I'm going to be cautious about this

mostly because things have been topsy-turvey here and I'm not 100% on how my moods are going to be and how they'll impact my writing.
I'll be opening two for now but if things go well I might make it 3 in the future. I will only accept payment at the end when the story is complete. The stories themselves will be 2-3 pages at $5 for each story.

In all honesty, I'm not really sure what to price my stories at. These past 24 hours have been kind of hard on my household. I mean I'm a good caretaker, in my opinion at least, but that just doesn't translate well to the household and I'm lost in what to do to fix things or alleviate mental stress. I don't want to seem like I'm bemoaning festering wounds but I feel like I'm just broken, trying to fix myself, and getting tossed bent screwdrivers and wrenches with missing adjustable jaws. These journals are just kind of an outlet for me at this point... mostly because the old journal I had when I was a kid, that I used maybe for a month[?], is missing and I can't find any of the old composition books I have besides the mini's that I use for work.

So do pardon my ramblings, please.

Things are getting frustrating and scary. Work has apparently got a slot open for full-time but it'd be a closing shift so that would be very hard on anyone that'd be giving me a ride from work... It'd be ideal if they had something open during the mid-shift that I KNOW I can do easily. At least I can do that without causing too much strain before I can get myself a means of transportation of my own. I mean I'm limited currently on my modes of transportation and I'm just kind of stuck here. There are times that I feel like I'm just a visitor here, hardly move out of my little corner, sometimes I don't eat either due to not feeling right or feeling like I'd be overstepping some boundary. To that end, I've been slow to request time off for my birthday. I mean... I only took a day off for my bf's birthday so I feel guilty for asking for 3 days off for my own. Work slapped me with two 16h work weeks for the day I asked off for that one occasion so... I just feel awful almost like I don't deserve all that time off.

I'm not good at verbalizing things and this has helped a lot. Thank you for reading and your continued support and love.