She-Wolf's okay, but I'm sicker than a dog again. More delays on getting into the house. Shares badly needed.

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See those gaps? Those aren't there anymore. But I can't show you the kick-ass edgework they did, because I can't download anything right now. It's been that kind of day.

On the good news front, we took She-Wolf for her vet appointment today. It had been delayed for a week because she, like Raven, and like this entire tin can, got skunked. The dogs smell better; this RV doesn't. Anyway, she has a growth on the right side of her neck, just under the ear, that has expanded significantly, so we were afraid both of malignancy and of the cost of putting her under to have it removed. The vet says it looks benign, and that his take is that he wouldn't put her through that unless it starts to bother her enough to make her scratch it all the time. Net: $27 vet visit. He also said that she has about two years of life left (because she's diabetic), but he also said she'd be fully blind in two months, and we saved her vision for three full years; even now, she's got a little bit of sight left. So we're both ignoring that last part completely.

On the negative side, two deliveries delayed AGAIN, apparently no one listened to what I had to say about what goes where on the vanity, and our move-in is delayed along with a lot else. I don't know how we're going to pay for labor beyond this week, much less the rest of the woodstove install on the 9th, absent making some sales. And I woke up sick again, wheezing and short of breath, and it's the damn mold but I can't do anything about it until we can get moved in over there, so every delay is on my last nerve right now. I had a full-blown panic attack yesterday over all this, and when you can't breathe already, it really sucks just that little extra.   

The whole weekend was rough; my temper's long since hit the road, and my sanity's about to follow suit. Everything below is cut and paste, because I have no energy reserves for anything else (and I still have work to do tonight anyway), so here goes and please share:

So as I said last night, thanks to all of that, we're back to having to raise actual cash. Wings's PayPal link is at the top of the list, but a few good sales would go a long, long way. To that end, we're marking the official start of fall (which, I might point out, has been here since July 30th for us) with a 25%-off sale on everything in inventory that is made by other Native artists (i.e., not made by Wings; his work is excluded from the sale). Every item on the Web site not made by him qualifies, but it runs only for eight days: today through September 30th, so get your high-end Native art at a big discount while you can. Of course, Wings also has some amazing masterworks on his portion of the site, including some new high-end, high-value pieces that need a home. And while you're at it, please send the links out far and wide, because I'm never going to get well until we're out of this tin can permanently:

• Wings's direct PayPal link;
• Wings's site, for sales;
• Lowe's cards (the physical version) via our Amazon wishlist;
• Lowe's e-cards (delivered via e-mail) here; and
• Home Depot cards via the company site. The e-version using my e-mail address is great; I take the tablet to the store with me, and they scan it off the screen.
• Wayfair gift cards, to replenish all the furnishings that the RV has destroyed in one way or another.
• Partial registry #1, from Bed, Bath and Beyond. It's not complete; what's on it so far are drapes for the upstairs, associated curtain rods, and bath rugs for both bathrooms. The longest curtain rods and longest drapes are the priority. [A kind soul let me know that the Wayfair rods were not strong enough for the drapes, and by the time I researched various sources for the right diameter, these wound up being far and away the best buy.]
• Partial registry #2, from Wayfair. Also not complete, but covers a number of the area rugs and all of the curtain rods/hardware needed for the upstairs.  [Wayfair has apparently never heard of a housewarming and insists on labeling it "bridal," but whatever. Also, the rugs: yes, we'd love to be able to afford Pendletons, but if we had four figures to drop on rugs, we'd get the real thing from actual Diné artists. At Pendleton prices, that's not happening; these are a small fraction of the price, but likely to last a very long time.]

Many thanks and much love from us both, for donations, gift cards, shares, recs, moral support, and just generally helping me not lose my mind. This has been a difficult day health-wise, with my flare itself seeming to flare, no doubt in part due to our high winds and drastic weather changes imminent. I am, at the urging of many different people, trying to compile registries, for lack of a better word, with several different sites to cover all the sundry stuff that's needed to make a house liveable, especially given that we can't take the fa bric furnishing, linens, towels, etc. with us as a result of the mold infestation in this tin can. That's [part of] what I'll be working on tonight (and probably the rest of the weekend, given the slowness of my cognitive responses right now), and I need to get a move on, because I haven't gotten to many . . . well, um, any, actually . . . lists yet. Although before tonight is out, I may have one or two partial ones to post — things like rugs and drapes. If so, I'll update accordingly. Well, provided we keep our Internet access; it's been raining off and on since before dawn, but now there's a huge storm bearing down on us from the west, so we'll see.

P.S. And yes, this is still ongoing, natch: IKT has "upgraded" our service (for another $10 a month, natch, and without telling us in advance) to the point that half the time, I can't load anything. When that happens, my e-mail is always the first to go, and I have messages trickling through in fits and starts, some from days ago. If you've e-mailed me and don't hear from me immediately, this is why; if you can reach me on FB or Twitter, DM me there, or try shooting another message through. I'll be sorting through them as steadily as I can, I promise.

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