Hello, everyone.
Thank you all so very much for your help and encouragement over the course of this last month. I've been in really tight spots before, but I've never received the kind of support I've gotten over the past several weeks, and as uncomfortable as asking for handouts has been, it's been extremely humbling to know that there really are people out there who are willing to help someone in need.
This is the update on my situation to let you know how things have been going and to let you know how your donations have been spent.
I used the money over the last month to keep myself afloat, and every single penny has been used for paying bills and buying food, and it was a massive relief knowing that I had some time to find a way to support myself, and the time you helped buy wasn't spent idly. I have been working on finding employment, and I did find a job several weeks ago, which is great.
Unfortunately, the amount of training needed for the job means that, even though I've been filling out paperwork and taking tests for the bulk of the last month, I haven't actually started working yet, even though I've got the job. My security clearance should be coming in sometime within the next two weeks, and then I can *finally* start earning a paycheck again, at a job close enough to home to walk to, with very little stress, which will help me immensely in keeping up with things for the foreseeable future.
In the meantime, bills are coming due again, and I need one last push to keep going. Rent, food, and other bills wait for no man, and though I hate to ask for even more from everyone, this time it's only for enough to keep me going until the paychecks start rolling in once again. I'll need about $800 (in addition to the $1000 I had before) to keep a roof over my head, the electricity and water on, and to buy enough food to last until my first paycheck. Every little bit helps, and while I still feel uncomfortable asking for another handout, I don't like the idea of being tossed out on the street even more.
This has been a really trying time, but thanks to all the help from those who have donated, I've gotten enough time and space to see the proverbial light at the end of the tunnel, and for once, it's not an oncoming train.
As a reminder, my GoFundMe account is at
http://www.gofundme.com/d84a3tjs.
Again, thank you everyone so much for your help thus far. I'll do my best to pass that help along in the future.
-Garrett