So stressed out

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So stressed out
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Thu, 10-06-2005 - 1:46pm

Things are just really getting to me now and it doesn't help that today is turning out to be a bad day. I had a WIC class and was told that since dd is 5 now I could only get vouchers for the rest of this month, I knew it was coming and it's not that we get a whole lot, but what we do get helps out so much. I even tried applying for food stamps and was denied. And then I come home to make an appt for dd to get a shot and try to use our phone and there's no line, there's a line to connect our internet that works, but both my phone in the kitchen and in our bedroom are not working. There's nothing there. So I call to make the appt for my dd on my cell phone (thankfully I have that to use), they say there isn't anything until Nov 2nd and I tell them that if she doesn't get this shot by Dec. 17th she can't go to school. Well that's the soonest appt they have....however, I was reading the list of places that we can go and it says for kids 5yrs and older to walk them in, so I'm gonna try that and hopefully I don't have to wait forever. As for the phone deal I call sprint to have them send someone out, the lady tells me that it will be a charge of $48 just for them to come out and $25 for each 15 mins to repair the phone lines that aren't working. I said that's ridiculous, we live in government housing, I did nothing wrong with the phone lines. There was a Time Warner Cable guy at my neighbors earlier and he was talking to someone on the phone and saying something about the line going all the way around the outside of the quarters and onto my side of our unit. Unfortuntately I can't prove he did anything cuz for one I didn't check to see if there was a dial tone this morning on the phones, I assumed there was b/c I got on the internet no problem, and two: I left before I saw him "do" anything. So I told the lady to go ahead and send someone out, but they aren't stepping foot in my house, she said that she still has to charge the $48 so I said that's stupid and hung up. I call our housing office they say that the phone line is not there's, it's Sprints, but I ask him the phone jacks were put in by them, right? He says yes and tells me to call maintenance, so I did, and they are supposed to come tomorrow evening to check on the phone jacks. I really don't know what else could be wrong with them. We have problems with the lights flickering all the time here so who knows what the heck could be wrong.

I feel like I can't catch a break. And another thing is I feel so guilty for borrowing money from the kids, which we have this past week. We always try to pay them back, and we only owe them $5 and $10, but I don't know when we can give it back to them. Also it was dd's birthday yesterday and she got $50 for her bday. I will definitely be using some of it to buy the kids their halloween costumes, but the rest of it we really need for any groceries we need this month. Everything we have now and what's coming the middle of the month has already been allocated for bills that are due. I've paid most of them, but we still have our unsecured loan bill, cable, fence bill, and car payment to pay for the month.

I really hate this, I hate living like this, it's horrible. I so wish that we would have made better choices with our money, cuz now we are really paying for it. Plus I don't want my kids to see how we handle money and they have problems too. We need to set a good example and we are trying to do that, but it's very hard when you're in a tough place yourself.

Thanks for listening to my rambling.
Michelle


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Thu, 10-06-2005 - 4:12pm

Hi Michelle,

I am just really feeling for you right now, and holding you in the light. You are really having a tough time of it.

Good for you, not letting the phone company push you around. You are already paying them for the service, so it's not right to have to pay them extra for that same service. But of course they'll try to wring out every penny they can.

Hang in there. Remember that you are not your finances, and that this too shall pass (eventually...). Keep coming here for support and encouragement.

Blessings,

Heather

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Thu, 10-06-2005 - 8:12pm

Thank you Heather for your words of encouragement, they really are appreciated. Well, we found out that it was the cable company that messed things up. We asked our neighbors what the cable company had come out to do and I guess they had two lines that weren't working so they got their's working and I guess messed ours up in the process. There is only one box that all telephone wires go to for both units (it's kinda like a duplex) so I'm sure it was the cable company that did it. My dh called them and is supposed to call them back in the morning cuz the supervisor I guess was out on a call this evening. They WILL be taking care of this with no charge. It's just ridiculous. So I'm feeling a little better about that, but still stressed about our finances.

We're trying to move right along as best we can though.
Michelle


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Thu, 10-06-2005 - 11:34pm
Just wanted to add I would make sure the cable co gave you some kind of compensation.

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Sat, 10-08-2005 - 11:11am

I hear you so loud and clear! Hang in there...I am not much help but have this board and that is a good thing.

In Debt Diane in CT.

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Sat, 10-08-2005 - 4:33pm

Michelle,
I don't have any advice/suggestion for you. I just wanted to send you a cyberhug. I've been going through stressful times myself lately.

Hang in there, girl.

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Sat, 10-08-2005 - 5:43pm
((((((HUGS))))))) I have been where you are right now. I know how stressful it is. Just continue to make better decisions now and it will get better. I promise! Until it does we will be here to help you through it. Take care!