please don't tell me to push myself to do things. i know my limits and you don't. mybodyistryingtokillme.com

5,536 words today.

Exhausted and heading for bed shortly.

Hopefully I'll get some sleep, that's been hard to come by recently thanks to not being able to shut my brain down. So, meds taken and rest is the hopeful goal.

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Democrats should make the confirmation hearing on the nominee to be U.S. Attorney General all about the Epstein files.

If you won’t commit to release the files without redactions and prosecute the Epstein class, then you’re obstructing justice, not enforcing it.

We're at 36 hours since his ocular migraine. Once we hit 48 hours he's a less than 5% chance of getting another one, at 72 hours it's less than 1%. Breaking the cycle with his clusters is how we beat this thing.

#migraine #ocularmigraine #clustermigraines

No arguments there.

I'm hoping Goel will live long enough to meet his great-nephew, Sirius.

Yes, he is and I am truly looking forward to seeing him in person.

And I can’t wait to meet him in person.

5,201 words today. And heading to bed shortly to grab a few hours before Sam needs to crash.

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Sure!. We originally got Goel for our youngest - who's autistic - but he started naturally alerting to my breathing issues (diaphragm locks) and he bonded fully with me.

He is, and I'm so looking forward to meeting him in person at the end of the month/early May.

He's nearly fully potty trained already, and is alerting to pain levels (in his human grandma). So, we know that skill is already a natural one for him.

Husky mix puppy with light brown and white fur. 6 weeks ok f’d, kibble spilled on the floor some still in. Light gray bowl to his left.

He’s 6 weeks old now, and will be about 8 weeks when he arrives. Sirius will not replace my Goel in my heart, but he will be loved- he already is, Goel is still doing well, no signs of pain or distress, but he’s tiring very easily. #husky #huskymix #puppy

Rough night. Sam was in hospital last night because of an ocular migraine. So, I won't be letting him push himself for a couple of days. If that means me not getting as much sleep, so be it.

Thank you.

5,121 words today.

Long day, and I need an early night.

So, I'll be curling up in bed shortly.

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And Noah Wyle is always a bonus!

Falling Skies - Wikipedia

It's fun, some bad cgi in places, but the story is good. Here's the wiki page.

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Falling...

Alien invasion series with Noah Wyle - ran for 5 seasons. Kids are taken by the aliens and 'harnessed', plots within plots over what some of the aliens actually are.
Decent show. On Netflix.

Falling Skies, just started season 2.

5,388 words today.

Cooler weather for a day or two, which makes Goel happier. He's slowing down a little, but still no signs of pain or breathing issues-which would be our sign to help ease him across the bridge. 10 years isn't long enough.

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He's Goel's (my retired service dog) great nephew. That photo was at 2+ weeks old, he's now 6 weeks old.

Like Goel he'll be trained as my service dog, and he's already picking up/alerting to pain levels in his human grandma.

Husky mix puppy howling during his bath

Our newest arrival (joining us in about 2-3 weeks) Sirius (named for the Dog Star) and his first howl. Protesting his bath.

script.
1- comment on the daily word count and ask about my goal number.
2- ask what genres I'm writing.
3- make the offer- often with the phrase 'I'd love to read your story and give some feedback'

No mention, until I ask, if this is a paid service.
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'I can't afford to hire anyone'.

Which tells me not only are they lacking the basic skills required (reading and paying attention), but likely using AI to provide their feedback.
They, most of the time, don't follow me. Have never interacted with me prior to their offer, and all follow the same

Every month, sometimes a couple of times a month, I get someone 'offering' to read through whatever I'm currently working on.
Trouble is they make the offer as if it's a favor, but it's not, it's always a paid service. And then they miss simple things in my reply such as 🧵

👇👇

this is really cool.

6,522 words today.

Goel is grateful the temp has dropped, he still has most of his winter fur, so he's not doing well when the temps spikes.

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To repeat - I can't afford to hire anyone.

Not sure how you missed that in my reply.