Well last time I wrote in here I was really pissed off. Now I feel good. Damned Bi-Polar!! The rent was covered, and there is a very tiny bit of money left. Thank God for John and his anal savings methods or we probably wouldn't have it. Re-started a quilt that has been "on hold" for about 6 months and I am hoping the "ambition" that I have ( Read more... )

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A couple of weeks ago I was given a "case worker" by the city. Her job is supposed to be to get me to a point where I can take care of myself, well sort of. On the initial meeting she asked if I needed any immediate help. I told her about all the bills being behind. She told me they could help, either a grant or a loan, and it would pay part of ( Read more... )

I really want to post something, but I am feeling pretty crappy. The van tire got slashed two weeks ago and it has taken up until today to get the damned thing fixed. Too many hairy details to go into as to why it took so long. Hopefully the rent money is taken care of this month. At least we THINK it is. I got a case worker and she is helping ( Read more... )

I was very surprised and disturbed at the lack of help we got from our local BDSM community. Andrew and I have been part of these peoples lives, and have donated heavily in money and time, for the past 6 years that we have been together. The dead silence from some people that I have considered "friends" for a number of years is just, well, ( Read more... )

Despite all the odds against us, and many broken promises of help, we have managed to come up with almost all the amount of cash we need for the rent. The people at where John worked raised One Thousand dollars for him. Some of our close friends gave some too. It is still going to be very tight, a whole lot tighter than I would like. But I ( Read more... )

A random thought since I brought it up. I wonder just how hard it WOULD be to borrow ten dollars from 150 people. Or twenty dollars from 75 people. That would not be all that hard to do. I think that I might possibly know 75 people. I at least THINK I know that many. Come up with A "Save Poor Alan's Ass" fund. You know, the "tell a friend" ( Read more... )

Last week Andrew told me to call Allie about something, so I did. Turns out that she needs someone to watch James and Megan, and that person would be paid for doing it. She was able to choose someone herself, and she wanted me to do it. I said YES! All I have to do is pass a criminal background check, and be tested for TB, but other than that, ( Read more... )

So on Wednesday Andrew informs me that WE ARE GOING TO THE MUNCH! He told me that it would be paid for, and we would also have money left over for gas. Yeah Right I thought. I kept NOT wanting to go....all the way up to the minute that we walked out the door. I did not want to be around people period. Plus with the way things are at these ( Read more... )

Been awhile. Finally got over (mostly over) being sick. Too bad I'm so depressed. Andy got a couple of nibbles at his resume, and I got all excited. But unfortunately, nothing happened. Then I got THE letter from disability and they denied me again. Now I gotta start all over again. Damn. I was really hoping it would go through. Peggy is ( Read more... )