When the Wheels Fall Off & We Got Stuff To Fix
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hi, l'm Syd! a trans, stage 3 cancer survivor & freelancing artist from the USA. My spouse, a rural last-mile mail carrier, and I are at the point where we need to ask for some help. We are already paying back a home equity loan so can't take another, and credit cards dont have the space left for this. we're both queer and pretty distant from our families.
Our new-used car, a 2006 nissan murano we've had for a year, had the sub-frame (the K frame) break after hitting a series of deep early spring new england potholes on the back roads where we live. If you look at the photo of the car, you can see the back wheels are rather unintentionally stanced inward. a rental cost almost my spouse's entire paycheck up front and as you may have guessed from my self description we do not have much money saved to begin with.
please help us out!! we don't have any savings. the Why will become apparent further down when i discuss our heating/insulation situation. but be it house or the roads themselves that desperately need maintanence, winter is a very costly time of year and we are struggling to recover more than ever.
The final repair bill on the car was: $3567 (and change lol)
Rental fees were: $1071
We've taken money from his retirement to cover up front but but it's a) haha you really only do that it doesnt feel great and B) i'd like to put that buffer back??? if possible??
So at this point in the story - we need about $4.5k.
Some might note that's about the cost of a new/used car already. Some might also note that because of the trade war going on, car parts and car prices are about to go completely bonkers. this is why we opted to repair rather than seek a new car.
There's many other things that we need funding for that this is draining on such as:
- the car still needs the air conditioner repaired
- the attic is un-insulated and i want to fix it to save money
- my sneakers are getting worn through
- senior wellness blood panels for 2 cats
- our mailbox needs replacing badly
- wisdom tooth recovery is work downtime
- spouse has a dental crown set to go in soon
- i'm in dire need of new glasses
- ...spouse's glasses are broken too x.x
- i need passport fees soon lol lmao lol
- spouse's pc hasnt worked in months! - "THIS IS MY COMPUTER!" he laments, shaking the iphone 8 or watever
- there are going to still be some platform fees, probably.
- or unforeseen extra costs
Other reasons why you ought help me out!!
- i launched on trans day of visibility, i'm trans hi.
- i am not feeling super safe or great here in the USA lately
- i already spent over 10 years being stalked for being trans by rival artists who wanted to bury me for being a filthy queer influence when i came out (hi raizap, arborwin, remember when you swore to make me kill myself? lol) so my cptsd is a thing
- i sure am not paying for therapy while all this is priority?
- if we Must move we should have the house in sellable shape so we have Some kind of survival plan, id like to have money to fix our house
- every single study done on mutual aid shows direct action, like giving to GFM, is more effective than giving to a big name charity. this is the way we help eachother! this is it!!
- the only relatives i am still talking to, i feel bad asking for help again.
you can always buy my physical art books/stickers/paintings at my shop if you'd rather support that way!
i also offer ebook versions of my comics and zines for download which you can opt to pay for.
In the extremely unlikely event this GFM blows past its goal, I might add onto it for the sum of a safety net should we be forced to flee. But that's an if-and-when situation. Please consider helping us survive and prepare in a difficult time& place.
Thank you <3
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Sydney Icarus
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Ashburnham, MA