Eviction Notice Boogaloo II: Staving Off Impending Doom

Hi! Yeah, it's me again.

The good news is that things are actually getting better, but not fast enough. That's the bad news: I ran out of time. I just need around 10 or so more days - literally until 13 Friday - and I'd have been fine.

Unfortunately, I don't have that time. The management expects me to have a substantial payment for them tomorrow, and I literally have about $20 in the bank, $13 in cash, and $11 in quarters for laundry.

The problem was the enormous backlog of shows I had and the fact that there were so many school breaks, everything from a couple of days to a two weeks (separated) from the point of my getting hired to now that now the check that I *counted* on to be able to put down about $300 toward my rent was only $20.xx because I lost track of when I worked and what the hell was happening because I was upside-down trying to get the fundamentals of a new gig down and not fall apart doing the job itself.

What happened is this was my third check. It was the check that covered the time period of most of the off days and one off week, so it only had the pay for the 1.5 hour employee orientation I attended between all that time off. Twenty bucks, FML. And the first two checks were $51 short because they took the $102 it cost for fingerprinting out of those first two checks.

So, the three shittiest checks from the school have turned out to be the first three. The next check will be for at least five, if not six, days of work - I have no idea yet how they split up their payment schedules, it's a mess at the end of the year and I can't make heads or tails of it - but it will be for several hundred bucks, and that's coming in on 13 Friday. My next transcription check is coming in *this* Friday, also for a few hundred.

The eviction notice will probably be filed tomorrow, as soon as they find out that I did not send them the payment I told them I'd send them last week because I didnt freaking realize it would be a check for $20 ffs. No matter how hard I try, etc., etc.

Well, the good news, as I said, is that things are beginning (slowly af) to look better. I'm totally caught up on my transcription backlog, I will be doing more transcription tonight, and I spend four hours DoorDashing today (1 June).

I earned $14.50 and spent a quarter tank of gas for my trouble. That was a bust. I dont mind making low wages for the first couple weeks because it will also help me know how to get around this crazy town, which is more confusing than Queens (which is saying something), but I think I may have picked a bad time of day. Also, there are three tiers of drivers, and of course the higher level you are, the more work you get. I've only completed three deliveries, and I think I have to do 50 to get to the next level. So, that's not really an option for me at the moment. I might take myself up to Ithaca next weekend to see if that works out better, since they are rarely not showing as busy in the apps. But for right now, I cannot count on it for income until I get a better standing on the app. That does make sense. I can't be grouchy about it.

And to top it all off, I have finally broken down and gone ahead and contacted two different offices of an employment agency in two different areas (they work independently), and they both contacted me back pretty much immediately. The second one I will contact on Monday. The first has already sent my resume out for two positions offices and will following up because they get new asks every day. That one is the agency in Ithaca and one of those jobs is that Cornell job that I thought would be fantastic.

As for the school, the last student day is 27 June, and that's when my year ends with them as well. I'll be working every single week between then and now at the school *and* doing the transcription on top of interviewing when the agency sends me out to clients *and* continuing to work DoorDash when I can just to bump up my tier level.

I'm giving you all this detail because I swore I would not ask again unless I had no choice at all, and you deserve to know what's happening and *why* I have to ask again.

I have no choice at all. I've worked my brain and my body to the bone these last few weeks and I *do* have the money coming in - just not fast enough. I literally can't work any more hours or any harder than I am now without falling apart. I promise you I'm doing everything I can, not just sitting around waiting until the last second to ask for someone else to bail me out. I was so hoping that I could drum up at least $100 this weekend on DoorDash, but it's just not happening at this moment, and I don't think it will until I'm in a higher tier with more deliveries.

So, here's the deal:

I owe $1,100 back rent. This *does* include the $400 from the previous eviction notice, and it does NOT include June's rent. I have already paid $400 for May on the 7th.

I will have a deposit coming in at the end of this week. I get paid again on the 14th, the 22nd, and the 30th (this is for both transcription and lunch ladying), and the 30th or so will be the last school paycheck (it's for about three weeks of work; it seems that they try to tie up all the payroll at the end of the academic year instead of continuing on their bimonthly schedule).

If I can physically handle it, I will be working full weeks for all of June, which will result in fairly decent checks that will allow me to catch up on the June rent by the end of June. And I'll also have the transcription invoices coming in, so I'll be able to use that money to sort out the car insurance and the phone.

That paycheck gap that I kept talking about while you're busy ramping up to a new job? It's lasted about 250 times longer than any other paycheck gap I've ever had to deal with. Just like it's been harder to find an actual job that lasts all year has been harder than I've ever had to deal with.

So, I am putting up this GFM for $1,100 because that's what is needed to bring me totally current, and by the end of June I fully intend to have another job via one of the agencies I'm now connected with.

I'm also going to see a woman at the local social services office next week now that I have my schedule and know exactly what my time looks like so I can make an appointment with her. They help with rent, and I'm going to see if she will be able to throw me a few bucks to help me stave off a second notice.

If I had *one more week* I would not have to ask at all. I would be okay. I literally only need to reach the end of next week and I'd be okay. I just ran out of time.

I'm sorry. I feel seriously horrible having to ask you again. I am incredibly grateful for all the help you've given me already. Thank you so much.

Anything you can give - even five bucks gets me a little over a gallon of gas so I can keep getting to work - is appreciated so very much.

I am asking for $1,100 because that's the total of what I need NOW, and it will prevent a second eviction notice, and it will enable me to take care of June's expenses on my own, including my car registration, which expired yesterday and I only this second just remembered. If it's not one thing, it's another. Ugh.

I have probably repeated myself eleventy-thousand times in this missive. I apologise for that. I'm tired af and I'm anxious and kind of freaking out, and I have work tonight and work tomorrow morning and work tomorrow afternoon and I worked half a day today wasting gas and I'm just sick about having to beg for money again. It takes a lot of a person. It really does.

Thanks for your help, mah baybees. I am so sorry. I feel so bad about this. I love y'all for sticking with me and everything you've done so far.