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   Leah Rowe is not a Rowebot (libreleah@mas.to)'s status on Wednesday, 22-Jul-2026 14:02:56 JST Leah Rowe is not a Rowebot

   STATUS UPDATE: I've done emails, dealing with some stragglers in admin - I'm booking Minifree shipments. All orders will ship soon.

   GOOD NEWS: I'm taking new orders again!

   As I said before, I was off sick during June. I didn't even accept orders during June (I literally had people waiting to order machines from me). A few people canceled - I've dealt with a few refunds. Will deal with remaining stragglers.

   I've been scrambling since start of July pretty much non-stop to catch up on work.

   Admin is like, the main headache in my business. The actual lab work is easy. I reckon I'll have that done in a week or so. All sorted by end of July.

   Stay tuned for tracking numbers. I'm relentlessly working at the lab all through to end of July. I've been feeling pretty great the past few weeks.

   I also fixed some bugs that were reported in Libreboot, and merged some patches yesterday - I resume Libreboot development full time in September/October - pending tentative stable release for December.

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     Leah Rowe is not a Rowebot (libreleah@mas.to)'s status on Wednesday, 22-Jul-2026 17:16:22 JST Leah Rowe is not a Rowebot

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     @otfrom much better. yeah, towards second half of may i was feeling rough, and it got worse in june. extreme brain fog, wasn't sleeping right. i figured out what it was:

     * i was consuming far too much sugar daily. i've now cut out *all* sugar from my diet, especially in tea and coffee.

     * i was snacking constantly. stress-eating. and not eating proper meals. now i make sure to eat fruit, and get enough food; i also make sure not to over-eat

     * i'm making sure to go to bed at regular hours, instead of random hours. i feel less tired during the day.

     * i've been walking a lot, and generally keeping myself fit. i've already started noticing weight loss since start of july.

     yeah, the way i was, if i'd continued, i'd probably have ended up with a stroke or something. i was dizzy all the time, often out of breath, and just generally manic.

     ironically, i'm feeling better now, despite currently having more stress than before. i'm just looking after myself better, and organising myself more.

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     Send Cookies (otfrom@functional.cafe)'s status on Wednesday, 22-Jul-2026 17:16:23 JST Send Cookies

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     @libreleah I hope you are feeling better

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     Leah Rowe is not a Rowebot (libreleah@mas.to)'s status on Wednesday, 22-Jul-2026 17:18:32 JST Leah Rowe is not a Rowebot

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     @otfrom once i've dealt with my current backlog (hopefully by end of july), i'll start making some changes to my business, to make it less stressful. simplify my operations, a lot.

     basically, i was doing too much too fast. i felt shit earlier in 2026 too, and it just got worse. i made myself actually ill.

     i caught myself before breaking point. don't worry, i'll be alright.