.@tomgauld.bsky.social gets it. Again.

ICYMI:

(Yes, I have been rewatching FMA:B on and off.)

Baby's doing great, growing steadily and showing how curious she is. Husband is the best of all husbands and I am proud to be married to him.

Watch this space because I'll be dropping an exciting announcement next month!

I know I've been quiet on here. If you'd like to know what happened, the update on my life in general is in the link—there's been no change really, except I used a credit card to get a very good HMO and that I quote Edward Elric to myself once a day:

"I'm pretty relentless at staying alive."

Tomorrow's the final day to enter my giveaway of autographed copies of my fantasy novella!

My new update has some final details, but I also wanted to say thank you for donating & boosting these posts. I was able to afford blood tests this week thanks to your help!

www.gofundme.com/f/help-r-s-a...

Forget Looksmaxxing.

Try BOOKSMAXXING!

I shaved forty-five minutes off my beauty* routine** and used it to read an extra book each week!

Join the booksmaxxing revolution today and be the envy of your friends!

[*very beholdery beauty]
[**not an actual routine. More like random hygiene tics]

Cover reveal day! Super stoked to be in this one 💜

Join me in helping a talented writer, awesome human, and friend - for @laviecestmoi.bsky.social

Medical and Post-Hospital Care for Vida Cruz-Borja Hello, I am Vida Cruz-Borja, author of the Cirilo F. Bautista Award-winning Song of the Mango and Other New Myths and the IGNYTE Award-winning essay “We are the Mountain: A Look at the Inactive Protag...

Boosting @laviecestmoi.bsky.social’s fundraiser once again. gogetfunding.com/medical-and-...

Thanks Mina :)

Thank you, Rochita! The story in question is free to read over at @strangehorizons.bsky.social.

Rochita is helping me with my fundraiser for my medical needs. If you liked the story and feel so inclined, my fundraiser is linked below:

gogetfunding.com/medical-and-...

Medical and Post-Hospital Care for Vida Cruz-Borja Hello, I am Vida Cruz-Borja, author of the Cirilo F. Bautista Award-winning Song of the Mango and Other New Myths and the IGNYTE Award-winning essay “We are the Mountain: A Look at the Inactive Protag...

Vida Cruz-Borja @laviecestmoi.bsky.social could use a little more help at this time. Do check out her fundraiser gogetfunding.com/medical-and-...

Free Ebooks: Abolish ICE, Abolish the Border In solidarity with all those standing up for our communities against the brutality of immigrant detention and ICE occupation, we're offering free ebooks of three crucial books about migrant justice an...

@haymarketbooks.org is offering 3 free ebooks for anti-fascists wanting to learn how to resist fascism.

"Unbuild Walls" by @silkys13.bsky.social
"Border and Rule" by @harshawalia.bsky.social and
"The Case for Open Borders" by @jwashing.bsky.social

www.haymarketbooks.org/blogs/525-fr...

Er sorry I should have been clearer: order any of the books in the series and get an EXCLUSIVE ebook with bonus shenanigans involving our Fallen angel cast, a birthday party and a decidedly over-friendly magical fungus.

PENELOPEEEEEEEE

“Sin, young man, is when you treat people like things. Including yourself. That’s what sin is.” - Granny Weatherwax, Carpe Jugulum by Terry Pratchett

Very kind of you to boost, John. Thank you 💜

Thank you! Right back at you with manageable health 💜

I closed my eyes as I took the screenshot, so it must be meant to be! Claiming this energy and throwing all my troubles to the sky ✨

Thank you 💜

Not me looking for the cursed symbol and going "surely they don't mean the rocket penis on the left..."

What in the *actual* fuck indeed...

ICYMI:

So there. I'm still recovering in every way. I still mean to finish off that zine I promised to donors; please hold on a little longer while I get everything in order; for the sake of my baby and myself, I have to go at a much slower pace these days.

May we all have a gentler 2026. 💜

But my mental health was still shit. I figured this out when I heard the ultra-negative mind voice looping while I played with my baby daughter. So I made the decision to forcibly turn this car around; rehabilitating my mind included a drastic decrease in social media use. +

With my bank account depleted and my mental health spiralling, I got a second opinion. I was put on more affordable meds, a stricter diet, and ordered blood tests every 2-3 months to monitor my creatinine, among other things. I could live with this, it made me feel better. +

It turned out that one of the many cysts in my kidneys had burst. Probably from the stress and the UTI that took 3 courses of different antibiotics to beat.

On top of the transplant, the nephrologist said I would need to take new meds to delay the transplant by 7 years. They cost 135 USD a week. +

I've had my PKD diagnosis for almost 15 years now. For the longest time, I was only in the 1st stage. It turns out that pregnancy can speed it up quite a bit.

In that 1st month after she was born, I had recurring fevers, back pain, bloody urine. Anxiety spikes so bad, I thought I would die. +

First things first: the baby is fine now. She's honestly the best baby anyone could ask for. My husband and I are so in love with her. 💜 When people ask me what the hardest thing about being a mom is, I answer that it's being chronically, devastatingly ill while trying my best to mother her. +

Hello all, I'm sure some here are wondering why I've gone quiet lately.

The TL;DR: I have Polycystic Kidney Disease for a long time. This year, I was pregnant and gave birth prematurely. And while dealing with the baby's NICU stay, a nephro told me I will need a kidney transplant in 4 years. +