Sometimes the shot frames itself.

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Sometimes the shot frames itself.

Glad the day's almost done. This one is another marker, the eighth anniversary of the second time I almost died. Eight years ago tonight, I was stuck in the hospital, awaiting tests the following day and a transfer to an Albuquerque hospital . . . because they were still convinced it was my heart. That was a loooooong ambulance ride, and I had way too much time to think about all I would lose if I didn't survive it.

But my heart was not only okay, but in great shape. This was something else [although also deadly], and it has gone on intermittently ever since, and to this day, the medical profession has not solved it [and doesn't care]. I'm pretty sure I have, but if I'm right, there's nothing I can do about it.

Just like the rest of my complex of conditions. I thought the last two days were rough, especially yesterday, wrangling a terrified 76-pound dog. Nothing compared to how terrible everything feels today. Pain levels off the charts, meds not even touching them, fatigue so bad you can't even think. I did manage to get the turkey breast in the brine and in the big fridge. Not much else in that regard. Might do the pie tomorrow; might only be a pumpkin tart. Might not even be that much; we'll see.

In the meantime, this is our drop-dead point: the biggest sales weekend of the year, and we have GOT to bring in several if we're going to make it. After this god-awful year, we literally 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; we're almost out of year. To that end, links are here:

• Sales here; 
• Testimonials here; 
• Amazon wishlist here [priority is the thermal bottle; and rugs! finally getting around to trying to replace the ones ruined two winters ago when our leachfield collapsed and flooded everything, and these are inexpensive];
• 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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