After a rough day
Some of you may have seen my update on Twitter and Facebook earlier in the week about our website problems. We were effectively out of commission for 24 hours. Well, we’re back! And here’s some behind the scenes for you.
I tell ya, lately I feel like I’m shooting lightning out my ass. It’s been a rough week. Nerve pain aside, we’ve had a near accident on the highway with a blown tire, the website started dying due to the enormous size and database, forcing me to spend over 2 hours with a technical assistant from our webhost, and my computer started freezing during reboot. We got the website back to normal by upgrading to a professional hosting plan. That’s the price of relative success through visitor high traffic and it bit us hard, costing us $532 up front for the next 36 months.
So yeah, as far as single incomes go, Leanne has been carrying us through this. We’d be worse off if we didn’t have the support of our Patreon subscribers, for which I am very grateful. Unfortunately, it’s not enough on its own, and I have more items I am having to put up for sale to cover immediate costs, including monthly medical bills.