First,thank you all for your thoughts and prayers.Never doubt the awesome power of Almighty God.
Yesterday I turned in my fuel card and the office keys.I got up about 3AM,as usual and started looking through the ads online.God led me to open an ad on Craigslist for home delivery of the Chicago Tribune.The hours are about 3:30-6:30,7 days a week.The pay isn’t much less than I was making working 50+ hours doing transport.
I called the number listed to leave a message and a man answered the phone.We talked for about 20 minutes and I assured him of my dedication and committment.He said I was the first response to the ad and I start my new job at 3AM Monday.
Being part time,I can still look for something additional during the day,but having a steady income means we’ll make it.I refuse to believe its anything short of a miracle.
I’ll begin posting my report soon.I started posting on e-bay last night and will put some more up today.Check the link below then click on ‘see other items’ to see how I got my nickname.The coffee tastes better this morning.God Bless all of you.I’ll be back soon.
There are no words to express my heartfelt gratitude at the outpouring of support you’ve shown me here. It means more than you can possibly know. I do have a paypal account and have bought and sold on e-bay since 1999. The cheap Chinese rechargable batteries for my ancient digital camera won’t hold a charge so I have to get new ones today. I have some things in our storage locker to sell and my wife wants me to sell her Chatty Cathy doll in the box and her Betty Boop collection.
The owner’s announcement was so sudden nobody had time to prepare. I stopped at WalMart yesterday and put in an app asking for the food department,sporting goods or as a greeter. There’s also a government office in town that specializes in placing people over 55. There’s an ad on Craigslist from HomePages.com for an outside sales manager to sell ads. It’s a yellow page-type publication. The e-mail addy to respond to is my youngest daughter,who I don’t see much of. I wasn’t around much when she was young. I wasn’t much of a dad because of the hostility between her mom and me.
DW had a friend tell her about some apartment complexes at the old Camp Grant barracks by the Chicago-Rockford airport. The rent is cheaper,but the parking is offstreet,it has pay laundry facilities and there are 16 units per building. We’ve lived in a four-family in a nice neighborhood for over three years and I hate the thought of having to move again. We have an attached 2-car garage(my car has never seen snow) a gas log fireplace and laundry hookups behind doors in the kitchen. We’ll do whatever is necessary,but I don’t look forward to packing up again.
I have a whole life policy with a cashout value of about 8K to borrow against,which I will probably need to. That would give me time to find something. DW will get her first SS check in December,which will help since she still works part-time. The boss says he’ll start the service back up if the state sends him some money,but I can’t imagine him doing that only to start the process over again. I have a feeling he’ll take the money and cut his losses. Time will tell.
Yesterday was gut-wrenching,as I’m sure today will be. Suddenly people with medical appointments arranged and counted on us have no way to get there. A mid-30’s woman named Freddie (really) was beside herself. She had 3 appointments scheduled next week and can’t afford a taxi. She wanted to know if another service would replace us and I told her no. When she asked why I told her to thank the corrupt democrats who shoved billions into public union pensions while slashing medicaid payments.
The hardest was a woman named Colleen,who I’ve been taking to her radiation and chemo treatments for about 4 months. Her cancer is terminal and the doctors have given her a year to live. I’d tell her the stupidest jokes I know and say crazy things to get her to laugh. She said it’s the only time she ever smiles. When I dropped her off,we hugged and both cried a lot. I hope I see her again.
I probably won’t feel the full impact until Monday when I get up and have nowhere to go. There is a long,hard road ahead of me but with Divine Providence and the support of family and wonderful friends like you,I’ll get through this.
I know there’s a lot going on in the world,but my focus right now has to be on getting things taken care of. I’ll post a link when I get some things up on e-bay. As you go through your day,know that you are in my thoughts. I love each and every one of you.
As most of you know,I’ve worked as an independent contractor for a transport company that provides rides for medicaid patients the last few years.Yesterday the owner called me into his office and told me we’re shutting down as of Friday.
The state of Illinois is in arrears in their reimbursement payments to us to the tune of tens of thousands of dollars.The owners have exhausted their credit with the banks and our suppliers and now its come to the end.They said we could start up again if the state sent us enough to cover payroll,insurance and fuel.
The problem is Illinois is billions in debt due largely to exorbitant pension costs.I doubt paying their small vendors is much of a priority.Like a mobster who owes money to a bookie–its cheaper to kill him than to pay him to wipe out the debt.
I exhausted what unemployment benefits I had before I got this job two years ago.Since we were not employees,the owners paid no tax,so we have no claim to benefits.I have enough in my savings to last about a month,then I’ll be penniless.My wife has worked part time for years and will be receiving social security probably starting in December.Still not nearly enough to survive.
I’ve done one kind of work all my life and my age and physical condition limits my options.None of our children have spare room and I wouldn’t ask them anyway.I’ve been to every public housing facility in the city and I can’t live like that.
I may be able to pay for my cable and internet access for another month before I go under.After that I just don’t know.
Its been a fun ride,and I loved posting here every day.Unless a miracle happens in the next few weeks,I don’t know.I just don’t know.
This is tenative and likely to change.It is evident the republican establishment and the media are in a hurry to end the primary process quick,while Romney is still leading.That way the media can set about their real job,which is destroying any threat to the boy-king.
I watched part of the debate livestreamed last night.I still can’t figure out why republicans submit to having a forum hosted by Mike Bloomberg and moderated by far-left hacks like Charlie Rose and Karen Tumulty.Would dems have a debate on Fox with Mark Levin as moderator?
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