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Firstly, meet Rob J. 36 year old man, hardest worker I have ever known. His health isn't great - he is on lots of prescriptions to ward off gout flareups and to keep kidneys functioning smoothly. He is a good-hearted, caring man. However, for 18 years now, he has been stuck as a manager at McDonald's because in Calgary (AB), it's too expensive to be changing jobs willy-nilly.
The verbal abuse he puts up with on a day-to-day basis is heartbreaking. He comes home so upset every day and I wish in my heart of hearts I could make life better for him. He doesn't deserve to be stuck in such a poor job situation, and especially with his health the way it is.
In addition to working a dead-end fast food job, he also has had to take on an evening job in a store that sells electronics, something he enjoys. However, this puts him at way more hours than the typical working man. He only gets to sleep about 4 hours each night and it takes it's toll on his health. It breaks my heart to watch my husband suffer this way.
Now meet me. I am Daryl Ann, Rob's wife. I'm 27 years old, and also 'stuck' in a dead-end retail job. In addition, I work part time as a janitor to aide or savings - literally cleaning up other people's body waste, et al. I had always dreamed of being a hair dresser, but due to 2 surgeries on my left hand in the early 2000s, I wasn't able to continue my education to fulfill that dream. I have a Diploma in Art and used to sell Avon to try and help make ends meet. I ended up leaving Avon after nearly 6 years, as it caused too much stress & anxiety (chasing after fickle customers). I now sell personal belongings on Kijiji (and other sites) to try and makes extra for savings. I also do odd jobs on the side and have tried juggling multiple retail and food service jobs, only to end up in tears.
No matter how hard I try, and how much time and effort I dedicate, our combined efforts are hardly bringing us ahead. Calgary is a very expensive place for us to live, and we are desperate to move to Red Deer, where it is far less expensive! That would make our quality of life so much easier to deal with. Rob would get more sleep, less verbal abuse at work and better mental well-being. That's what he deserves.
I fear that, all this working - 4 jobs between us plus several 'odd jobs' on the side - is eroding our marriage. We are both so exhausted, frustrated and depressed at the end of the day. Many times, we have both said that we don't even care about the future, if it's going to be this much of a burden on us both to save for it. There are tears, and lost sleep. There are headaches.
Our rent and electricity bills keep going up & up, faster than our wages. It is so difficult to keep up with rising costs, when we're both in low wage jobs and unable to just find something else. That's not nearly as easy as people try to tell us. We've tried.
So what we are asking for, from you today, is to help us any way you can to reach our goal of raising $1000 extra by early September 2015 - that we will need to help reach a down payment faster for a small condo in a smaller, less expensive city. Please help us get out of this stressful situation! We will Appreciate you forever!
I feel like this is one of our last hopes to fully get where we want to be. Rob is human. He can only do so much. I am human. I can only do so much. Please, even if you don't have a lot of money to fund, we thank you for sharing our story with everyone you know. Please know we would do the same for you. Thank you.
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