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I have been trying to re-establish myself since I lost everything. Due to health issues, I lost my job in construction. I could no longer perform the heavy physical labor involved. Due to the loss of this job, my truck was repossessed, as well. I have been working as a cook for near minimum wage, with no possibilities of advancement or raises. My wages have been being garnished for medical bills and, now, to cover the reposssessed truck.
I am going to school full time for an AAS in Electronic Systems, in an attempt to get a job that can provide a better life and allow me to be a productive citizen. I am doing well in school, but not so well in life.
Because I have to pick and choose which bills my money goes for, some get passed over, such as insurance. My driving license was suspended for lack of insurance. The tags on my car expired without me having funds to renew them. On a car that I scraped up $300 to buy to get back and forth to school and work.
Over the last 2 quarters, I dropped 3 classes at school. One because I already have credit for it with an A, but I was seeing if I needed a review since it was 15 years ago. A second because I was just taking it for personal development since I tend to be do poorly socially, then was needed more at work. The third because I changed majors and I already have more science and math than the new major requires, and it was an advanced math class.
Because of these drops, financial aid put me on suspension for not completing enough of my classes attempted. I appealled on the grounds they weren't required. Found out it was turned down. Now, I'm playing Financial 3-Card Monty to pay for this quarter. So damned frustrated t trying so hard and seeming to get nowhere. This will be an additional $1350 that I have to pay over the next three months, from where I don't know.
On top of all this, now my car has been impounded for not having legal tags. With a 30-day mandatory hold, that will be a minimum of another $360 I have to find. IF I can pay to have my car tags renewed, renew my driver's license, and renew my insurance before then - about another $900 in 30 days.
I am exhausted from constant working, school, and studying. Yet, I feel as if I'm sliding backwards, further and further. Depression is setting in. But, once again, I have no money for treatment.
I just don't know what else to do. I feel so alone and lost. So helpless and worthless.
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