So we just found out after we paid for our new apartment through September that they haven't approved us to move in. Apparently, we still owe money to the last apartment we moved out of, so we can't move until we either pay that off or pay ANOTHER month of rent up front. But paying for all the other moving costs has wiped both our bank accounts. We need help, and we need it this week. We've got to raise $700 this week or we'll have to wait until the first to move. Now, I can do $700-worth of art if I really push myself, but I need people to commission art to do that. So this is my asking for help, which I really hate doing. Anyone who knows me, knows I absolutely hate asking for help doing anything, especially for money. So I'm not asking for donations, I just need more commissions. I have no money at all right now and my credit card is practically maxed out. Please help!

You may be wondering, "Shayla, why don't you just wait until the first to move when you can afford it?"

Let me explain why we are moving out of my father's house.
1. My father is driving us all insane. He has mental problems he won't accept and has not gotten help for. He tells me all the time how he should just kill himself so I'll be happy, how I'm a horrible person and going to hell for the art I draw, calls me and my husband fat all the time (even though he's bigger than either of us), etc. The last straw was he when he said my birth father (whom I haven't seen since he disappeared when I was 13) was wrong about me (in saying before he disappeared that I was "an angel"), that I was a horrible person, and that my mother (who died 4 years ago) would be ashamed of me.
2. This house is a nightmare and I can't stand having my child here. There are mice, flies, ants, and beetles EVERYWHERE. We can't leave any food out that is no longer sealed. We can't even leave it in the cabinets. We have to hide everything that has been opened in the fridge or freezer or it will be full of bugs in minutes. The house is not level and cracking, every faucet leaks, the shower is broken, and one of the garage doors is unusable. The yard is missing grass in half of it and is infested with whip worms, so our dogs can't go outside. We have to leash walk them three times a day (the apartment we are moving to has a dog park). Dad's previous dogs have peed on the rug so much that it is permanently stained brown (was gray). There are mouse droppings everywhere (can't leave paper out either or it will be destroyed), and I have a baby who is about to turn 6 months old. I'm afraid to let her crawl around the house.
3. Dad can't afford to pay his bills if we leave and has been making us pay them for him. We moved here because it was cheaper than the apartment we left. Or it would have been if Dad hadn't gone back on what he said. He said we could live here for free because he was leaving and wanted us to take care of his house and his NINE pets. Well, there were 12 at the time. We got rid of a few. Now there are nine including our two dogs. Dad spent his money unwisely and now he can't afford his bills this month. If we stay until the first, he'll expect us to pay them with the money we don't have.
4. This place is a good 30 minute drive from where my husband works. The apartment is a 30 minute WALK from his office. It's two miles away. I will have an extra two hours a day with my husband. He'll actually get to see me and our daughter sometime other than the weekend or when we eat dinner and go to bed.
5. Our soon-to-be roommate needs to move ASAP. He is graduating Friday and wants to move out of his parents' house right afterwards. He needs to get away from his parents and to a stable place. His mom does drugs and his step-dad is abusive at best. They want to force his very-gay self to have sex with a woman because they think it will magically make him "straight." That house is likewise full of roaches, spiders, and mice. He gets spider bites on a daily basis and is afraid to eat there. He's in a bad place too.


So with all that explanation said, PLEASE help us out? We really need money, and I'm happy to do $700 of art. It's not a donation, it's a plea for more commissions. I want to work for my money, but I need the money now and a lot of it. X.=.x

Waitlist on my homepage.

Amount raised:
$680/$700

Thank you so very, very much  Tonza! I'll be drawing you for months. ^.=.^;
Thanks to  Kaoru_Kagomura for the icon commish.
Thank you to Von Redwing ( BadWing) for doing art for me to raise money and keep me from being so swamped! You rock!
Thanks to  Cornel for the commission