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🕑 Added 2022-05-01 00:57:57 +0000 UTC(Random Sidebar Image Grab! It's been so long since we've met!)
...so DELWMG ended April on a cliffhanger after all.
I did have a reason. I thought there was potential for the next segment to go megachapter and after a trip yesterday, I didn't have the strength for megachapter. (I also didn't know where a natural break point might lurk.) But I also came up with an idea, and it's been a while since I've done a light comedy. After a lot of heavy drama in the last few months, I thought it would be a nice change of pace to go for a few laughs.
And then last night saw me damage a gas station because I drove off thinking the attendant had, y'know, taken the nozzle out when the gas was fully paid for and already dispensed. The breakaway hose? Broke away.
I need to make this clear. The gas station does not expect me to pay for damages. That pressure-separation coupling on the hose exists for a reason. My worry is that a surge of sideways-moving pressure damaged the car's fuel intake pipe, and -- I won't know about that until the next time I put fuel in and get to watch for leaks. That's Tuesday at the earliest. I'm probably okay and if the car did take an injury, it's -- gonna hurt, but I'll let people know.
(Regardless, please don't act prematurely. The Ko-Fi goal remains Everfree Northwest, and we may talk about that in the blog next month.)
And why am I bringing all this up? Because of the usual punchline. Oopsie! Here's a new source of stress out of nowhere! Now go be funny.
I wasn't sure I could manage it. There was a point last night when I thought I'd never be able to write a comedy today, and a darker moment had me trying to figure out if I could survive next month on four postings. I didn't have time to locate another idea...
But it's up, with about three hours to spare on the race against midnight. (9K word count. Yes, I'm tired.) I hope people get a few smiles out of it.
"Now go be funny."
Now I'll go rest.
See you in May.
