Tapped out on every front.

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Welp. Looks like an illustration of the word "barren" in the dictionary. Also "drought." 

And it applies to everything right now.

This has been a god-awful day on every single front, from my health to finances to everything else. We're done. I still have a medical bill to pay, the propane tank rental and a few other things, and we can't do it. Not without sales. And given that tomorrow is likely the last possible ship day for Xmas, I'm guessing we won't make any more of them for the rest of the year.

Frankly, given the terrible sales year this has been, with all our income going to absolutely astronomical unavoidable expenses?  I need to bring in five figures' worth of sales between now and year's end.

Yeah, I know. It's not going to happen. And we're not going to make it. We're not making now. Tapped out. And I'm tapped out on every front, as well. The exhaustion is a living thing, sucking the life out of me; the pain is, too, but it's feral, with fangs. I have no bandwidth left for anything, and I'm ready to give up on all of it. That will pass; it always does. But right now, I don't have the energy or the resources to keep up any pretense. This day has sucked the life out of me completely.

And yes, I know we're lucky. The housing crisis worsens daily here. On that note, in reference to the deliveries above? Also go here, buy something, or several somethings, off the outreach group's wishlist, and you will literally be saving a life, probably more than one. It's not really possible to overstate how bad it is out there, nor how great the need is. I've sorted it in their Priority order, but there are new priorities as of what they've given out today. This is from the organizer herself:

• The bulk backpacks - at least six 12 packs
• Hand Warmers
• Space Blankets
• Pepper spray
• Money/Document belts (look like tan fanny packs, worn under the clothing  to hide and keep documents safe and protected.
• 2 person tents
• Tarps

The outreach program is giving gear out as fast as they get them, and being mostly housebound now, it's hard for me to get out to pick up any before they're gone. That's why I put some of those essentials on our own wishlist, with a note that they're for the outreach effort; soon, I'll adjust those priorities accordingly, too. 

For us? THERE'S SO MUCH NEW WORK ON THE SITE. And I need to sell them all, because I still need to make a ridiculous amount of sales to cover all the stuff still in the pipeline that needs covering [laptop, roof next year AND now the well pressure pump, more medical, always prepaid taxes, etc.]. So: GO BUY! PLEASE. [Yeah, I know; I don't know why I bother, either. Hope is a stupid, stubborn, fucked-up thing sometimes.] Links are here:

• Sales here; 
• Testimonials here; 
• Amazon wishlist here (Priority is the liquid soaps and Amazon cards, probably most useful at this point); 
• Patreon here;
• Ko-fi here.

After such a grim year, this one far worse than the last, we really need to end 2024 on a better footing before 2025 and taxes take every cent, so please share all of the links. 

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