I can breathe….
March 28th, 2008
I have been running all over this morning, trying to get information and turn papers in for my housing. I will explain something here that I am embarassed by. I live in housing where my rent is based on my income. I am required by law to turn in all forms of income. I do. I have lived by this rule now for 4 years. I am working on getting out of housing and living in a house of my own... AGAIN. I say again because when I was married we bought a house together. Never lived on public assistance...nothing. I worked hard, no kids and paid my taxes. Got divorced...ended up with having my Son, sole custody wise and trying to make it on my own. I went back to school, started getting a great education, health problems arised and things went south. Got back on track, ended up homeless for 2 years. Not ashamed as I found out how hard life really is and how I appreciate the little things, and don't take them for granted anymore. THEN...my car accident during the time I was homeless and living with friends and family. It took a toll on me, my family, friends and boyfriend. But I managed. We found a duplex...lived there for 3 years. And after last july 4th, I can say it changed my life forever. A simple rain caused my basement to flood 4 feet, due to the road construction in the area. And thru legal issues, I can it was due to negligence. NOT ON MY Part.
Well now we are here in this house where we have add'l bills...like water bill and gas/lights. Our last place had utilities included. So this week we had a water that needed to be paid right away. My phone/DSL was due to be shut off on Monday but thank goodness with my past payments made on my account helped me with making payments. So now I have to pay $56 to keep my phone on.











(((hugs))) I can relate to many things. Especially with suddenly having to budget in utilities. We are having to do that for the first time in a long time and I’m nervous about it. We’re so used to military housing… it is weird being out in the “real world”. I can’t wait til we can buy a house too. I’m hoping for next year but who knows if it will work out or not.
Jill’s last blog post..Coming soon