Just so ya know, falling absolutely sucks. Especially when you don't bounce. It was more a thud and a slide. Well, the first time was a thud and a slide. The second time was more of a splat, while the third was more an attempt at a tuck and roll that wound up being more a fumble, flail, and fwump.

I know I updated two weeks ago, but boy, what a two weeks it's been! We started the new treatment program, which has wound up being over $500 a week rather than $250. I've been in and out of my neurologist's and physical therapy more times than I care to admit, and couple that with continued weekly visits to the standard docs and services... man....

So... yeah. Health took a bit of a downturn. Quite a bit. A massive bit. Okay, maybe more than a bit. Would that be a bunch, then? Okay, a whole heckuva massive bunch of bits of bunches. And I'm trying to stay positive throughout, but you know, things have started to feel really, really heavy. Especially since we're estimated to have an additional $4000-6000 more added to our current batch of medical debt. Why's it so expensive to be just baseline healthy, right?

I don't normally ask for help, but Elora and I are struggling considerably, and im not sure what to do. Her work has cut her hours heavily for the next two months, and these medical expenses are brutal. I'm working on creating adoptables that I hope folks will enjoy, and if anyone has any recommendations on how to price out writing commissions, I'd welcome the advice. I'm working on becoming more physically able to fulfill future commissions in a timely manner once I open them, but I have no idea how well I'll function from one day to the next. Makes planning difficult.

I really wish I had something more positive to write. I mean, I guess that I've not given up can be positive. That I'm doing my best to regain and rebuild my health and keep my head above water and myself on this side of the soil. I'm ornery like that, y'know? I may never be cured of this disorder, but I'm trying my best to manage it, in both times that are sunny and great, and times that are soul flensing and flesh biting. But man. Those latter times are... not friendly.

Hope all of you are doing well. Remember to get outside and get some sun. Bask in the light! Photosyntesize! Strip down, get yourself sun-kissed by a star! Dance and gyrate unrestrained and unrestricted by garments to the sounds of light coursing through the sky and pealing the songs of the galaxy against your bodies! Roll around in the grass and try not to be too embarrassed when you catch the cosmos blatantly staring! Who are they gonna call? Who are they gonna tattle to? Mercury? Mars?? Nobody, that's who! Use your solar-dappled bodies to mock their stationary orbits and lack of limbs and digits! Hey, Jupiter. Wanna kick the ball back and forth? You can't, you legless ball of gas! But I can, and I don't even need clothes to do so! Gaze upon our photon sipping bodily glory, you cold orbs of heaven, and despair!

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I may have gotten carried away a bit. Or a bunch. Who even knows anymore?

Be well, my friends ❤️