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Sota’s GoFundMe Update Chronicles

I realize that some might wish to be able to read all the updates together, but I don’t want to add them to the previous GoFundMe Post because then it gets to be a bit huge. So I am making this masterpost to keep copies of all his updates beneath the cut. 

Sota’s GoFundMe Link

8/20/18

Hello Folks,

I hate to have to ask for help again, but my precious boy is sick and needs to see the vet for a series of tests to see if the medication and special diet he’s been put on to help him is working or not. Any and all help, whether sharing or financial, is appreciated.

For those on twitter, I have a pinned post if you would be kind enough to share, that would be appreciated.

Thank you all for taking the time to read this,

Jaimi

8/21/18 Update

Thank you so much to the people who shared this or have given money towards his medical bills. Currently at 30 dollars. I know at a minimum I will need 450 dollars.

Sota is eating his canned food from the special diet the way the vet was hoping he would. He’s also taking his meds without fighting too much.  Both of which are positive signs.

Another positive sign is it is taking his body longer to process water. He’s not just drinking, peeing, drinking more. He seems to be retaining part of it. *fingers crossed*

After realizing the water at my house could be part of the problem, because we live near one of the military bases that is being tested currently, I got some gallon water for my pets, and Sota seems to like it more.

8/22/18

Today’s been a good day for Sota, he’s eaten a can and a half of food, and taken his meds. He was sparky when I tried giving him his shot, and didn’t want to hold still for it.

I am at 60 of the 450 minimum for the next vet appointment, all help is vastly welcome and appreciated!

8/23/18 

Thank you so much to all you wonderful people for helping me get to 105 dollars. I know without you all giving and sharing, it never would have happened! Sota is being very feisty today! I am excited to report that he is drinking, eating and litter boxing properly.   He spent almost an hour playing for the first time in weeks! Of course, he spent four hours napping afterwards, but I still count it as a win. Thank you all so much. I am hopeful the blood work will show positive results.

8/26/18 Update

There’s been no new improvements today, but he’s stable, for which I am thankful, and he took his meds with very little fighting, only some cat glaring.

Still trying to get to the 450, right now at 105 on here, 20 on paypal, and 20 cash from an craft fair. That puts me at 145 of the 450.  There’s still a few weeks left, but I’d like to have the money at least four days a head of time, so I can transfer it over and know it will be available when I go to the vet.

Thank you once more to everyone who has shared or donated, it means more than words can express.

8/28/18 Update

Sorry I didn’t update yesterday, I wasn’t feeling good and wasn’t online much. 

For the most part Sota seems to have stabilized. He’s not a fan of meds but takes them without arguing, his special diet is hit or miss however. Sometimes he eats it no problems, other times he argues with me about it.  

Thank you to everyone who has shared in some form or donated. I am still working on building up the funds for his appointment on September 19th, so if you could keep sharing that is greatly appreciated. 

8/30/18 Update

I hope you are well.

Sota is eating and drinking properly but doesn’t want to take his shot, which is tricky. He needs the shot but is being stubborn. At least he takes his daily meds without arguing!

There has been no changes in how much I have raised. Any and all reblogs, shares on twitter or facebook, are vastly appreciated!

9/3/18 Update

Yesterday I did the craft fair, which ended up only adding five dollars to my over all amount of money for Sota cause I had to get ink to print some new business cards. Hopefully those cards will help people come my way.

That said, he’s still responding to medication. Today’s been a stubborn day, where he doesn’t want to take it, but he needs to.  Thankfully, he’s at least not being stubborn with his food today.

Please continue sharing so the chances of hitting the 450 needed for his vet visit on the 17th.

9/4/18 update

Besides saying that Sota ate his food without argument and took his meds without arguing, I don’t really have anything to update.

Still at the same point for the GoFundMe, please continue to share. If you could also share it on twitter and Facebook that’d be vastly welcome and I would be massively grateful.

9/10/18 update

Sorry it’s been a few days since I last updated. I’ve been sick, so I went to the doctor who put me on antibiotics that just happen to make me sleep. A lot.

Sota’s doing well on the meds and special food, he even seems to have put some of the weight he lost back on.

A wonderful anon donated 500 dollars, which pays for the visit on the 17th and starts towards his October visit. I am grateful beyond words to said anon, as I was fretting about how I was going to raise the rest of the money since it had been a few days since anyone had donated.

I am thankful to all of you, those who have donated or shared in some form. You are all amazing.

I politely request that you all continue to share, since I know he will need an appointment in October as well.

9/12/18 Update

Sota’s doing better it seems. He ate an entire can of cat food and let me give him his meds with no arguing.

It’s less then a week before his next appointment. I am hoping that it goes well. That the improvements I am noticing are real and not just the meds controlling the symptoms.

Thank you all to everyone who has shared this in some form, donated, or wished Sota well. I ask that you continue to do so. Take care,

9/15/18 Update

Thank you for all of the support, life went insane on me again, because apparently that’s a thing.

Sota has done well for the most part today, he had an upset stomach earlier, but I think that’s cause he was eating the wrong food, and it didn’t settle well. He took his meds well, for which I am thankful.

Monday is his vet appointment to check whether the meds and food change are actually helping or not. I am hoping they really are and will post an update then.

Please continue to share, thank you for everything,

9/17/18 Update

I was going to update earlier but ended up napping with Sota after my nerves stopped jittering. Today was his vet appointment. I am happy to report that it went well.

He hasn’t improved, which wasn’t surprising, but he hasn’t got worse, and that’s the important part. He’s stable.

There was a small adjustment to his medication and diet based on the tests we got today.  

He gets to go back in October for another round of tests. Hopefully after that I will be able to switch to every three months instead.

As of this moment his food and medication will be 50 dollars a month plus tax, for the rest of his life, but he will be a healthy, happy, and pain free cat.

Thank you to everyone who has shared or donated, if you could continue to do so, that’d be appreciated, just in case something surprise comes up. I will be adjusting the amount to include his medication for the rest of the year.

9/21/18

The last test results from the last round of testing just came back, while the first three were good/neutral, the fourth test was bad. So there will be another medication added to his diet.

As such, I will be adjusting the total to add the new meds and the testing needed to make sure that it is working.

Please continue to share. Thank you to everyone who has helped in some manner.

9/24/18 

I had intended to do an update yesterday, but ended up pain sleeping instead, the joys of chronic pain.

I got Sota's new medication, he is not thrilled to have to take a pill every day, but I think I got a system worked out for it.

He' still eating his special food, though he's becoming a bit of a social eater, and refuses to eat if I am not. I almost think this is his way of making sure I keep eating, since I keep forgetting.

Please continue to share this across the different social networks, all help is appreciated. You peeps are wonderful.

9/26/18

Sota's been on a new medication for the last five days.  Since starting it, he seems to want more food, which is an excellent sign. He's also retaining fluids  bit better, another excellent sign.

Unfortunately, I had some company the other day, and they introduced fleas to my house. As I would like to keep them from infecting all the cats, and Sota in particular as they drink blood and kidney problems cause a reduced blood making ability, I am going to be adding the cost of getting rid of them to the overall amount trying to raise.

9/29/18 

Sota has now been on his new meds a complete week. They appear to be helping. While he is not hungry for the first hour after he takes them, he does get hungry after that.

At this minute I have 180 of the 450 needed for the next vet visit on October 15th. I don’t have any of the money for the flea medication and house cleaning supplies to kill eggs.

It’s been suggested I make an amazon list, so here it is: Amazon List: Sota

Please keep sharing this across the various social medias as a way to raise awareness and get it to people who can help further. Thank you so much!

10/1/18

Sota’s seems to still be stable, thankfully. Sometimes he eats his cat food without arguing with me, other times I have to mix baby food with it, to encourage him to eat it. He’s taking his meds without problems, for which I am thankful.

As a wonderful peep bought several of the flea killing items off the amazon list, I was going to take that part off the over all amount to raise. Unfortunately, one of the tires on the car I take to the vet popped today, so it’s staying on there, because now I have to get the tire fixed before I go to the vet on the 15th.

I wish to say thank you to all the wonderful people who have helped fund his vet appointments and to those who keep sharing so peeps can do so.

10/5/18

I don’t have too much to say today. Sota’s been taking his meds, mostly without argument, though he’s not a fan of his shots. He’s eating his special food without argument, even asking for it now!

There hasn’t been any donations in the last few days. So I am still at 180 dollars of the 450 needed for the next round.

Please, please, please keep sharing this. There is only ten days until the next vet appointment, which means 8 days for the money to process so I have it when I get there.

10/10/18

Sota's been eating, though sometimes not as easily as I'd like, we play the 'what flavor food do you want today?' game quite often and he sometimes switches mid-meal to a different flavor.

He takes his meds without issues, and we've gotten to the point where he is no longer trying to run away as I give him the sub-q into his shoulders thankfully enough.

Right this moment I am 200 shy of what's needed for his next appointment.  I realize this is going on the third month of asking for help, it's still desperately needed, please share this across the various platforms so new individuals may see it and the chances of hitting the goal.

10/12/18

Not a lot of major changes to report.

 I got Sota and my other cats some new hard food, one that will be better for Sota for the days when he wants to eat it instead of his special food. He's rather pleased by this, thankfully it was the same price as the food they were on, so that helps the budget.

 Due to things outside my control, I am still 200 dollars short, and the appointment is Monday. Please, please, please, share this on the various social medias. I know he's a cat, but he helps me cope with my depression, comforts me when my pains really high, and reminds me of how to function.

 Thank you to each who have donated or shared it already, any more sharing is appreciated more then words can express.

[ai-da-ice]

[ai-da-ice update] Kake Hayabusa Hito Yamato... ON DVD!

Hey guys! As I mentioned yesterday, I wanted to talk a little more about my experience seeing Sota in "Kake Hayabusa Hito Yamato," but instead of doing a fan account, this time I want to share it with you guys more directly! A DVD of a stage performance of Kake Hayabusa Hito is going to be released later this year, which means it will be possible for anyone to watch Sota performing onstage from the comfort of their own country. Yay!

I of course am intending to buy the DVD, but there's one downside...it's REALLY expensive. And I know I usually don't do this, but in this case it would be really helpful to have a helping hand from the people I'm intending to share it with: you guys!

If you're interested in seeing the "Kake Hayabusa" performance, please consider donating to my DVD fund via GoFundMe. All proceeds will go to buying the DVD (and I'll naturally be contributing, too!), so every little bit will help in making sure the International a-i community can also celebrate Sota's rise as an actor.

Please visit the link here: https://www.gofundme.com/sota-dvd-fund

The DVD is onsale until March 4, so if you plan to donate, please do so before then.

Thank you so much for the support!

[jaimistoryteller]

Update 9/21/18

Hellos Peeps

I wish this was like the last update with good news, but alas it’s not. Instead shit went wrong again. The last test came back bad, showing that one of the kidney related problems is now to a point where he needs medication for it, and then there will be more testing to make sure this medication works as well. 

Plus side he’s responded to all the other medications so far, so here’s to hoping he responds to this one as well. If it does work, he will be on three things for the rest of his furry life: fluids, special food, and pills. Thankfully he does decent taking his meds, hopefully he will continue to do so.

Sota’s GoFundMe (9/21/18)

Masterlist of Updates (for those who want to see all the updates together, though I took the salutations off each, to make the post a little shorter)

Retweet Sota’s GoFundMe

Share it on Facebook through the link (if I do, then I get to deal with an abusive ass, which is why I have not).

Tales of Identity: Memories & Reflections - with all the links to where it can be bought: Lulu, Amazon, Barnes & Noble, Kobo, and iBook.

Reblog my ko-fi

Consider sharing something from my Etsy

Send me bloops on either JST or CLV as they are a great distraction from the panic of my baby boy being ill

Comments on or about my stories are wonderful, even ones that make me think. Sometimes those are best, because I like the challenge. 

Unexpected Meeting Beta & Critique Peep Survey 

Previous Updates:

9/18/18

9/16/18

8/20/18

[ID: black and silver cat on blue robe staring at camera]

[jaimistoryteller]

Update 9/18/18

Hellos All!

For a change my update is mostly good! 

First Sota: his vet appointment went well yesterday. I wouldn’t call it great, because he hasn’t improved, but I’ll call it good, because he hasn’t got worse. We caught the kidney failure at a point we could stall it and he is stable currently. The medication and special diet are going to be a life long thing, roughly 50 dollars a month, there was a minor adjustment to it.

Due to wonderful peeps, I was able to pay for yesterday’s vet appointment and have the money for the next appointment. At least as long as no extra tests are needed. That leaves just his food and medication that I will need to build money for.

Second car: it’s still at the shop, however I hadn’t had to get a rental because my stepdad’s coworker had one he could use, so I could use his. It’s a bit of a gas guzzler compared to what he normally uses to and from work, but it’s cheaper then getting a rental car. 

Third @converginglives Unexpected Meeting: the editing has been going good. Chapters 1 and 2 are ready for beta and critique peeps! I am working on chapter 3 right now and should hopefully have it done tonight. Each chapter is roughly 1.5k to 2k long. Current story summary:

After sailing accident kills his parental triad, Jon is sent to live with his biological father. He never expected to meet his first soulmate there.

Luc never expected to wake up after a fall that should have killed him. He doesn’t quite know what to make of the teenager taking care of him during his recovery and refusing to be intimidated.

Unexpected Meeting Beta & Critique Peep Survey

Despite the good news, I could still use help. I’ll have just barely enough to pay this months bills (yay!) but won’t have anything extra in case things go wrong again, which as many of you might have noticed, my life likes to do. Generally due to events outside of my control. So, with that, some free ways to help, because I get being broke but wanting to help:

Reblogging Sota’s GoFundMe (most recent update!)

Retweet Sota’s GoFundMe

Tales of Identity: Memories & Reflections - with all the links to where it can be bought: Lulu, Amazon, Barnes & Noble, Kobo, and iBook.

Reblog my ko-fi

Consider sharing something from my Etsy

Send my bloops on either JST or CLV as they are a great distraction from the panic of my baby boy being ill

Comments on or about my stories are wonderful, even ones that make me think. Sometimes those are best, because I like the challenge. 

Unexpected Meeting Beta & Critique Peep Survey 

Previous Updates:

9/16/18

8/20/18

[ID: black and silver cat laying on a leg in a vet office]

[jaimistoryteller]

Update 8/20/18

Hi Folks

So you all probably noticed that I have another GoFundMe going. I do not like having to ask for help, however I will do whatever I have to in order to save my boy, or at least try my damnedest. 

For those who haven’t looked at the GoFundMe, I’ll keep it short: I took Sota to the vet because he had fluids leaking out of his body in spots it shouldn’t. That was due to an infection. In the course of the tests to figure out what is going on, it was discovered that one kidney no longer works, and the other has limited function. However, since there is some function left, it means I can still save his life if he responds to medication and the specialty food. Now I am trying to get the money together for his check up appointment and the tests, I am also trying to come up with a bit extra to make sure I can provide his medication and special food. 

Sota helps me in my day to day life, not only is he my precious boy, but he often reminds me to eat, makes sure I take my meds, and helps me sleep by laying on my chest and purring. Beyond that, he’s an adorable cat, one who has lots of life left in him and I don’t want to see him die if there is any way to prevent it. 

I understand that a lot of people don’t have money, which is why I am not asking for it, don’t get me wrong, if you can, that’s wonderful as every bit will help Sota. Instead I ask for a few moments to consider any of the following:

Reblog Sota’s GoFundMe

Retweet Sota’s GoFundMe

Facebook Share using the GoFundMe share feature (if I share it on mine, I get to deal with an emotionally abusive person acting like an ass about me trying to save my cat, and my family causing issues.)

Reblog my book

Reblog my ko-fi

Consider sharing something from my Etsy

Send my bloops on either JST or CLV as they are a great distraction from the panic of my baby boy being ill

Comment on one of my stories, whether on here or AO3. Seriously, that peep who told me they were rereading Seeking made night the other night. 

Thank you for taking the time to read this, double thank you to anyone who reblogs this or one of the links on it. 

Jaimi

[jaimistoryteller]

Update 10/12/18

Hellos Folks

I hope your days are going well. 

Mine is, upsetting. Yeah, upsetting is the best word. I had a bit of a break down earlier. Why? Because it’s been a Bad Day. I woke up in massive amounts of pain, in the middle of a bad episode for depression, found out that the tire won’t be fixed on the car and the other car still needs the starter fixed. A bright side: a coworker friend of my stepdad is letting me use a truck to take Sota to the vet, problem: it goes through gas way too fast. 

I am currently 160 short of what I need for the appointment for Sota, the amount of money needed for his second blood test. He needs both blood tests, as one checks where his kidney function is, and the other says exactly how well his meds are working. 

I actually started off 200 short this morning, but after asking some friends to share Sota’s GoFundMe on their facebooks, since they aren’t connected to mine, and thus avoid the problems of my family seeing it, two wonderful people donated money, which got me to the currently needed 160. That said, I ask each of you to share this. Please take a few moments to reblog Sota’s GoFundMe on tumblr, clicking the first one and use the share button for facebook, twitter, or both. All help is appreciated. 

Ways to help without spending money, mostly reblogs and sharing:

Sota’s GoFundMe (the webpage)

tumblr post

twitter post if you’d prefer to just retweet rather then use the share button on the GFM

Tales of Identity: Memories & Reflections - with all the links to where it can be bought: Lulu, Amazon, Barnes & Noble, Kobo, and iBook.

Reblog my ko-fi

Consider sharing something from my Etsy

Send my bloops on either JST or CLV as they are a great distraction from the panic of my baby boy being ill

Comments on or about my stories are wonderful, even ones that make me think. Sometimes those are best, because I like the challenge. 

Unexpected Meeting Beta & Critique Peep SurveyTake care all

Amazon Wishlist of Stuff for Sota

I hope your night goes well,

Jaimi

Previous Updates:

10/5/18

9/18/18

9/16/18

8/20/18

[jaimistoryteller]

Anon Answer

[ID: two anon questions: hi, saw you were looking to purchase a building through crowdfunding, and I was wondering why you didn’t just try to get a small business loan instead? it’s pretty selfish to use others’ money to fund your business without giving anything back. . . and no, a place where they can continue to throw money at you is not giving back to the community]

So, Anon, rather then post both of them, I just took a screen shot. Now I am going to gather that you are one of two types of people. 

Type 1. a flaming asshole troll who likes to cause shit, at which point you can go to hell in a handbasket. 

or

Type 2: someone who is too lazy to through my history. 

I’d like to say you were Type 3: someone who missed my general update, didn’t actually read the GFM page (because OMG one of the questions I answered in it is: who does it benefit besides me?), and was asking out of curiosity, but alas the fact both came from the same IP address according to when I blocked you it said I already had with the second, and the tone in the second, I’m going to politely tell you to Fuck Off. 

Now for others who might be wondering why, I will recap the last decade of my life plus my last update.

I was in a car accident, I now have permanent nerve damage, some days I can walk fine, other days not so much. But what about a wheel chair for those days you can’t walk? That’d be great, if I A. could use it with my house (I have steps between my room and the rest of my house, not counting the door to outside with even more steps) and B. if my hall was wide enough. So not a thing. Then there is the fact on those days all I can do is curl in bed and try not to cry from the pain, it’s something I wouldn’t wish on 99% of the world (I’m leaving space open for those people who really deserve pain, like mass murderers and what not). 

I tried working for three years following the accident, that just made things worse. I mean a lot worse. I stopped eating most the time, had a tricky time bathing, was in and out of the hospital for falling related injuries. It wasn’t good. 

So I decided, I tried the adult thing, I tried to work through the pain, even though all that did is make my pain worse and caused more physical damage, it didn’t do it. Let’s try applying for disability. 5 years worth of paperwork and court, just to have a panel of perfectly healthy judges tell me “You have a disability, we don’t think you are disabled enough to qualify for disability however.” 

Yep, they said that. I even took it to my therapist (yeah, I see one twice a month for depression, to go with the physical disability, I have annoying brain chemistry), and asked him to read it to make sure I wasn’t misreading. I wasn’t. 

Right. Well, I do commissions and ghost writing, but there are a lot of people who do both. Some months it pays the bills, others not so much. Then there are the months where things go wrong. I mean massively wrong. Like when I had to ask for help catching up the bills because I had spent 4 months sick and fell way behind, or when Sota got ill. 

I also sell my book Tales of Identity: Memories & Reflections.

Okay then. So, I haven’t been able to find a job in the area I can physically do, I can’t afford to move, I can’t travel to bigger cities because how would I get there and back since the pain would make it impossible to work or I would work and the pain would make it impossible to drive, but this living on commissions, ghost writing, and book sales in between working on my books isn’t providing enough money to survive healthily. 

So I did what I do, I went into figure-this-shit-out mode. The answer? Open a business of my own. Sweet! Except, I haven’t worked in 7 years, my credit is in the shit, and I have no one I can turn to as a cosigner. Well fuck. Now what? 

Oh! I know! GoFundMe and KickStarter! 

As I had used GFM before, it was the easier one to set up, so I set it up and began the sharing process. Do I expect to actually raise all the money on there? No, but it doesn’t hurt to ask. I am working on the KickStarter, but it’s a lot more detailed and takes more time to set up. Particularly when other things keep going wrong. 

If anon didn’t want to donate to GFM, they could have waited for the KS since that comes with various rewards based on money amount.

Now then, back to the anon’s question of who else benefits.

Well because of my disabilities, I included in the amount of money I am trying to raise, the money for a person to work there to do the lifting, stocking, and moving of stuff. That gives at least one person a full time job. If it works out the way I think it will, there will actually be three other people besides me working there, so that’s three people with full time jobs. Who will be able to pay bills and spend money in the community.

Then there is the fact I said an Indie Bookstore. Wait, why is Indie bold? Because my in pain self would like to point out that indie authors only get paid when their books are bought. Now with a traditional book store the book store goes to the publisher and says “I would like these books” and in a lot of cases they are fronted, aka the author gets nothing till they leave the shelf. In the case of an Indie Bookstore, at least with the ones I was talking to owners of, the owner buys the book, so the author gets the money then, and then it’s on the owner whether they sell or not. If the book does well, more of that book is bought. So, that gives any Indie Authors I know about (and yeah, I will be doing a call for indie authors to stock up on y’all’s books because lets support each other) at least a little bit of money. 

Then there is number three, if I am no longer having to ask for money because I have a stable or reliable source of income I can give back to the community by helping others. What a concept, if not needing help, can actually help other people. 

Which leads to number four, I also said market. Right now the farm market peeps are in whatever space comes open that week, which means their sales are not persistent because who knows where they will be. It will give them a place to sell their stuff from. But wait! There’s more, rather then having only one day a week they can sell stuff, they will have the option of ‘renting’ an area to sell stuff every day. So, it’s like they almost have a way to make a little extra money. Geez, what a concept. 

I apologize for the overwhelming snark and I appreciate each and every one of you people who have helped me in any way. You all are awesome, I hope you have a good day. 

GoFundMe for Cosmos Market - Indie Boostore, Arts & Crafts Market

[jaimistoryteller]

Long Year - An Update & Grumble

Hello Folks

We are half way through November and I can say beyond a shadow of a doubt that this has been a Long, Hellish Year. Why?

I got a concussion walking across my yard cause my ankle decided to randomly give out and I slammed into frozen ground, I haven’t reached my pre-concussion word speeds since. 

I spent 5 months sick, mostly sleeping through them because of the antibiotics I was on to try and get rid of the sick

I’ve got two broken teeth that make it hard to eat, every time I have the money together to get them fixed, I can’t find a ride, and that leads to the fact I still have that money in the next emergency, of which there seems to be a lot of this year. Right now I have half the money, cause the other half will probably be used to cover my adoptive sister’s furnace repair. 

I fell behind on all my bills, to a rather dangerous point, and that was the point I did the first GoFundMe.

Ma broke her phone two months in a row, which led to being behind again

I got that caught up, only to get sick and fall behind again, because I didn’t realize DHS didn’t do their part. 

Both cars need repairs, one needs tires (400 dollars) and the other needed a starter (200 dollars) 

Then Sota got sick. Three months of vet bills, special diet and, medication. The money that was supposed to be his last vet bill ended up being for his cremation.

Sota’s death sent me into downwards spiral, a massive one, bad enough I was actually suicidal for the first time in my life. 

Finally getting past it only to have other problems come up within the family. 

Then Thursday 11/15 I get not one, but two different calls about broken furnaces. Why am I the one called? I’m best at dealing with that sort of thing, I can repair some of them, and I can find a repair man for those I can’t fix. Unfortunately, that set back the bills again, leading to me asking for help, and finally getting my adoptive sister to ask for help. 

Sunday 11/17 was Sia’s birthday, it’s the first one since her death, and it hit me harder then expected. I spent the day an emotional mess. 

Now some of you might be wondering why my sister doesn’t do it herself since I am running the GoFundMe. That’s because she doesn’t have internet. I know, there are probably some who find that hard to believe, but there are still areas in rural districts without it. Or areas where the only internet is by satellite and cost hundreds of dollars a month. 

For her we are trying to raise them money for her furnace and to replace her broken down and unsafe care. In total $3,000. Why so much, or why so little depending on opinion? Because that would let her get a decent used car, pay for the plates, taxes, insurance, and the money for the parts for the furnace. We got lucky, and the church that funds my therapists office is paying for the part, which I didn’t know at the time I set it up, so yay! Still need a car however!

For me I am trying for $545 dollars for bills, to pay the car insurance and to pay the internet. 

I know I have been asking for a lot of help in recent months, a side effect of things going wrong. To end that cycle, I am trying to open an indie & secondhand bookstore and market. I figure asking for help, hopefully one last time, to get a business going so I can pay it back into the fandom and community that has helped me, is better then continuing to ask every time something goes wrong. Some of you have probably seen the GoFundMe for it, because I set that up first. Toady I managed to finish getting the Kickstarter set up! 

Why am I doing both? Short answer because different people are comfortable helping in different ways. There will be more details on this on my Cosmos Market post, which will be up after this one. 

Past posts on this topic: Last Update and the Answer to Anon on Why I am Going This Route. 

[jaimistoryteller]

Rambling Update 11/5/18

*waves*

So not a bad update, though it easily could have been considering how last week ended. 

I have 2 1/2 of the CLV 100 Peeps Give Away items to finish, then I’ll be posting them, probably a couple of times. 

The next few days are gonna be busy between offline life and NaNo so I am queuing up a bunch of Converging Lives stuff, as normal it has the “Converging Lives Verse version” tag.

I am also queuing up some of mine and fellow writers story stuff, plus my old Good Reads Wednesday stuff, cause why not. 

I’ll still randomly be reblogging stuff I am tagged in, so keep tagging me, even if I don’t get to it immediately, I will get to it. 

I am also randomly reblogging my GoFundMe, right now I am not in a position where things are dire, but I am leaving it open since life keeps kicking me in the teeth, and I have three doctor appointments in the next three weeks, fun, fun I say.

I also have a Patreon if anyone would like to do a monthly $1 to help me out, those dollars do add up. I know it’s been pretty inactive for the last few months, I have been rather discouraged due to lack of peeps in the year I have had it, my health, Sota’s health & passing, and just things going wrong. I hope to start updating regularly again and try to just push the fact it’s discouraging when there is no response aside. 

Books for Sale: currently only Tales of Identity: Memories & Reflections, but I hope to add Unexpected Meeting at the beginning of January. 

Paperback - Lulu, Amazon, Barnes & Noble

eBook - Lulu, iBook, Amazon Kindle, Nook, Kobo, directly from me (with PDF)

When I get done with Unexpected Meeting I am gonna try and finish Seeking, again, hopefully this time life doesn’t work against me, cause it was seriously disappointing to have it all typed up and done then have it all destroyed because of a computer glitch. That’s definitely been my life in the last year. Depending on how long it takes, I will be working on a few others as well, maybe not finishing them, but getting some updates ready so I can post something at least once a week. At this point I’d be good with once a month. I love fandom, and I know it’s mostly my depression, but more peeps interact with my original stuff, or so it feels, which is why my original stuff is where my muse has been lately. 

After a conversation with a peep, I’m considering a kickstarter to open a little store up to sell arts and crafts stuff, plus host other local peeps. The ones who don’t qualify for the local galleries because they make the wrong type of crafts. Definitely something to look into, it might be something to do, or it might not. I know at least three different peeps who’d be all for it if I did do it, and would sell stuff there, but all of us are low income, and even pooling money together couldn’t do it at this time. Thoughts welcome. 

Updating my  Etsy Store is in this weeks agenda too, as long as I have the mental spoons to do so. 

JaimiStoryTeller and Converging Lives are both getting updates, right now I am working on CLV, doing a little here and there, as I try to catch up for being several months behind. I know JST will be an even bigger project since it’s been a good two years since I did an overhaul, but that will definitely be a future thing. For now I am adjusting tags, all things I make will have my name as part of the tag, rather then ‘my’. 

I feel like I am forgetting something, but not sure what at this point? 

I hope everyone has a smooth day,

Jaimi

[jaimistoryteller]

Update 10/5/18

*exhausted waves* evening folks

I meant to write this the other day, actually a week ago, but I’ve been a combination of exhausted, not feeling good, dealing with ma not feeling good, and just having things go wrong. 

Sota’s still responding to meds. Yay! However I still need 270 dollars for his next round of testing. 

The advice you wonderful peeps have given me has been really useful. The Diatomaceous Earth is killing all the bugs running around the house, including those trying to come in to escape the cold as the season changes. The website for peeps with cats in Sota’s situation has helped me shift the household cat diet to something more healthy for him that the others can eat for the days he wants to eat hard food. It’s also given me ideas as how to get him to eat his special food when he doesn’t want to. Apparently he really loves ham baby food. 

Unexpected Meeting is coming along nicely. I’m working on chapter 10 now, it’s a totally different chapter 10 then in the original version, cause that chapter 10 is becoming a short story instead. 

Some shit that’s gone wrong since the last update: car is still in the shop, the other car blew a tire, right now we have the spare on it, but that isn’t the safest for long distances so trying to get the money to fix that. The furnace broke down, but we were able to get it fixed. I had a pipe that started leaking, thankfully that was an easy fix, it just needed to be re-threaded, though eventually it will need replaced. 

Saw the doctor cause of the not feeling good, back on antibiotics, plus another meds shift. 

So, here is me still asking for help. Cause help is still needed. All of the methods below are free ways to help since I get cash being tight. 

Reblogging Sota’s GoFundMe (most recent update!)

Retweet Sota’s GoFundMe

Tales of Identity: Memories & Reflections - with all the links to where it can be bought: Lulu, Amazon, Barnes & Noble, Kobo, and iBook.

Reblog my ko-fi

Consider sharing something from my Etsy

Send my bloops on either JST or CLV as they are a great distraction from the panic of my baby boy being ill

Comments on or about my stories are wonderful, even ones that make me think. Sometimes those are best, because I like the challenge.

Unexpected Meeting Beta & Critique Peep Survey

Take care all,

Jaimi

Previous Updates:

9/18/18

9/16/18

8/20/18

[jaimistoryteller]

Update 9/24/18

Morning Folks

I feel like I should do an update, but I’m not sure what to say. 

I’m mentally exhausted right now. Not completely sure why, I mean I get why I am physically exhausted, my pain levels are way too high for me to appreciate, and then I went and sprained my good ankle. So standing is currently horrible, cause no matter which foot I step down on, it hurts. Not just the light ouch, twinging hurt, but I have knives spearing through my ankle and heel. 

[ID: black and silver cat on white blanket in front of drawers]

Here, have a picture of Sota, because he’s adorable.

He’s taking his new medication. Which is good, now I am hoping that it will work. 

List of ways to help without spending money, though all require a little time since it’s mostly reblogs of things:

9/24/18 Update 

Masterlist of Updates (for those who want to see all the updates together, though I took the salutations off each, to make the post a little shorter)

Retweet Sota’s GoFundMe

Share it on Facebook through the link (if I do, then I get to deal with an abusive ass, which is why I have not).

Tales of Identity: Memories & Reflections - with all the links to where it can be bought: Lulu, Amazon, Barnes & Noble, Kobo, and iBook.

Reblog my ko-fiConsider sharing something from my Etsy

Send me bloops on either JST or CLV as they are a great distraction from the panic of my baby boy being ill

Comments on or about my stories are wonderful, even ones that make me think. Sometimes those are best, because I like the challenge. 

Unexpected Meeting Beta & Critique Peep Survey

Previous Updates:

9/21/18

9/18/18

9/16/18

8/20/18

I hope you all are doing well, that your days go smoothly. 

Jaimi

[jaimistoryteller]

5 Things

@ofinkandpaper tagged me to list 5 things that make me happy and then tag the last 10 folks in my notifications. Thanks for the tag!

1. Sota seems to be doing better (still gotta get him checked by the vet to confirm - GoFundMe for that)

2. New D&D book!!! I was told it is a really early birthday present cause of cost, I don’t care, it’s one I’ve been hunting for 

3.  all the wonderful peeps who have retweeted, reblogged, or helped fund Sota’s GoFundMe (tumblr link with most recent update)

4. Final Fantasy Tactics, it’s great stress relief

5. my closest friends (on & off line) for being so supportive and here for me as I try not to freak out too much about Sota. 

The last ten peeps are (please tell me if you never want me to tag you again for any reason, including just not a fan of being tagged) @augusta-writes @fragrant-stars @amythe3lder @kazrah-writes @ofinkandpaper (if you’d like to do it again *grins*) @a-lafaye @ratracechronicler @bubba-writes @eternalflameprincess and @dearbluetravelers

[jaimistoryteller]

Sorry to hear things aren't going so well. Sending you warm thoughts and three bloops!

Thank you so much! Things are going insane it seems, and I am fretting over Sota and how I will take care of him. Hence a GoFundMe to make sure I have the money for it. Thank you for both the well wishes and the bloops @ratracechronicler! 

Have three about Elena V.L.

She chuckles the first time Jon calls her a ‘nest mother’ but decides it is a fitting title for what she does. 

She knows all the best sleeping places, where to get food, and supplies, and who will let folks do random work for needful things in exchange

She never speaks of her soulmarks or soulmates, but she looks wistful any time the topic comes up. 

Send a bloop (or multiples) and get as many facts!