Help Catherine after work accident
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Hi, My name is Catherine Draper. I moved out to California Three years ago to follow my dreams of becoming a costumer. I am now working in costuming, and going to school at Fullerton Junior college in their costuming program.
Moving out was hard, I had never lived by myself and the process of everything in California Is higher than where I previously lived in Tucson.
At work this last month, I hurt my back. I visited the doctor and they put me on restricted duty, which would be fine, but the location I work at doesn't accept anyone working there with any restrictions, so work has put me on transitional duty. I am only a part time worker, and at my old location I was guaranteed 24 hours a week at work, but in other locations I am not guaranteed any hours of work. In the past two weeks while i have been on transitional duty, i have had 8- 12 hours of work a week. It looks like I will be on transitional duty for the next 6 weeks at least with a possibility of two months.
What I need help with is ensuring I have enough money to pay rent for the next two months, gas money, and to help buy school supplies. Currently I pay $550 a month for rent including utilities. Right now I am only making $88- $132 a week at work (which has a possibility of going down if they have less work available).
I would love any help you can give me, I really want to continue working at this job because the connections I could make for future costuming jobs is sometime I really want to keep, and I don't want to have to give up this job to do something not in line with my future career goals just because of this one work injury.
Moving out was hard, I had never lived by myself and the process of everything in California Is higher than where I previously lived in Tucson.
At work this last month, I hurt my back. I visited the doctor and they put me on restricted duty, which would be fine, but the location I work at doesn't accept anyone working there with any restrictions, so work has put me on transitional duty. I am only a part time worker, and at my old location I was guaranteed 24 hours a week at work, but in other locations I am not guaranteed any hours of work. In the past two weeks while i have been on transitional duty, i have had 8- 12 hours of work a week. It looks like I will be on transitional duty for the next 6 weeks at least with a possibility of two months.
What I need help with is ensuring I have enough money to pay rent for the next two months, gas money, and to help buy school supplies. Currently I pay $550 a month for rent including utilities. Right now I am only making $88- $132 a week at work (which has a possibility of going down if they have less work available).
I would love any help you can give me, I really want to continue working at this job because the connections I could make for future costuming jobs is sometime I really want to keep, and I don't want to have to give up this job to do something not in line with my future career goals just because of this one work injury.
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Catherine E Draper
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Anaheim, CA
