the minutes promises to be some degree of fun.
I'm going to finish this blog entry, don some clothings, and then launch to get the stuff and then get Adorable.
Offerings when and if I can manage to do them. Maybe even including Patreon.
The Tradies turned into
Read more »I am currently out with MeMum, one tech issue dealt with and awaiting a good breakfast. During the rush. Yay.
With all good luck, I should have at least a story for you this afternoon. I don't know about the rant. It might not occur tomorrow, either, because physio and incoming spandek. The receipt for which I forgot in my bag. Whoops.
I hope a photo will do.
I also hope that they come on the Thursday like they said.
Food is
Read more »It's an absolutely wonderful day to go on a Leyland's Tour to find, purchase, and haul a specifically wobbly sheet of metal homewards. By which I mean it's fucking raining.
I have a cyclone headache, digestive issues, my wrist hates me, my shoulder is in need of deep heat and a big burly massage, my feet are deciding whether or not they hate me, I'm constantly tired, and my right thumb has a glitch.
Recap: Last week, I turned a tap off
Read more »I'm taking MeMum hither and thither today, fixing tech issues and helping with the shopping and so on. As a result, there may not be Patreon posts until tomorrow.
There's another embuggerance on top of the regular furforal... Mum's waiting for people to pick up some equipment loaned to help with the flood nonsense. So now we're waiting for those folks to turn up.
On the plus side, I have the time to write this blog, so yay.
I'll be working on
Read more »I previously thought I was seeing my physio today. I checked my schedule and no. I'm seeing my physio tomorrow. Nevertheless, I have run out of stuff and things and I need to go on a supply run.
It's a long, long run. Here, there, an extra stop at Bunnings for some corrugated iron, and another stop at a chemist for a restock of some meds. Of course I'm getting the refrigeratables last.
The sheet of corrugated iron is going to be
Read more »Today, I help MeMum fight the forces of enshittification by securing her Kindle collection. And finding a way to purchase more ebooks without giving Bezos any more money. This will include instructions about how to transfer said ebooks to the Kindle.
I expect it's going to be a long day.
So I therefore suspect that I may not have time to get any of my expected offerings out onto the interwebs. If that happens, I'll have a grand catch-up session on
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