Longer days. Epic stress.

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Last night's sunset. Beautiful, and coming later now; the light lasts noticeably longer these days. If only my energy levels could do the same.

Yesterday's hectic pace wore us both out. In my case, part of it is adjusting to the inhaler (or, more accurately, I suppose, to the steroid it delivers). It makes me hoarse, and my breathing yesterday was very labored all day. We've had very cold fog here this morning, so I'm staying indoors as much as possible. Raven doesn't have much interest in being outside either, thankfully; he's stretched out on his side snoozing on the rug right now.

My stress levels, though, are epic. We have got to make some sales. Thanks to the orange horror wrecking the economy still further, we have had not a single sale since before Christmas, not one in 2019 yet. We were fortunate to have squirreled away funds to cover this at the moment, but it's only January. I'm terrified of what this year is going to bring, expense-wise, especially if they find something . . . not good, which is also terrifying in and of itself. All this stuff is piling up fast and I have to get us through the whole year, not just the next two weeks, so please share the links (or use them, if anyone's so inclined):

• My Patreon, The Interstices (Writing Between Worlds) (and if you subscribe today you won't be billed until January 1st for December);
• Wings's site, for sales, with lots of new items posted;
• Wings's direct PayPal link;
• A way to buy me coffee (which actually goes to all of our medical bills, which continue to mount);
• Amazon wishlist, which mostly consists of animal and household stuff;
• Partial registry #1, from Bed, Bath and Beyond. There are new kitchen-y things on it now, stuff that I didn't realize we'd need to replace (either because the RV ruined it or because we gave it away when we had to downsize).

All we want, to be able to have some confidence in making it through the whole year with whatever they're going to find going wrong in my body, is to make some sales. That's it: sales; nothing else. But I haven't been able to make even that happen, and the stress is telling. Good vibes for Raven are still welcome, but I could use some, too, and some help with sharing Wings's site (and testimonials, if you got 'em). Thanks.

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