Lady Jade
December 9th, 2004, 05:29 PM
We are in the worst of financial positions right now. I am laid off from my job until mid January; recently my unemployment benefits were suspended based on the fact I turned down a job as I was waiting to return to my current position. We are waiting to hear whether or not my benefits will continue or be disallowed.
My husband is working, but child support takes more than half of his check each week and after taxes, child support he brings home about 150$ per week. Now, today, we find out that his newly enacted health insurance, which will cut his take home pay down to about 120$ per week, was entered into the system incorrectly to include me as covered as well. This makes his check for this already short week (he was sick 2 days last week) only 43$. We have absolutely no groceries, no gas, the battery on the car is dead, no Christmas, nothing of value to sell, no options. I am going to the food bank tomorrow, but that will only get us enough for about 3 days of food. Bills are overdue.
I am cooking the last food in the house tonight for dinner. Things just keep getting worse instead of better. I don't know what to do. I am kicking myself for not taking that job offered to me, but I did so without thinking that it was a sign from the Gods...an answer to my plea for help with the money situation.
Please have a good thought that the Unemployment benefits will be allowed to continue and somehow we will find a way out of this horrid mess I seem to have gotten our lives into.
My husband is working, but child support takes more than half of his check each week and after taxes, child support he brings home about 150$ per week. Now, today, we find out that his newly enacted health insurance, which will cut his take home pay down to about 120$ per week, was entered into the system incorrectly to include me as covered as well. This makes his check for this already short week (he was sick 2 days last week) only 43$. We have absolutely no groceries, no gas, the battery on the car is dead, no Christmas, nothing of value to sell, no options. I am going to the food bank tomorrow, but that will only get us enough for about 3 days of food. Bills are overdue.
I am cooking the last food in the house tonight for dinner. Things just keep getting worse instead of better. I don't know what to do. I am kicking myself for not taking that job offered to me, but I did so without thinking that it was a sign from the Gods...an answer to my plea for help with the money situation.
Please have a good thought that the Unemployment benefits will be allowed to continue and somehow we will find a way out of this horrid mess I seem to have gotten our lives into.