The maple leaf is me: still some fire, but you can feel the energy ebbing now. I feel worn and withered and shriveled. I have no way of managing all of this, and yet I have to.
I have the cost of Wings's telemedicine appointment this morning (beset by half an hour's worth of technical difficulties, I might add) to cover, and the pups' final boosters at the vet this afternoon. I can manage that. What I can't manage is his emergency dental tomorrow plus meds, or my own medical on Friday, or the annual propane tank rental, or all the regular monthly bills. Never mind the rest of the year; never mind the well we need to drill. Never mind the hearing aids I need to replace for Wings, because one of the last pair broke just after the warranty expired, and the ones he needs are three grand for a pair. I can't even cover basics. Sales are nonexistent again, and ever penny of my Patreon has to go to essentials, which this month meant it covered the balance on the quarterly taxes and some food and the Internet to keep the site up and running.
I'm so tired. This pandemic has caused me no end of extra work, but our income level is even worse than it's been all through this Nazi "administration," and it's getting worse yet by the day. I don't have family who can help. This is all on me, and there's only so much I can do by myself. Everyone wants money, and I can't manufacture it out of thin pandemic-riddled air. I need help.
You can help by sharing our links. You can especially help if you're in the market for high-end, Spirit-infused Indigenous wearable art, for yourself or as a gift, by considering Wings's work for purchase. It's also back-to-school season, even if remotely in some places, with all the events that that entails; birthdays come and go year-round; Halloween and Thanksgiving and Christmas especially will all be here before we know it.
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Please. We need sales. Thanks.
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