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wyld_dandelyon) wrote2010-10-28 07:10 pm
wyld_dandelyon) wrote2010-10-28 07:10 pm
*sigh*
Our heater started right up this year. And then stopped a few days later.
I just found out that fixing it will cost more than $1000. Replacing it would be smarter in the long run, but would, of course, cost even more.
And I still don't have a permanent job.
If this had happened last year while I was on unemployment, I would likely have qualified for some help in paying for a replacement. But as it is, even with the week off and 3 and 6-hour work weeks last month, since I was getting some unemployment during those weeks, I'm pretty sure I made just enough over the last three months to not qualify.
I hate asking for help. I'd much rather pay my own way. But aving reached a point where I was willing to ask for help, finding out that I can't get it is depressing.
And to top it off, my laptop computer turned itself off at lunch while I was writing an article for a EMG zine, even with the little fan thingy underneath it whirring away.
I just found out that fixing it will cost more than $1000. Replacing it would be smarter in the long run, but would, of course, cost even more.
And I still don't have a permanent job.
If this had happened last year while I was on unemployment, I would likely have qualified for some help in paying for a replacement. But as it is, even with the week off and 3 and 6-hour work weeks last month, since I was getting some unemployment during those weeks, I'm pretty sure I made just enough over the last three months to not qualify.
I hate asking for help. I'd much rather pay my own way. But aving reached a point where I was willing to ask for help, finding out that I can't get it is depressing.
And to top it off, my laptop computer turned itself off at lunch while I was writing an article for a EMG zine, even with the little fan thingy underneath it whirring away.