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Every once in a while, life throws me a tiny little bone.
10 years ago
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Well, as you know, things have been not so good at Casa Del Wuff and Ott.
I have been under some stresses about work, I still have work piled up waiting for me that I haven't been able to do.
I am getting pressured to get my house in shape (it needs it, I don't begrudge my family for requesting it, but its still stressful because its one of those things where you just dunno where to start).
Before all this happened with my mother in law, they were gonna loan me some money to fix my windshield, (which ironically got a huge crack in it on our last trip to Pensacola a month or so ago) with the stipulation that I don't have to pay it back if I clean up my house.
I have been getting harassed, threatened, and scammed by a ban evading sociopath.
And of course all of that is dwarfed by the issues with my mother in law.
But..
Things have actually been looking up in the last couple of days.
I think God/karma/the flying spaghetti monster/whateveryoubelievein threw me a little bone.
First, and of course most importantly, his mom is out of the ICU. She is *FAR* from out of the woods, but she has once again beaten the reaper for now. She has a LONG way to go, and when (wow I can say when, not if, which is great) she gets out of the hospital, she will go to a rehab place before she comes home, but still that is better than what we thought would happen.
The problem is, she can get worse, much worse, at any time, so this stress really ultimately will not go away, but we have bought her more time which is always good.
And, I just looked up some information, and it looks like the person who was trying to scam me wasn't able to pull it off. It looks like I won the Paypal dispute, so I wont have to pay that person back.
That is a good thing, because we are going to have to dip DEEP into our savings to preemptively help pay for funeral costs so that won't be an issue when the inevitable happens, what we hope is a long way down the road.
Of course that means I have no idea what is going to happen about the whole fixing the windshield and cleaning the house thing, since we are going to have to take so much out of savings for this.
I am seriously considering either a GoFundMe or a donate what you want commission, but I REALLY don't think GoFundMe will work as I an not popular or well known, and after my last commission, I am a bit hesitant for that route.
There is no way to cushion this blow that our finances are going to take, so that is actually a whole NEW level of stress on me.
This means that the small nest egg (and it is small) that we have made for ourselves is REALLY gonna take a big hit. We are going to have to really tighten the belts and live frugally. It will literally take us YEARS to get this money back that we will have to use, but of course we are going to do it. There is no hesitation about that.
So, even with the little bone we were thrown, the stress is still there, perhaps even worse now.
*sigh*
EDIT: If anyone does actually want to contribute, or do a donation for a drawing, just comment here or DM me and I can give you the information.
I have been under some stresses about work, I still have work piled up waiting for me that I haven't been able to do.
I am getting pressured to get my house in shape (it needs it, I don't begrudge my family for requesting it, but its still stressful because its one of those things where you just dunno where to start).
Before all this happened with my mother in law, they were gonna loan me some money to fix my windshield, (which ironically got a huge crack in it on our last trip to Pensacola a month or so ago) with the stipulation that I don't have to pay it back if I clean up my house.
I have been getting harassed, threatened, and scammed by a ban evading sociopath.
And of course all of that is dwarfed by the issues with my mother in law.
But..
Things have actually been looking up in the last couple of days.
I think God/karma/the flying spaghetti monster/whateveryoubelievein threw me a little bone.
First, and of course most importantly, his mom is out of the ICU. She is *FAR* from out of the woods, but she has once again beaten the reaper for now. She has a LONG way to go, and when (wow I can say when, not if, which is great) she gets out of the hospital, she will go to a rehab place before she comes home, but still that is better than what we thought would happen.
The problem is, she can get worse, much worse, at any time, so this stress really ultimately will not go away, but we have bought her more time which is always good.
And, I just looked up some information, and it looks like the person who was trying to scam me wasn't able to pull it off. It looks like I won the Paypal dispute, so I wont have to pay that person back.
That is a good thing, because we are going to have to dip DEEP into our savings to preemptively help pay for funeral costs so that won't be an issue when the inevitable happens, what we hope is a long way down the road.
Of course that means I have no idea what is going to happen about the whole fixing the windshield and cleaning the house thing, since we are going to have to take so much out of savings for this.
I am seriously considering either a GoFundMe or a donate what you want commission, but I REALLY don't think GoFundMe will work as I an not popular or well known, and after my last commission, I am a bit hesitant for that route.
There is no way to cushion this blow that our finances are going to take, so that is actually a whole NEW level of stress on me.
This means that the small nest egg (and it is small) that we have made for ourselves is REALLY gonna take a big hit. We are going to have to really tighten the belts and live frugally. It will literally take us YEARS to get this money back that we will have to use, but of course we are going to do it. There is no hesitation about that.
So, even with the little bone we were thrown, the stress is still there, perhaps even worse now.
*sigh*
EDIT: If anyone does actually want to contribute, or do a donation for a drawing, just comment here or DM me and I can give you the information.
As for the gofundme, I don't think you're wrong on that count, but more so because I think most people think of it in a negative light because of those that have abused it. People use it for everything, and there just isn't that much money to go around for all the things people think it should be used for. Hell, I don't think I would have a successful gofundme and I don't know if I even qualify for popular. In any case, it's really hit or miss. I've seen folks use it for expenses they knew full well were coming that was part of their general responsibility to handle privately, I know one person is using it to hopefully raise funds for a wedding (which so far has not raised much), a lot of folks use it for medical bills, but between the abuse of the system, and people asking for large sums so often, I fear most folks are turned off by gofundme. If it's not someone I know I usually don't even entertain it myself. However, that said, it might not hurt to try.
Maybe on the hope you'll have some time to save money you can put a little aside every couple of weeks for the eventual funeral expenses. If that offer on the windshield is still good you should take advantage of it while you can, and get started on operation house clean.
I'm sorry if this is crappy advice, I really don't know what to say other than to offer hugs and support, and maybe a little money down the road.