Hey everyone, Ben here. 

I wanted to write a brief update about the delays we experienced this week. In short, I was diagnosed on Sunday with a rather nasty bacterial infection. While the antibiotics started to help immediately, they came with side effects that began to damage my tendons. I have been in and out to see doctors all week and I’m now on a different class of antibiotics that will not do further harm. 

Unfortunately, due to the pain, exhaustion, and tendon damage, I have been unable to do any computer work that was scheduled for this week, including getting the backerkit completed. 

Several people have stepped up to help complete this process and we are aiming for mid next week to launch the backerkit for the 2018 Patreon rewards. 

Thank you for your patience during these delays and I apologize for the inconvenience.

(And thank goodness for speech-to-text!)