Done.

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A lone blackbird. They're everywhere right now, but they're usually gone by this point. None of our usual patterns are in force anymore.

Cloudy today; only a stray drop or two down here so far, but there's snow on the peaks again. There will also be a freeze tonight, presumably, which means more rapid color change, and also early die-off.

Speaking of early die-off . . . .

Right now? I'm just done. We can't afford to have the guys back working next week, at least not unless I manage to bring in a bunch of sales before Monday, and we all know that's not going to happen. I don't think either of us could manage another week of this anyway. We're both completely overwhelmed the bullshit of this year, too much labor, too much expense, too little time, and too many goddamned demands by everyone else. I don't notice any commensurate [or even occasional] checking in to see if we need a hand with anything. That would, of course, be because there isn't any. And I'm tired.

Funny how some people think that the fact that we try to help folks when we're able [and often even when we're not] turns into some kind of obligation to them whenever they want something. 

And after the last few weeks, the last two days, the constant stress over money, the constant derailments? Today, I'm done. My disease progression is making it impossible to get even the most basic stuff done, and I can't afford that right now, even less than usual. The holiday creative season effectively begins on October first, and we will both be running 16 hours a day, 7 days a week, until the end of the year. He also has to finish the last half-dozen or so commissions that are in the works before he can turn his attention to cranking out holiday inventory in any real way. And we need to bring in sales now, both to cover his work building new inventory and simply to meet all the costs of this stupidly expensive year [on top of last year being the same]. If we could just continue to make regular weekly sales, we'd be fine . . . but we need to make those sales now, and so far, that's not happening. It's been two weeks since our last sale, and that's not going to cut it. There's a lot of gorgeous new work up, but I've got to sell it for it to make any difference. This kind of stress is also not helping my health. I need that to change now, and fast. And to that end, links are here [with the LaminaSaver back on the wishlist, because Miika goes through it at a rapid clip]:

• Sales here; 
• Testimonials here; 
• Amazon wishlist here [priority at the moment is more of the LaminaSaver for Miika];
• Patreon here;
• Ko-fi here.

And we do still need to make those regular weekly sales, so please share all of the links. We really do need this to be a better month than what we've had so far this year.

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