Need to move - plea for help

[badbastion]

My boyfriend and I are in a really rough living situation, and we're trying to get out of it. We want to move back to my hometown across the state from where we live now, so that I can be around my family and better mental health care and social resources. I'm planning to drive there next week to look at apartments/fill out/turn in applications. However, the gas money is going to make my grocery budget pretty much nil. I'm disabled and on a low fixed income, so we barely get by as it is.

Family's going to try to help with some of the moving costs, but they're at poverty level and won't be able to help much. I don't really even want to think about how we'll be able to afford this.

I hate asking for help, but I don't know what else to do right now. Please help.

If you could spare any money to help me out, please send it to me through paypal with the email duckducknoose@gmail.com.

If you'd rather, you can send a WalMart ecard that I can use for groceries. You can do that online here, and you can use the same email address as above.

Any amount would make a difference. I wish I could do something to give back, but right now I can't. I promise that I'd be incredibly grateful if you could help, and that it would all go to a good cause, and that I'd find a way to pay it forward when I'm in a position to do so.

If you don't have the extra money, any kind of positive energy or internet hugs you could send me way would also be appreciated.

Thanks for reading <3

Comments

[firesign10.livejournal.com]

Done. I'm so sorry for things being so bad, but it sounds like the move will be a help and a good thing. You're a lovely person, and I hope this turns around quickly. You have a million friends here, and I'm sure there will be many responses!!!

*HUGS*******************************************************************

[badbastion.livejournal.com]

Thank you so much! *HUGE HUGS* Yeah, I think that once we actually manage to get there, we'll be in a much better situation, and things will work out much better for us. The environment we're in now is toxic, and I think that's had a lot to do with my withdrawal from the internet of late, and general withdrawal from life outside the internet, as well.

Again, thanks so much! I'm so grateful! <3

[milly-gal.livejournal.com]

Soon as I get paid sweetheart, I buzz you over something okay (((hugs))) I'm so sorry stuffs been so hard lately, I won;t spout the light at the end of the tunnel crap, just say that I'm here wishing you better times very, very soon!

[badbastion.livejournal.com]

That would help so much! <3 *hugs*

Yeah, stuff is brutal right now, but just moving out of this terrible environment would go a long way toward making things better. There is a bit of a light at the end of the tunnel here, it's just getting through the tunnel that's going to be really tough.

Thank you!

[milly-gal.livejournal.com]

You're welcome, really, I think that's the beauty of this place, being able to ask for help when you need it. I get some dosh next week hun, I'll zap you a grocery card or something then, until then, head down, arse up and keep on keepin' on. It'll get better hun (((hugs)))

[badbastion.livejournal.com]

I'll keep on keepin on! (((hugs)))

[denyce.livejournal.com]

Atm sending what I can in lots of good vibes. Once rent is paid I'll send something, sadly it won't be much, as I live pretty much tapped out. Still I know what its like and how even a twenty can help. Moving across a state I'll be sending you lots of good feels (I moved across the street and it was... better once it was over!)

On the up side you're moving forward and will be in a better situation soon, hang in there =)

[badbastion.livejournal.com]

Thank you! *hugs* Good vibes help too :) If you could send me anything later that would help too, but please don't do it if it'll put a strain on you!

It'll be a much better situation. Where we are now is pretty terrible, and it's difficult to extricate ourselves, but at this point we really have to. I look forward to being out from under this toxic cloud environment.

Thanks so much for the good feels and vibes! <3

[chomaisky.livejournal.com]

I just sent my bit. Really bit... I hope your move will be smooth and everything gets better soon! *hugs*

[badbastion.livejournal.com]

It was the perfect amount! Every dollar helps, and you've really helped me out. Thank you so much <3 *hugs*

[quickreaver.livejournal.com]

Forward progress, doll! Just keep putting one foot in front of the other. *SMISH*

[badbastion.livejournal.com]

*Squish* Thank you so much! That's the only way to do it, and it's easier with people's support <3 I really appreciate the help!

[dolnmoon.livejournal.com]

If you don't get enough donations sweetie you should look into a fund me type of thing go fund me

I sent you a text btw.... Hugs

[badbastion.livejournal.com]

I took a nap, and I just replied <3 I'll look into that on Monday, thank you!

[dolnmoon.livejournal.com]

I will send the card Monday and will text you to let you know it's been done. <3<3<3

[dolnmoon.livejournal.com]

I sent the funds early.. had a little more in my bank than I had thought.. Hugs darlin. <3 <3 You know I am always and will always be here for you... <>

Things will get better. You will be in my positive thoughts.

[amberdreams.livejournal.com]

Well I'm a dingbat. I responded to your other journal not knowing who the hell you were. Doh.
Here are some extra hugs in that case.

[badbastion.livejournal.com]

Oops! lol. I don't use that account very often any more, so i can see how it might have been confusing. *hugs*

I got it, thank you so much!

[amberdreams.livejournal.com]

You are thrice welcome my lovely lady. I'd have added a few more $ if I'd realised it was you! (But don't hesitate to ask again if you end up short of what you need - email me if you want)

[de-nugis.livejournal.com]

Many good vibes! And I wish I had more dollars to go with them. I hope you can get to a place, physical and metaphorical, where you have the support network you need.

[badbastion.livejournal.com]

Thank you so much! *hugs* I really appreciate the help. I think once we get to the new place, no matter what kind of apartment it is, we'll be better off. Right now it's kind of a nightmare, and I look forward to getting out from under it.

[thursdaysisters.livejournal.com]

Done. Are you eligible for food stamps?

[badbastion.livejournal.com]

Thank you so much! I really appreciate it :) I am eligible, and I get some. I'm hoping I'll stay in the same state (my hometown is on the border of Arkansas and Texas) so that I don't have to redo my application :)

[thursdaysisters.livejournal.com]

Good luck! Our non-profit used to share warehouse space with a furniture bank, where folks could store their beds/sofas/fridges etc. for free in the event that they were between apartments with no place to put it, so shout out if the landlord changes the locks before you secure a new spot. :-)

[mickeym.livejournal.com]

I second the Go Fund Me thing, and also suggest you post this over on the wish_list comm. It started out as a holiday thing, but it's morphed into an all-the-time thing.

I get paid next week, and will send something then :)

I know how hard it is to live down at the bottom. Been there, doing that still. I'm sending lots of positive energies your way.

*hugs*

[badbastion.livejournal.com]

Thank you so much! *big hugs* I'd really appreciate it <3

I'll post this on the wish_list comm on Monday next week, so that more people will se it than over the weekend, and I'm going to look into the Go Fund Me.

Thanks again! :)

[sammycolt24.livejournal.com]

Done. I hope it helps some.

I've also got something else for you too. How do you eat an elephant?
One bite at a time.

I've been through a rough patch of a different sort, but it was just so overwhelming looking at this patch in the long run. I worried and stressed so much. Then someone told me this joke and I took it to heart. I learned to take one day at a time. I told myself to just get through today, tomorrow will be a new day. Then just get through that day and so on. And before I knew it, it was all over, I got through it. This advice pretty much helped me get through it in more manageable pieces and I'd like to pass it on to you. Gosh, I hope that made sense.

Anyways, I hope things start turning around for the better for you and your family. XOXO

[badbastion.livejournal.com]

I got it, thank you so much! <3

Thanks for the joke, too. I'll try to remember that; things can get so overwhelming at times like these, and it helps to just do a little at a time, instead of getting stuck on the big picture and panicking. Like right now, I'm going to go and get rid of some stuff in a few boxes so I have less I have to pack :)

*hugs*

[beelikej.livejournal.com]

*hugs* Also sending good vibes. Hope you manage to find a fitting apartment en things will work out.

[badbastion.livejournal.com]

I got it, thank you so much! It really helps, and so do the good vibes <3

[cassiopeia7.livejournal.com]

I'm sorry things are so bad right now -- I know all about toxic living situations, and hope you're able to get out soon. Getting out of the toxic environment is the first step! *sends good vibes in your direction* (((HUGS)))