Just a few more setbacks
The month of July didn't start out so well for us. Again I had been
expecting some money coming in that didn't come in. I was told last
month that it wouldn't be late again so I thought it was safe to budget
on it...well that was another mistake and my car insurance bounced on
me again meaning that when my SSI check came in I had to cover the
insurance out of the general bill account and also the late fees. Two
payments were missed that I had budgeted on that that messed up our
whole financial system for about 3 months into the future.
Just to make things even more wonderful my wheelchair tire blew out on
me! That day sitting in the heat in a chair that was hurting my hips
like crazy I noticed my window AC was frozen over. My son's had been
doing that too and we couldn't figure out the problem but when his room
is too hot he can go visit the neighbor. When mine started doing the
same thing, well I'm stuck in one room with nowhere else to go and on
this day I was in serious pain from sitting in chairs that I can't
position correctly in. Argh...not fun! Well we went out the next
morning to try to replace this tire. Bike shop was closed so we went
to the department store. Evidently finding a 24 X 1 3/8 inch tube is
not as easy as I thought! Not a single store had them! Finally I'm
hot, sweaty, in pain and frustrated and my son says lets just try a 2
inch tube, the worst that will happen is it won't work. Well the tire
was damaged too so we got the tube kit that has that slime sealent
stuff in it. Thankfully my sons idea worked...one less problem.
Get home and it's hot as...well you know. Not a single AC is working!
I hopped online to get some fast ideas. I got some good advice and we
went out to get a few things to try to clean up the AC's and prevent
the ice. My son's kinda drools cool air now if it's on low. Mine is
icing up worse now that we cleaned it! We had needed to replace my
other son's AC but now we have 2 and 1/2 dead AC's. My sons can always
spend their days at their friends house and it's much cooler at night.
I however am stuck in one room all day, every day and I will need an AC
in my room.
I reached into my bookbag for something and found out the screen on my
camera is smashed. My camera is used as part of my position for
another non-profit I work with. Now I will have to replace that!
Luckily I can do that pretty cheap, I don't need a fancy camera just
once that does video and still shots. It's just yet another
aggrivation.
Finally the last straw...or maybe the last strap....we were headed out
to a store to get something else said to help with the AC and my heel
strap broke on the shoes I use with my braces!! I attached it with a
rubber band but that throws my whole gait off and is dangerous. Now I
had to buy another pair of shoes! I don't walk much, I don't need
shoes...but I need them to hold my braces on which hold my feet and
ankles in the right position so my feet/ankles don't roll over and
sprain when I stand up. Really....this has been a crappy month! I'm
sure I could have found a much better place to drop $20 than on a pair
of shoes!!
I had some donations on a site where I am trying to raise funds for
home repair and modifications, I can't get a payout there though so
those funds are useless to me so right now I don't have that extra side
cash I had been depending on to make ends meet...I guess that little
bit of hope is gone now. My ac's are blown, I'm running on a
temporarily inflated tire, my car is off the road in need of radiator
work, the truck is still running but it needs transmission work. We
need to open this yard up! There is absolutely no way I can cook in my
office without AC that is just dangerous and the yard has needed to be
opened up with privacy fencing for a few years, now it's urgent we get
this done so we can collect salvage materials to start our gardens,
repairs and modification.
These last few months have SUCKED!
I really need to find some kind of Internet job I can do at home, we
can't keep living like this. I have skills.....just they are useless.
My skills are wonderful to donate, I help out with Wembaster duties,
forum/egroup admin, management of calendar, blog, photo gallery, member
support and communication. Lots of people are glad for my donated
skills and I can offer about 16 hours at second and third shift
hours...nobody wants to hire me for a real paycheck though. I am lucky
to earn spare cash now and then, then I depend on it and it's gone and
we are left spinning in the wind like a leaf spiraling to the ground.
Thanks for letting me vent a little, I'm so sick of this! Anyone
hiring? I'm a great web mistress :)
