Thundermow, PT pay, MRI
There is a chance of some major rain rolling through our area the next several days so I wanted to make sure the grass got mowed now while the standing water has receded. Cindy got on during the day and mowed the main yard. When I got home I tackled the trenches by the road as well as mowing a good chunk of the back yard that normally gets flooded. I again tempted fate, mowing defiantly as thunder and lightning crackled all around the area. I pulled the tractor back into the shed shortly before the rain kicked in.
During the day Cindy picked up Sadie who is staying with us for an extended weekend. She HATES storms and will stick to you like glue when thunder is rattling the house. Most of the night she was always within arms reach.
I was surprised when I got an email the other day that I had a Google AdSense deposit in my account. I have been making money with YouTube dollars for a couple years now so the deposit itself wasn’t the surprise, the timing was. The reason is I just had a deposit the previous month. I have been averaging getting a check from them every 2-3 months. You are only issued a check once your account hits $100 in revenue. Getting the check this week marked the first time I have earned enough YouTube money to get paid two months in a row, awesome!
Ever since I hit two milestones on my account, 1000 subscribers and a million total views it has seemed like things have been accelerating rapidly. I now have tacked on almost another 200 subscribers and 60,000 views in the span of several weeks. The content on my channel has sort of shifted over time. It used to be almost exclusively videos of me doing workouts and physical challenges which only appealed to a small niche market. Over time I discovered that people love how to videos.
My various automotive and home project videos are my most viewed on the channel. My recent adoption of the Segway Minipro and Ninebot One has opened up the channel to a whole new genre of people. The response I have gotten on the videos related to our PTV’s has been good as well.
I think the formula I use for pretty much all of my videos is pretty consistent, no matter what the subject is. I just talk about it. I am not scared to show when I fail as well as succeed. Admitting mistakes is a good thing. It seems like my honest approach to how I tackle various obstacles clicks with a decent amount of people. I also have made some minor tweaks to the way I make videos, using higher quality editing software and making a conscious effort to keep their duration shorter. People today have short attention spans.
So anyway, I have been working on building my YouTube channel into something for a long time. To at least be making some part time job money at it is satisfying. I’ll keep uploading.
Today is my ear MRI. They are going to be doing it with and without contrast I believe. With contrast means they inject some dye into your bloodstream to provide better imagery of the small components that make up the ear. I generally hate being poked and prodded so I am not looking forward to the procedure. I have had MRI’s before, so the coffin like enclosure will not be new to me, I just hope I don’t get an itch.
The frustrating thing is I am pretty sure the MRI will do nothing to help remedy the problem. I think I have a fistula that will either slowly heal itself or will leave me with reduced hearing on my right side for the foreseeable future. My body already seems to be used to having the constant low ringing sensation on that side. My eyes are already going bad, my ears may as well join the party.