Summer of 2026

I absolutely hate that I am posting this.

I just found out I do not have the summer position I have come to rely on.

This 6-week position may not seem like much to some. To me, it works out to about $6,000 and is how I pay my rent and bills for the summer into September. The thought of not having this money, not being able to pay rent, has me shaking upset and nauseous.

If you have ever considered supporting me through Patreon, now would be a very much appreciated time.

I also created a Ko-Fi for tipping. This is something I’d been told to do many times before and am now doing out of panic.

I am trying really hard not to panic and retreat to “survival mode” because I’ve been putting so much effort into shifting to “living mode” this year.

I am going to look for another position elsewhere. I fear that what is left elsewhere will be at a fraction of my current pay rate.

I would love to say I could sew & sell enough in millinery to get through. $4,000 in sales each month is practically impossible, working out to be 8 hats a week, or 96 hours of sewing.

(For those who don’t know, I work for a school district. This means I only work September through June, leaving a pay gap from July to the end of September when we get our first paycheck of the school year.)