January 2025 Ice Storm Update! (Patreon)

Hey everyone!

Okay, so this may be a long post, but as you may know - I am a hyper-organized person and I've tried to work ahead to prepare for any setbacks on the channel (because life happens)!

On Sunday, January 5th, my area had a MAJOR ice storm come through, with myself and about 40,000 people left without power. I'm in a very rural area, so as of Tuesday afternoon, there are still about 10,000 - myself included - without power or internet.

They are hoping worst case scenario, my power is restored by the weekend. Luckily, I have a gas stove so my house is warm enough. I'm VERY lucky in that regard.

However, even with the power restored, a telephone line carrying my Internet was taken down during the storm. There is no estimate on when it will be fixed, so even when the power comes back on, I may not have Internet at my house for some time.

Now, to combat this, when I get power, I can ask some reliable patrons in the past (Ed, you know who you are, haha) if they can hopefully get me files of the shows I'm watching to record reactions. And I will work when the weather clears to get a hot spot so I can at least edit videos and then hopefully, I can take those edited reactions to my place or work (that has stellar internet) to upload them. I have some preparation to do and I have ideas, so that should be fine. I will be, if anything, doing all I can to get you reactions on time.

THAT being said, with the exception of Link Click for next Sunday and JanuYaoi/RWTW's entries, everything for this week is ready to go. Next week looks like it hopefully will all be ready for the most part, too, with those exceptions.

The Apothecary Diaries Season 2, JanuYaoi, and anything past next week - I will be working my hardest to try and get to you. But this is a very precarious time for me. It's unprecedented. I've never missed a recording in 4 years of this channel being on time. So, as you can imagine, my anxiety is at an all-time high but I am working to be calm. We can only do what we can.

Please know your support on the channel right now is very appreciated and may help me secure some resources to help get through this and future incidents. I will do my best to get everything out on time, but if there are delays, I will try to mitigate and keep them at a low.

My days usually consist of:

6 am wake up, 8 am work at job until 5 pm, recording and editing 7-11 pm on weeknights and on weekends it's usually all day trying to get 2-3 shows recorded/edited while doing other tasks (well, and cleaning my house, seeing friends/family). So, to say the least, this has been a change of pace the last few days not being able to record and edit - which isn't a bad thing, but I know how behind it will make me on the channel and I want to do the best for you all (and watch/read these series)!

Anyway, I wanted to be transparent and let you all know that I will work hard to keep things on time, but if I'm delayed, there is reason for it and please keep your support and comments coming - it motivates me more than anything!

Stay Warm and Safe,

<3 RB