Anne N. Mouse: Blog

Masks are problematic for me for more reasons than just the general discomfort of wearing one. I had not been having too much problem with PTSD mostly just angst that could be from any situation. But since I started wearing the bandana (not a mask if at all possible!) even that is triggering something that must be related to PTSD. Now as I go through the day, even when I am careful to keep (maybe because it is even then barely within) the bandana out of my sight, I feel like there is always something in my peripheral that I can't quite ever see, and it is about to cause me to jump and turn at points.
I can wear glasses, no problem... Good thing too, 'cause I can't read without the damned things any more.... So maybe I'll get over the bandana making me jumpy, but I think it has to do with not being able to see other people's faces, even if the bandana is not too bad now that the weather has shifted.

Sometimes I complain about the amount of time I'm working... But I'm really glad to be working, making money, and digging out of the mess I got myself into.
Hopefully things will even out and I will be able to get to the point where I can do some writing (other than my blog here) so that we can all enjoy reading stories together!

3 weeks per month I'm expecting to get at least 48 hours a week. Yes I am putting money aside. It just took me a while to get caught up to the point where every cent I earned was not going out the door on emergencies.
On the writing front, I found one of my flash drives that is still working. It has some of the stuff (not all) that I have been working on for SOL, including an unpublished chapter of It's a Helluva Job, which I don't think I will scrap again, but until I get time to read through it I won't know what is there... :P
Not much other writing going on, though I do have some of the Outpost series downloaded for proofing. Not finding much, but I may repost some of them... Anyway, work is interfering with writing, as well as my drive time to get groceries, etc.

For those wondering, I have been unable to contact or find any info on the status of Kid Wigger. This is sad because his magnus opus Flight of the Code Monkey deserved to be completed. But as someone wisely put it elsewhere, We do not know if we have tomorrow, so it behooves us to do today!

At least, I'll be working 208 hours a month... Putting some back, but if someone kind had not donated a fair chunk this would be going to having teeth pulled. Bleah!!
Still car shopping, but getting closer, I think to at least a beater to drive for a year or so. The main issue? I live in country (or at least work there) that is known to get at least a little snow every year. So for many reasons (including having to be winched out last year...) I'm considering AWD or 4WD a must. This puts most cars out of my reach without getting the bank involved. I'd like to not do that if at all possible... But, I may not have any choice. $5,000 I think I can swing pretty easily, but $8,000? or more? Not so easy... And it would eat all my emergency funds to do it if I did....
So writing? Am I doing any?
Not appreciably. I'm sorry, everyone who is waiting for an update, but given the rate I'm working, and the miles traveled every week? I'm not expecting to start writing at all soon.