Re: Need Some Encouragement Update 4/10

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Hi, Just wanted to thank everyone for their words of encouragement and prayres. We received so many cyber hugs just by reaching out to everyone. I was so blue last week. Things are looking better this week. We received a wonderful gift in the mail today when we came home from going to the courthouse to reschedule the deadline for the ticket. I found out I could reschedule for 5/10 so even though I still don't have the money to cover everything, at least I have another month to figure it out instead of by this Thursday. When all this happened, I applied for temporary aid and when I took in the paperwork this morning, the social worker spent 1.5 hours reviewing us while we were there and I found out we qualify for a lot more in food allowance then we have been getting. So, we will get an increase for this month and the difference for the months of February and March.

That will help a lot because we will not be spending case on food. I've gotten some positive business irons in the fire so that's encouraging. I spoke to the new attorney on Thursday and she was really positive. She seems to think I might qualify for disability retirement and even if I don't, it might buy some time against the deadline until we get a court date. The union rep says that while the previous attorney was very good, this one is nothing short of spectacular. So, it appears that the buckets have now started coming faster than the water so I'm getting a leg up on bailing out this leaky boat! is out of school this week and the positive thing about being unemployed, is for the first time in her life, I get to spend her ENTIRE spring break with her. She might get sick of me by the end of the week! I think it's ironic that on an otherwise

sad day (it would have been my mama's 75th birthday) things are looking much better for the family. Seems like her birthday gift to us. Thank you for your continued loving kindness, Chrispegmo1212 wrote: - I am truly sorry your are going throuhg such rough times right now. Remeber you can cry on our shoulders anytime, that's what we are all here for. I believe that everytime God closes one door He opens a window. Look how good you are feeling compared to last year. He will bring you through this too. Don't lose faith and remember that prayers can work, you know that. We are all behind you. Let us know how things go. I know you will be in my prayers.PEGGY-- In

gastric-bypass-support-kaiser-patients , chris lopez wrote:>> Hi there,> > April is sure getting off to a difficult start. I have not received any money from unemployment and waiting for a check that will cover my overdrawn bank account from checks I had to write to pay my utilities, and car note; we won't even talk about the rent check that hasn't hit yet. I desperately need to get my car registered because I got a fix it ticket for driving around with out registration. I have to show proof of correction by 4/13 or it will cost me over $800 in fines. Before surgery, I had a temporary disabled plaque. It arrived without the date being punched out. Not wanting to tamper with it, I just put it in my window. One week before surgery, I was at the hospital for tests and parked in a handicap

space. A very nasty parking agent gave me a ticket because the placard was unpunched and had in fact expired. I went ahead with surgery and forgot about the ticket. Now it is on my registration and I can't even get a temp sticker to get the smog taken care of> until it is paid. I now owe $698 on the ticket plus the smog and registration, which is about $150.00> > Things are rapidly going from bad to worse and I only have about a week to fix them. I need my car to run around looking for a job, go to social services and beg for their much need assitance, go to my part time job, etc. God is still handing me buckets to bail out my sinking boat but it's starting to fill up faster than I can bail. On top of everything else, I just called the legal office to follow up on my case and the attorney no longer works there! I do have a new

attorney and got to talk to her, but of course she's not up to speed on the case. She seems pretty positive, but of course now I feel like I'm starting all over. > > I haven't cried in a while so I guess I'm getting it all out this morning.!> > On the positive side, I'm using my free time to do some serious spring cleaning. Yesterday I was able to deep clean my bathroom and even get down on my hands and knees to scrub the floor. Pretty good for a gal who last year this time had to use a plastic stool to sit down and take a shower in that very same bathroom.> > I could really use some prayer and encouragement.> > Blessings,> > Chris> >

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- so glad things are getting a little better. I told you God

would open that " other " door once He closed one. I will continue to

pray for you and your family.

PEGGY

> >

> > Hi there,

> >

> > April is sure getting off to a difficult start. I have not

> received any money from unemployment and waiting for a check that

> will cover my overdrawn bank account from checks I had to write to

> pay my utilities, and car note; we won't even talk about the rent

> check that hasn't hit yet. I desperately need to get my car

> registered because I got a fix it ticket for driving around with

out

> registration. I have to show proof of correction by 4/13 or it

will

> cost me over $800 in fines. Before surgery, I had a temporary

> disabled plaque. It arrived without the date being punched out.

Not

> wanting to tamper with it, I just put it in my window. One week

> before surgery, I was at the hospital for tests and parked in a

> handicap space. A very nasty parking agent gave me a ticket

because

> the placard was unpunched and had in fact expired. I went ahead

with

> surgery and forgot about the ticket. Now it is on my registration

> and I can't even get a temp sticker to get the smog taken care of

> > until it is paid. I now owe $698 on the ticket plus the smog

and

> registration, which is about $150.00

> >

> > Things are rapidly going from bad to worse and I only have

about

> a week to fix them. I need my car to run around looking for a job,

> go to social services and beg for their much need assitance, go to

my

> part time job, etc. God is still handing me buckets to bail out my

> sinking boat but it's starting to fill up faster than I can bail.

On

> top of everything else, I just called the legal office to follow up

> on my case and the attorney no longer works there! I do have a new

> attorney and got to talk to her, but of course she's not up to

speed

> on the case. She seems pretty positive, but of course now I feel

> like I'm starting all over.

> >

> > I haven't cried in a while so I guess I'm getting it all out

this

> morning.!

> >

> > On the positive side, I'm using my free time to do some serious

> spring cleaning. Yesterday I was able to deep clean my bathroom

and

> even get down on my hands and knees to scrub the floor. Pretty

good

> for a gal who last year this time had to use a plastic stool to sit

> down and take a shower in that very same bathroom.

> >

> > I could really use some prayer and encouragement.

> >

> > Blessings,

> >

> > Chris

> >

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