I hate asking for help but I'm definitely in need of it. Between electrical issues in the house itself, my computer being in need of repairs, and now the net due to be paid on the 15th, I'm really struggling just to keep my head up. My hubs is trying hard to find work locally and fast but he's fighting to get one of the bicycles fixed so he can get to town quicker w/o fighting to find a ride. Help please!
Bill: $43 Bike Repair: $60 PC Repair: $150
I've spoken about this to my followers only earlier last month. Mama was injured by a dog that attacked her and she was out of work for about 4 weeks. In the meantime, the person that owned the dog refused to put the dog down and refuse to rehome him. So we're at an impass right now financially. Mom's pushing to do what she can to get as many hours now that she can work again as she can to cover the bills and get caught up. But I worry about her health. She's not young and sprightly anymore./2
Electrical issues happened during this period of time that she was out of work and at the moment I have extension cables running throughout the entire house to the only working sockets in the kitchen to be able to keep the Wi-Fi going. This is the only means of contact I have with the world I live so rural that even a phone line is out of the question out here./3
Mama did talk to my husband about trying to find work as soon as she's healed up and able to drive again and he's been looking. There's two positions open in the village but that's a 3-mile biking trip from the house. It's a good thing that he's looking because Mama's doing everything she can cover to what bases she can too. As for me, I'm still doing my drawing and writing but limited to mobile only right now. I can answer any questions from the situation if anybody wants to know more. 4/4
I promised myself to be transparent about these things. I know that my situation is unusual for low-income families, but we're fighting to get ahead everyday and it's a very stressful situation.
If y'all can boost this later to spread the word, I'd appreciate it. This has been a heavyweight I've been carrying around for almost 2 months now and I can't keep carrying it anymore on my own. #MutualAid
Sounds very difficult. We are here for you.
@LnzyHou It certainly is. I've lived in pretty tough times, but this is probably the hardest I've lived through.
Keep breathing. And riding the waves.
@LnzyHou Oh trust me honey. I got the surfboard and I'm hanging tight. Them waves are tsunami level at this point.
@PaganMother I'm sorry you're going through this. In 1998 I got my disability after 9 months. ONLY because after spending 3 months in a mental hospital, my Psychiatrist filed an emergency request with Social Security. I am extremely lucky. I wish you the very best and feel sad about the length of time it's taking for you.💙
I'm sorry I have no other way to support you.😔
@LowEndMuse It's okay, it's just good to know that there's others that have fought with the same system and managed to win. It gives me hope. It's going to take a while but things will look up eventually. I hang on to that. It's got to get better. I have a son to raise and teach and this world is so difficult to live in with the neuroses I live with.
@PaganMother I still struggle every day. I've learned to hide it fairly well, but if you're around me in person for long enough, you'll notice it. 💯
@LowEndMuse I hear you. A lot of people don't realize that financial stability does tie into mental and emotional health as well. I'm a far stretch from being stable financially and I'm probably going to be for a while until my husband is working anyway. He promised me when we first started seeing one another that if I ended up in a situation where I couldn't work that he would try to find full-time.
@publickovacs Thank you so much so much!
And before anyone starts in on the whole pull by your bootstraps, I am incapable of holding a job due to my mental health and conditions. I am working on getting disability assistance but at this time there is a wait list of about 7 years for my case to be heard. I am doing everything I can just to make sure that my family is taken care of, recent events that happened has left us basically several months behind on the electric and mother-in-law is putting every bit she can into it. /1