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<p>Hello Everyone,</p><p>I&#x27;m sorry, but it&#x27;s already time for another <a href="/tags/begpost/" rel="tag">#begpost</a>. We&#x27;ve been safely housed this week thanks to the incredible generosity of our friends here on the <a href="/tags/fediverse/" rel="tag">#Fediverse</a>. What little wages I was able to earn from my shifts earlier this week went to the monthly storage unit bill to avoid a hefty late fee.</p><p>Consequently, we&#x27;ve exhausted our grocery supplies and my &quot;E&quot; (low fuel) light is on in my car.</p><p>While we&#x27;re somewhat content where we&#x27;re currently staying, it is a 40-mile round-trip commute and we were a little dismayed to learn that this motel&#x27;s policy is no more than 30 days in any given room before we have to change so that it can be &quot;deep cleaned&quot;.</p><p>I don&#x27;t feel the policy is unreasonable given the demographics for a low-budget motel, but the thought of having to switch rooms every few weeks is exhausting to even consider. Dragging our microwave and mini-fridge (which I don&#x27;t know with complete certainty whether we&#x27;re technically *allowed* to have said items) and our stuff over and over is not the most appealing.</p><p>If we don&#x27;t stay here, our only other options (besides living in our car) are an extended-stay type hotel that in multiple google maps reviews was referred to as a &quot;trap house&quot;, or an apartment complex which I&#x27;m afraid could potentially be referred to as the same.</p><p>We were disappointed last month when we tried and spectacularly failed to secure an apartment at a complex we&#x27;d fell in love with, and have been sort of floundering on that front since.</p><p>But I think we&#x27;ve both had our fill of motel/hotel life, and it&#x27;s time to settle down again. We don&#x27;t want to rent a room in anyone&#x27;s home, at least not for a very long time, after our past couple of experiences with that.</p><p>So, I&#x27;m leaning towards the semi-sketchy apartment complex, if they even have any rooms available now. I can&#x27;t say I&#x27;m very optimistic about living there being a pleasant experience, but we&#x27;re worn out. We&#x27;re tired of nearly all our belongings being locked away in a storage unit halfway across the valley.</p><p>Like everywhere else, there&#x27;s an application fee for both of us. We may have to be creative at addressing the rental history problem. Both our credit scores are atrocious but my gut instinct is that this complex won&#x27;t be as concerned about that.</p><p>It might save us a tiny bit of money monthly, but the downside is we can&#x27;t just pay the rent daily or weekly. We&#x27;ll likely have to fundraise an entire month&#x27;s rent before we can get moved in, plus any deposits (the specifics of which I can&#x27;t recall at this moment).</p><p>And, with hours at work being the way they have been and seem likely to continue for the immediate future, I don&#x27;t know how easy it&#x27;s going to be to keep ahead of that monthly rent bill.</p><p>I don&#x27;t know whether we&#x27;ll actually be able to pull this off. I don&#x27;t know if we&#x27;re &quot;jumping out the frying pan and into the fire&quot;. But I do know we&#x27;re pretty burned out and I&#x27;m not sure what else to do.</p><p>In summary: we need funds for food, gas, application fees to what will likely be a dirty, musty &quot;ghetto&quot; apartment, so that at least we can resume having a semi-permanent address.</p><p>As always, thank you all in advance for your help and support.</p><p>If you&#x27;re willing AND able, please boost and if possible donate. If you can&#x27;t donate, *do NOT feel guilty* for being in the same boat as us. Your feelings about it are valid but rest assured you needn&#x27;t feel bad.</p><p>Venmo: <a href="https://venmo.com/thegizmotwins" rel="nofollow"><span class="invisible">https://</span>venmo.com/thegizmotwins</a><br>Cashapp: <a href="https://cash.app/$thegizmotwins" rel="nofollow"><span class="invisible">https://</span>cash.app/$thegizmotwins</a><br>PP: <a href="https://www.paypal.com/paypalme/gizmo1982" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.paypal.com/paypalme/gizmo1982"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.paypal.com/paypalme/gizmo1</span><span class="invisible">982</span></a><br>GFM: <a href="https://gofund.me/12171be3" rel="nofollow"><span class="invisible">https://</span>gofund.me/12171be3</a></p><p><a href="/tags/mutualaid/" rel="tag">#MutualAid</a> <a href="/tags/mentalillness/" rel="tag">#MentalIllness</a> <a href="/tags/poverty/" rel="tag">#Poverty</a> <span class="h-card"><a href="https://ovo.st/club/mutualaid" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>mutualaid</span></a></span></p>