Ruthie/Patron update

Hello Dear knights and everyone -- just an update here! 

For those that don't follow me on social media or aren't on the server, you may not be aware, but I am a Texas girl, born & raised, and currently reside; as well as if you know the world news enough, you'd know that Texas and a lot of the south was hit with a catastrophic winter storm, actually one big one and then a milder freeze. The layering of these and the brunt of the first put millions without power or water. While I consider myself lucky, I was not untouched. I went 3 days without power (a day before and after such with unstable power on and off), then about a half day with questionable internet -- and I am now on day 4 without water. Actually strike that, I have a small trickle of cold water now. 

Anyways -- the reason I am informing you all is due to basically what has been a week of me being unable to work. While I got power back and now it seems I am able to work, I can't describe what this event has done to me mentally and emotionally. During this 3 day period of solid no electricity/water I felt very much alone and hated everything and felt like a failure. I simply overwhelmed myself with worries over my work, deadlines impending, people I was letting down, and that was in tandem with worries over so much of my family and loved ones that were hurting or I couldn't reach either. The stress and panic were real. 

So that said, HERE IS THE ACTUAL announcement... 

I will do my very best to get out the perks and content promised to the tiers for the month. Anything that I don't will be marked down and will be added to next month. This is the absolute only promise I can make to you all. I will apologize for not being able to guarantee that all content will be received this month, however I will not apologize for circumstances out of my control, and my closest friends -- some of which are you, have assured me that I shouldn't kill my mental health and stress myself out to being sick physically when it is not me that has done this, but just... shit that happened in the world and that I need to take care of first. They've told me that y'all and all my listeners across all platforms will be understanding, and I am just relying on that and not beating myself up too much -- or trying to anyways. Keep your eyes open, I've got 9 days and some perks will get posted. 

Side note: If anyone noticed, right before this hit, I hit my goal of 100 patrons. I will do a celebratory post and something more cheery when I have time... just know that my heart is overwhelmed at this time with the both wonderful feeling of that, the great humbling effect, and the great hurt that my first post after such involves such melancholic notes. But I will strive on. I want to keep getting better, I have great ideas and hopes. Be well dears, I am grateful for your understanding and I have big plans for this patreon to come! 

Love, Ruthie xx