Progress, I guess?

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Stormy has been Velcro Girl with both of us since her vet appointment on Wednesday. But it stepped up a level today when she got left in the dog run while we took Sunny in for his appointment [3-year vaxes for both; I learned the hard way last time to schedule them separately]. She cried and cried as we were leaving, and I felt so awful. And Sunny, of course, was terrified; unlike our past dogs, these two did not have the hardening experiences of earlier life to give them that confidence in new and strange environments, knowing they were safe as long as we were there. These two are simply afraid that going somewhere means some evil stranger will take them away from us. At least Sunny didn't pee all over the waiting room floor [AND my boots] this time, so progress, I guess?

But I'm the one who has to wrangle them, and I'm already sore from keeping Stormy in check; by tomorrow, I'll barely be able to unfold myself enough to get out of bed. It's a good thing this is done for a good long while, because my body can't take this like it used to.

It can't take all the other stresses of the last couple of weeks, either. Normally, I go into town maybe once every week or two at mot. Last week, it was nearly every day; this week, it has literally been every day. My body can't handle that anymore. The pain and fatigue are off the charts, and I'm on strike for the weekend.

At least as much as I can be. This grocery-card project for folks losing SNAP is fast becoming a full-time job, and I already have more than one of those. This weekend is going to have to be devoted to chasing sales. After this god-awful year, we still need to make a sale a day now, on average, and we're nowhere near that. The last two years have all but killed us financially, and I need to get us caught up to make it through the end of the year. Whatever else, we [which means I] have got to change this trajectory, and fast. To that end, links are here:

• Sales here; 
• Testimonials here; 
• Amazon wishlist here;
• Patreon here;
• Ko-fi here.

And we do still need to make those regular weekly [daily now, really] 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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