More down-to-earth things.

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That's from two nights ago; I managed to get the Mars/Mercury conjunction, which Wings tells me is the last time it'll be visible for another thirteen years. In point of fact, it was only visible for purposes of getting both on camera for a few minutes, no more than five or so, and then the tiny light on the left disappeared into the dusk.

But I got it.

Now, I have to get more down-to-earth things this week, starting with MRIs.

I am probably going to have to fight for them now. But they're going to schedule them, and they're going to administer them, and sooner rather than later, because I am not turning up with every single symptom of a particularly aggressive disease, as I currently have, and allowing them to brush me off dismissively because they don't have enough experience with it to know what they're looking at, only to say two years from now, "Welp, our bad, sorry but you're gonna die now, because it's too late, and why did you wait so long anyway?" Yeah, I know how this works. I'm not going to be another one of their malpractice stats.

Which means that this week will be a hellshow, too, one of me spending endless hours at the thing I hate most, on the phone fighting just to get the most basic, minimal care that well-off white folks get as a matter of preventive course. They wanted to do two sets of MRIs (which would, if I understand correctly, be four in total; possibly just two if they will do them the contrast/noncontrast each at once, because I know they can, but it's probably not as profitable): two without contrast; two with. I need them all. No idea what the cost will be, but I know I don't have enough to pay for it. It's gonna be four figures, and we're already $400 short of where we expected to be (which itself would not have been enough) courtesy of helping an elder three days ago. So once more:

We need sales. Sales, sales, SALES. That's it; that's all; that's everything right now. Thank you to the folks who have purchased items over the last week or so; it's what's helping us pay out of pocket for all this testing at the discounted rate. But there's a lot more expense ahead; the MRI is going to be the most costly yet. So please, I'm begging folks:  Share our links, and if you're in the market, keep Wings's work in mind for purchases. He'll have one or two new pieces out soon, too, possibly as early as the end of this week.

I'm skipping all the rest of it because I'm tired, and frankly I don't have the focus right now for anything else. Links are here:

• Sales here; 
• Testimonials here; 
• Amazon wishlist here (priorities are LaminaSaver for Miika [she's set until August] coffee & metal/glass/dishwasher cleaners);
• Patreon here;
• Ko-fi here.

And if you've been contemplating a purchase? This would be a very, very good time to do it; I've got to make up this staggering outlay somehow. There's lots of fabulous new work, so please share all of the links. 

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