What's coming.

Photo copyright Aji, 2024; all rights reserved.

This is what's coming, right this minute. We've had wave after wave since last night, some more violent than others. Most of it's been a mix of rain, sleet, graupel, and snow, but there's been sun, fog, and high winds, too. It's that last that does the damage. Right now, we're in that space of just waiting, waiting for it to arrive so we can see where it lands on the spectrum, from essentially nothing to a truly violent storm, or any point in between. They're all a distinct possibility right now.

What's coming on other fronts is what worries me more right now. My chemo dose is upped again as of yesterday, to six tablets, and I'm not sure we now know how my body's handling it, which is to say, not well. Five is apparently my limit for now, so next week, I'll lower it again, because today? Today I feel like absolute hell. And on top of that, I'm just so tired; these last weeks [months] have been so stress-filled and required so much of us both physically that I feel like I'll never catch up. I'm hoping that I don't have to leave here at all next week, except maybe to the post office if we're blessed enough to make some desperately-needed sales.

Because when we have had so many other demands on us for money and for help as we have so far this year, enough to wipe us out completely, if things don't pick up consistently very, very soon, we won't make it through this year. For May, in addition to all the usual, we both have major medical expenses near month's end; there's Wings's ongoing dental; we have some bureaucratic nonsense to take care of; and somehow, I have to squeeze out a big chunk for taxes. And the other demands on me are just as relentless [the ones that don't, directly, anyway, have to do explicitly with money]; there is no help for any of it, and I am at my wits' end over the latter ones especially.

As though that weren't enough, my Patreon is still down by more than $700 a month over last year, and as our most consistent source of income, that is what pays our monthly bills like utilities and groceries and gas and so forth. It's not going to be enough even for that, never mind the taxes and everything else. Somehow, I have to bring in sales. If you're in the market, now would be a really, REALLY good time. I posted four new pairs of earrings a few nights ago, here, all at lower price points than his usual, and three new all-silver cuffs, here. And the other night, I got the new naja [it's extraordinary] posted and sent viral, and it matches an existing cuff! and you can find them here and here. And as always, all the regular links are listed below, with sales, as always, being the most important:

• Sales here; 
• Testimonials here; 
• Amazon wishlist here (we'll always need the dog treats for the monsters, and Amazon and Lowe's cards [the Lowe's cards are probably going to have to go on a new fridge, so I'm hoarding them]); 
• Patreon here;
• Ko-fi here.

After such a grim 2023, and with this year starting off MUCH worse, we really need to get 2024 moving onto a better footing, so please share all of the links. 

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