Hello, I don't want to do this fundraiser, but I have no choices left. At my last job, I received an incredible review, a raise, and then I was laid off, all within roughly 35 days. It was shocking and heartbreaking, to say the least. It was like our lives got hit with a wrecking ball out of nowhere. Over the course of the last six months, we have slowly lost so much. I lost my income, then my health coverage, and now, every bill is behind, my cat needs medication that I can't afford for her kidney disease, and today, I received my last unemployment check. We have managed to stretch every dollar to the point where we have been able to successfully survive since this happened over six months ago. I thought there was absolutely no question that I'd have another job before the unemployment ran out. I was wrong. Needless to say, surviving the pandemic, where I lost my fifteen-year career as an English Professor, and now having to go through this has been the most stressful thing I've experienced in my adult life, and that is saying a LOT. Since January, I have applied for probably hundreds of jobs in one of the worst job markets in history, and to say it has been disappointing is an enormous understatement. I have networked, given presentations, built up my website, and I've done every practical thing anyone could think of, but sadly, nothing has come through. At the moment, I have a GLIMMER of hope for a job, but I don't want to say more than that. I'm not superstitious, but every time I mention a job I'm hopeful for, like clockwork, the next day, I'm told they are not interested, so I'm keeping that on the DL until there is actual definitive news. Truthfully, hope scares me anymore, so I've learned the hard way to be careful with it. I feel like I'm asking for so much here, but this would keep us going for a little while longer. Now that I'm off unemployment, I am going to double down, if that is even possible, and do whatever I have to do to start making an income again. I just don't want to lose my apartment or starve or have my electricity turned off while doing so. I realize this is all miserable sounding, but please know, despite how I sound, I am trying my best to keep my head up and win in the end. If you can help us out, you have no idea how grateful we are. We are tired. We are in trouble. We need help. Thank you, everyone, Rick
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