recharge

Hey, folks! It's that time again. If you aren't familiar with my story, posts going into the situation in more detail can be found here and here. The short version is that I am a queer, trans, severely disabled person, attempting to rebuild my life while living in poverty after escaping domestic violence at the hands of abusive family who nearly killed me. Currently I have no reliable income, and for the last six months or so I have been almost entirely reliant on donations to survive.

To update on things so far: I've made it safely to the other place, and have been mostly recovering from the move and getting settled back in. I am happy to report that, with functioning A/C and a clean environment where housemates aren't incentivized to be awful, I am already doing much, much better than I was, and I am feeling immensely hopeful about what I'll be able to get done to pull my life together with a year of not having to worry about where I'll be living next month.

However, for that to continue being a reality, I'll still need help with covering rent and bills until I can get some meaningful financial aid in order. As things are I can see the light at the end of the tunnel, but if I lose my housing that will all come crashing down, and I will be extremely unlikely to survive long if it does; even without the nerve damage, physical frailty, and extreme autoimmune heat sensitivity, outdoor temps where I live at this time of year reach 100°F+ on the heat index most days, and without a roof I will have zero protection from any of it. The killing heat is here, and will likely be here for most of the year yet.

To that end, I am once again asking for donations. I have significantly more spoons to put into art than I did before the move, if anyone would like doodles in return for a donation (though my workspace is still limited), but anything at all helps; I would not be alive without the kindness of strangers online, and as much of a nightmare as things are in the broader world right now I'm finally starting to feel some hope. Please help me stay alive and keep fighting. 💜

My goals are:

$750 (Rent for this month, due by the 26th)

$280 (Bills, meds, and groceries for this month; will need to start paying my own phone line, since that's being cut off this month)

$650 (Rent for next month; however much of this I can get a headstart on will be helpful)

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Current Goal: $0/750

Edited to add: Since a lot of people are reblogging this original post, I'm adding the updated version I did that incorporates the intersex circle...

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truly one of The creatures of all time

Potions of Hydration!

Earlier this week I mentioned putting pickle juice in my water to replenish electrolytes. I work outside in a very hot and humid area, so it was very necessary.

Since then, a LOT of people have chimed in with their favorite hot weather drinks. I want to try... all of them. I've only had a few. Many of them are similar, but I still think its cool how many variations there are for 'its fucking hot out here and I don't want to die.'

So here is the incomplete list.

ORS (oral rehydration solution) (link has several recipes)

Shrub (sharaab)

Agua de pepino

Switchel

Posca

Ayran

Straight up drinking pickle juice (small doses)

Agua fresca

Sekanjabin

Pickle lemonade

Lebanese lemonade

Salted watermelon

Jamaica/hibiscus tea

Lebu pani

Ayuvedic gatorade

Soda chanh muôi

Suero

Aam paan

Sharbat

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These ones were given to me without names, and were just lists of ingredients, to taste:

- water and umezu

- diluted apple juice with lemon and salt

-watermelon, lime juice, mint

- sparkling water, mint leaves, lemon or lime juice, cucumber

-coconut water, lime juice, salt

-salt, lemon juice, water

-orange juice, salt, sugar, water, lime or lemon juice

-elderflower syrup and lime juice in water.