About a month ago, my car broke down, and I had to ask the community here to help me get it fixed. As it turns out, I had more stuff wrong with it than just the fuel pump--I ended up needing to replace the head on it too. The engine was missing a little bit, and when he went to check it out and took one of the spark plugs out it broke off in there—apparently there was a small coolant leak that caused this to happen, meaning it would not be possible to fix the head without replacing it. So it ended up costing a total of about $2200 dollars to fix it, instead of the $800 I originally thought it would cost. I was able to finance the rest of the repair through a place called Acima Credit that the mechanic set me up with. I was able to apply about $1200 of the $1400 Kossacks generously raised for us toward the repair--I had to spend the other $200 on towing the car and paying for gas money for a neighbor to take me to and from work. It took about two weeks to get all the work done.
Which takes me to the issue that has got me in a bind--I had to miss several days of work, because the neighbor was not able to take me on about half of those nights. As a result, I am going to be really hard up for money to cover the mortgage payment on my mobile home. It's not a whole lot--only about $243, which is due on the 19th. But I am pretty much broke at the moment--I have just enough gas money to get to and from work until payday on the 23rd--and once Acima credit takes their chunk out of my paycheck (they take a payment out every two weeks when I get paid), we will have just enough to buy groceries until payday again on the 7th. I am working on getting a side gig going but I won't get any money out of that until at least the 14th of December.
I appreciate any help you all could drum up for us on this--and I absolutely hate having to ask. If anyone is able to help us, they can send any donations to my daughter's paypal account (I don't have one) at hotaruhana2@gmail.com. Thank you to everyone on Dailykos who has helped me and so many other members of this community.
Friday, Nov 16, 2018 · 12:07:41 AM +00:00 · tonyahky
Right now, the total is at $95. I need to lay down and take a nap so I can go to work in a little while. I can use the internet at work—I will update as needed as the night goes on. Thanks to all of you for your help.