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hope will be found (fundraising request)
Sunday, July 28th, 2013 04:33 amI HAVE BEEN FUNDED. THANK YOU ALL VERY MUCH.
Despite my best efforts, Josh and I are going to have a shortfall we can't fix on Friday. ( Look! I made planning efforts! They did not work. Long-winded explanation follows. )
what it comes down to is that we need about 300 dollars to make a 'good faith' start on the hospital bill to prevent it from going to collections* and also to fix the utilities problem.
*anything I pay towards the bill now will supposedly be repaid if hell freezes over and the hospital and/or insurance cleans up their act
In addition, because of money that's been sucked up thanks to this shit, we need about 200 dollars over the rest of August.
I'm on Social Security disability and thus a fixed income, and Josh is already working 40 hours a week. He's trying to get a second job, but there's almost no chance he'll be able to find something soon enough to help, and if we can just get past this one time expense, I have run the numbers enough to KNOW it'll be smooth sailing from here, with a good chunk of money put aside in an emergency fund every month.
Total Requested In Donations: 500 dollars. I've already gotten a loan from a good friend for 200, so much of the emergency costs in the next week are covered. Any donations past 300 dollars will go directly into paying my friend back.
( who is this erika/saveyoursanity chick, and why should I help, anyway? )
I'm between a rock and a hard place, here, guys. If you can help me, I swear I'll pay it forward (or possibly back, if necessary). If you can't, I totally understand. Please signal boost.
[edited]I'm [no longer] accepting donations, as thanks to the generosity of friends and strangers, my needs are fully met.
What I can do for people who donate is very little, unfortunately. Metta meditation specifically naming you (which, I'll be honest, I generally do anyway for everyone I interact with online). Write a 'guest entry' in your journal or in mine on a topic of your choice, no shorter than 300 words. Make you a playlist of 10-20 songs around a concept. Take pictures of myself (and maybe Josh) looking REALLY HAPPY and send them to you. These are things I can reasonably commit to, and seriously, I know it's not a lot.
I also know you guys have other stuff to do with your money. But for the price of a latte (or, you know, 100 of them), I can have a place to live with the love of my life——one that isn't filled with bad memories, anguish, pain, and current bitchiness. That's worth enough to me that making this post begging for money is the least of my worries right now.
Thank you just for reading. Comments are not screened here, but you can PM me or email me via my email address above if you need to do that.
( Pictures: )
[Edited to add] a little over 48 hours later, FUNDRAISING IS OVER.
You guys, I've been totally 'funded' (to steal a term from Kickstarter). Those of you who've had severe financial worries understand how much relief this is and for anyone who doesn't, let's just say I've cried in joy more than a few times over the last 24 hours.
Thank you all so very very much. Longer entry to follow.
Despite my best efforts, Josh and I are going to have a shortfall we can't fix on Friday. ( Look! I made planning efforts! They did not work. Long-winded explanation follows. )
what it comes down to is that we need about 300 dollars to make a 'good faith' start on the hospital bill to prevent it from going to collections* and also to fix the utilities problem.
*anything I pay towards the bill now will supposedly be repaid if hell freezes over and the hospital and/or insurance cleans up their act
In addition, because of money that's been sucked up thanks to this shit, we need about 200 dollars over the rest of August.
I'm on Social Security disability and thus a fixed income, and Josh is already working 40 hours a week. He's trying to get a second job, but there's almost no chance he'll be able to find something soon enough to help, and if we can just get past this one time expense, I have run the numbers enough to KNOW it'll be smooth sailing from here, with a good chunk of money put aside in an emergency fund every month.
Total Requested In Donations: 500 dollars. I've already gotten a loan from a good friend for 200, so much of the emergency costs in the next week are covered. Any donations past 300 dollars will go directly into paying my friend back.
( who is this erika/saveyoursanity chick, and why should I help, anyway? )
I'm between a rock and a hard place, here, guys. If you can help me, I swear I'll pay it forward (or possibly back, if necessary). If you can't, I totally understand. Please signal boost.
[edited]I'm [no longer] accepting donations, as thanks to the generosity of friends and strangers, my needs are fully met.
What I can do for people who donate is very little, unfortunately. Metta meditation specifically naming you (which, I'll be honest, I generally do anyway for everyone I interact with online). Write a 'guest entry' in your journal or in mine on a topic of your choice, no shorter than 300 words. Make you a playlist of 10-20 songs around a concept. Take pictures of myself (and maybe Josh) looking REALLY HAPPY and send them to you. These are things I can reasonably commit to, and seriously, I know it's not a lot.
I also know you guys have other stuff to do with your money. But for the price of a latte (or, you know, 100 of them), I can have a place to live with the love of my life——one that isn't filled with bad memories, anguish, pain, and current bitchiness. That's worth enough to me that making this post begging for money is the least of my worries right now.
Thank you just for reading. Comments are not screened here, but you can PM me or email me via my email address above if you need to do that.
( Pictures: )
[Edited to add] a little over 48 hours later, FUNDRAISING IS OVER.
You guys, I've been totally 'funded' (to steal a term from Kickstarter). Those of you who've had severe financial worries understand how much relief this is and for anyone who doesn't, let's just say I've cried in joy more than a few times over the last 24 hours.
Thank you all so very very much. Longer entry to follow.
