Abundant April AF - Week 3
Hi Everyone-sorry to be so MIA lately. Lots going on and very little of it good.
Before I miss it-HAVE A GREAT TRIP CYN!! I really hope you are able to keep up with the long hikes and not have to take a taxi inbetween! At any rate, it should be a lovely interesting trip and I do hope you'll be able to post pics now and then.
I hope everyone had a nice Passover/Easter. Loved the pics of the eggs and the boys on FB Lav!!
Hi G Man! Hope all is well!
Star- so happy to hear you were able to fit in a nice visit with your daughter. The new baby will be here before you know it!!
Dill-Your easter dinner sounded delish!
So if I may, I need to vent and whine for a bit. No one else to talk to about what is happening.
Pretty much this is it in a nutshell: Over the past 4 months my heart broke, my dogs broke, my cat broke, my car broke and my washing machine broke. I am in way over my head in debt to the 2 credit card companies (~10K), my vet (1200) and my sister and father (3K and change for my car which broke once again last Tues). Can't even think about getting the washing machine replaced. I'm sure the cost of getting it fixed would be more than replacement (100 just to walk in my door and look at it). And to top it all off, I got so into sewing this afternoon I totally missed the call from the mechanic saying my car was ready. When I finally came up for air, it was 5:30 and they were long gone. My dad took me down there anyway to see if maybe they had left the keys in it and left it unlocked. No such luck. So, on my first day back to work tomorrow after more than a week off, I will be at least 1/2 hour late.
I have no idea how I'm going to pay my family back. I'm on a payment plan with my vet over then next 3 months. My dad doesn't want me to even thing about paying him and sister back until I pay off the credit cards. Unfortunately that will take many years the way I am going and I would rather be in debt to some faceless company than my family. I can't sell my car because I owe twice what it is worth.
I am frantically looking for a 3rd job (work from home only) but so far nothing. So many scams out there. The few that don't seem to be don't have any projects for me yet. I'm going to work as much as I can at the demo job but the wear and tear on my car almost isn't worth it anymore. Unfortunately PT weekend jobs that pay over $15/hour are virtually non existent.
I feel I have finally hit rock bottom financially. I'm wondering if declaring bankruptcy would be a way out but I don't even know where to start. Right now, if one more animal gets sick or something breaks in the house, or on the car, i have no recourse. I have no extra funds and my family is tapped out because of me. I'm not even sure I can afford to shop for healthy food at this point. It's a sad irony that eating healthy is so much more expensive than eating crap and of course there are no coupons for fruits and veggies. I do see a lot of rice and beans in my future but I guess that isn't that bad in terms of nutrition. I do have a crock pot of Turkey chili going right now which will give me at least 10 meals combined with rice or quinoa etc. And of course being forced to go with out my beloved Diet Coke and drinking water instead isn't so horrible for me. I do have the 6 month gym membership my family gave me so I'll be able to keep getting into shape. I just hate hate hate being so financially wreaked. I've never been in such bad shape before and it doesn't seem quite fair that it's all happened in such a short amount of time. And at my age!! I should be doing better financially, not worse. I can't even work on a budget because it's paycheck to paycheck with only the mandatory and essentials being covered.
I guess all I can do is hope one of these WFH jobs pans out. Even a measly $100/month would help a bit.
sorry to be such a debbie downer. I'm really hoping that tomorrow will be a much better day (even tho it means going back to work. Ick.).
Hi Everyone-sorry to be so MIA lately. Lots going on and very little of it good.
Before I miss it-HAVE A GREAT TRIP CYN!! I really hope you are able to keep up with the long hikes and not have to take a taxi inbetween! At any rate, it should be a lovely interesting trip and I do hope you'll be able to post pics now and then.
I hope everyone had a nice Passover/Easter. Loved the pics of the eggs and the boys on FB Lav!!
Hi G Man! Hope all is well!
Star- so happy to hear you were able to fit in a nice visit with your daughter. The new baby will be here before you know it!!
Dill-Your easter dinner sounded delish!
So if I may, I need to vent and whine for a bit. No one else to talk to about what is happening.
Pretty much this is it in a nutshell: Over the past 4 months my heart broke, my dogs broke, my cat broke, my car broke and my washing machine broke. I am in way over my head in debt to the 2 credit card companies (~10K), my vet (1200) and my sister and father (3K and change for my car which broke once again last Tues). Can't even think about getting the washing machine replaced. I'm sure the cost of getting it fixed would be more than replacement (100 just to walk in my door and look at it). And to top it all off, I got so into sewing this afternoon I totally missed the call from the mechanic saying my car was ready. When I finally came up for air, it was 5:30 and they were long gone. My dad took me down there anyway to see if maybe they had left the keys in it and left it unlocked. No such luck. So, on my first day back to work tomorrow after more than a week off, I will be at least 1/2 hour late.
I have no idea how I'm going to pay my family back. I'm on a payment plan with my vet over then next 3 months. My dad doesn't want me to even thing about paying him and sister back until I pay off the credit cards. Unfortunately that will take many years the way I am going and I would rather be in debt to some faceless company than my family. I can't sell my car because I owe twice what it is worth.
I am frantically looking for a 3rd job (work from home only) but so far nothing. So many scams out there. The few that don't seem to be don't have any projects for me yet. I'm going to work as much as I can at the demo job but the wear and tear on my car almost isn't worth it anymore. Unfortunately PT weekend jobs that pay over $15/hour are virtually non existent.
I feel I have finally hit rock bottom financially. I'm wondering if declaring bankruptcy would be a way out but I don't even know where to start. Right now, if one more animal gets sick or something breaks in the house, or on the car, i have no recourse. I have no extra funds and my family is tapped out because of me. I'm not even sure I can afford to shop for healthy food at this point. It's a sad irony that eating healthy is so much more expensive than eating crap and of course there are no coupons for fruits and veggies. I do see a lot of rice and beans in my future but I guess that isn't that bad in terms of nutrition. I do have a crock pot of Turkey chili going right now which will give me at least 10 meals combined with rice or quinoa etc. And of course being forced to go with out my beloved Diet Coke and drinking water instead isn't so horrible for me. I do have the 6 month gym membership my family gave me so I'll be able to keep getting into shape. I just hate hate hate being so financially wreaked. I've never been in such bad shape before and it doesn't seem quite fair that it's all happened in such a short amount of time. And at my age!! I should be doing better financially, not worse. I can't even work on a budget because it's paycheck to paycheck with only the mandatory and essentials being covered.
I guess all I can do is hope one of these WFH jobs pans out. Even a measly $100/month would help a bit.
sorry to be such a debbie downer. I'm really hoping that tomorrow will be a much better day (even tho it means going back to work. Ick.).
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