I really don’t know where to begin…
I suppose the best place would be when I went from the top of the world to beginning of the nightmare that i’m currently living. But don’t get me wrong, I know I have it a lot better than some. I am truly grateful for all I have and even have had that is gone now.
I had been working at a parts manufacturer company for several months and I loved my job. All the bosses loved me because I’m such a hard worker. I feel like anything that I do I’ve got to give it all I’ve got. You can tell a lot about someone by the work that they do. I like to know that if only one person is needed for some important job where attention to detail is key that I’ll be the one. Anyways, I was offered a full time position at this company with great pay and full benefits.
I went to get my physical and I passed it with flying colors. I was getting a permanent position the next day. I was so excited. Then the next day I clocked in and went for the morning safety meeting and we were all sent home for the pandemic. I was heart broken! Well the next year or so I was working for myself and barely making enough to make a profit. Then it was like I couldn’t make a dollar without spending two dollars. Not long after that my car broke down. If course it was the only transportation I had. And to make it worse I live out in the middle of nowhere. I couldn’t get my car back to my house for almost 2 months. I was able to barely make it to a “friend’s” driveway. I thought I was fortunate to have made it there. But when I went to pick it up it was bad… they couldn’t siphon the gas out so the literally took my gas tank off so they could get every drop. Then put a bag of sugar in it. They stole my radio of course. They ripped the door skin off to get the door speaker out. They even stole the speaker wires and the power wires. Headlights. Yup, gone. Fuel filter, spark plugs, distributor, spark plug wires, ignition, ignition key, both brand new car batteries. Hard wired inverter for the work I was doing. All my mechanics tools. Now I’m without a ride so I can’t get my job back. And to make it worse, the guy that stole some of it found out that I filled a police report so he broke into my house while I was asleep and assaulted me. Fractured my orbital floor and I had to have surgery. Now I’m so far behind its crazy. But I’m not expecting or asking for money to pay all of that. I need a car but I have a nice Acura Integra and I would really rather fix it. I can do the work myself so that will save me most of the expense. 2500.00 would have it back on the road and me back on the job. If anyone out there reads this and can help me, you would be my saving grace!