We're at 19% of our current goal with $650 raised so far!!!
Thank you all so much for your shares and donations so far!!!
I can't express how grateful I am, both for the financial help and the hope it is giving me that I am clinging onto as depression keeps trying to drag me down.
I am doing surveys to get extra money to pull, and we have posted some stuff for sale but no luck so far on people biting except a 5 dollar item.
Right now, it is just a waiting game until we get the funds, but we are doing everything we can to try and get us what we need, too.
We are learning pretty quickly here though we desperately need a car. I have doctors appointments, my mom has appointments and my child needs appointments and the transportation we have right now is not sustainable due to the massive unpredictability of time spent at the doctors and how long were on paratransit. Some doctors out here I've sat waiting for over an hour past my appointment and then another w hours IN the appointment. With paratransit they pick us up within a given 30-minute window, which I can work with, but then we've been on the bus for over an hour or two while others are picked up and dropped off, making it almost impossible to coordinate another appointment the same day. If we scheduled one a day, we'd still be out at minimum everyday for 3 hours or up to 8, and that takes a significant toll on my physical disabilities and mental stamina, especially when the bus will not stop for bathroom use, and many clinics we go to there is no place to get food or water within a walking distance I can do. So sometimes it's hours going without food when we're hungry because there's no way to get anywhere.
The time factor is the biggest issue. To start, I am not eligible for same-day rides unless it's a doctors appointment. I have to schedule 1 to 3 days out. This makes it hard because my medical conditions flair-up and down, so I can't tell if on Sunday when I schedule I'll feel up to trying to dig through my storage unit between Monday and Wednesday. There's a chance I wake up all 3 days and feel so awful and am in so much pain there's no way I can do it. That alone stops me from trying to get some of these scheduled.
Thsre is then the fact I need to schedule a pick up time and a return ride time. I cannot accurately predict how long it'll take at a laundromat, or grocery store, or doctors office, and the paratransit system has decided the idea of having a text message alert system for when your ride is on its way, or close or there is just too much work. So I have to schedule the 30-minute pickup window in my calander and then wait where I can see the bus pull up or else I risk missing it entierly. And they have a point system that when you miss or reschedule a ride within a certian time frame you risk losing suspension of services for a length of time.
I cannot express how much this alone drains, fatigues and overwhelmed me. It skyrockets my stress level. Physically it's easier on my body than a public bus, but a public bus runs every 15-minutss to half hour on most routes I'd take so if I'm running behind there'd always be one available, but I am not mobility abled enough to do that level of walking anymore.
This system also makes it really hard to do minor errands that would only be a drop-off/pick-up or less than 10/15 minutes. So if I need to go drop off medical test samples or if I need to pick up a rent check, deposit or widthdraw money, return a library book, etc. That ends up shooting up to at minimum a half hour wait, often more, for a ride to come back and get me, because the bus cannot wait for me.
Another factor is there is a limit on what we can and cannot bring onto the bus, so some of the other things I could sell I have parts to it in storage, but they're too bulky and large to take onto a bus. I'd either have to pay for an Uber/Lyft which is Vegas is not cheap, or I can't do it at all. Or we use Costco for most of our shopping as it has helped our food budget the most, but I cannot bring more than what I can fit on my lap onto the bus. Due to my mobility, auDHD and fatigue (and uber/lyft money home) I try to do only one or two Costco trips a month because anymore even if it's smaller amounts takes more out of me.
Donations will not only help us get a move-in deposit but also help us at least get the funds for a down-payment on a vehicle. I'm trying to work on my credit so we have a higher chance of approval but being unable to work and low income it's not going to be an easy to short task. Donations can help us tremendously.
There is also apps I've discovered and my friends have introduced me to where I can make a really good amount of money, but they want me to do tasks in-person at a specific location, and without a car this is more difficult because of scheduling and how quickly the assigned tasks drop off the app. So by the time I can schedule a ride, and get to the location, the task is no longer there to get paid for.
Please like and share, this is the most updated post but you can see the other updates on my profile under my Birthday GFM post thread.
According to GoFundMe, people sharing and encouraging donations other than myself is one of the biggest ways you can help. So please if you are willing, it would mean the world to me.
