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March 12, 2008 - Donation Button
It is still technically the 11th, for a couple more hours. But I figure most of you will be reading this on the 12th anywhoo, so why not just call it tomorrow today? You may notice, I have added a donation box to the front page of the site.
I've never asked the universe to throw money at us before, but in looking at our cash flow situation, I am flush up against some financial discomfort and it is causing me night sweats and anxiety like you would not believe...
When we decided that we'd send Jess to Germany and to Shakespeare's England, we figured we'd have a little more income. Doug would pick up per diem work. I'd get a part time job. Neither thing has panned out even though we've been trying...
We tried to refinance to lower our mortgage payment, but that didn't work out. For the last year, we haven't been bringing in enough money to put into savings. And one expense after another has cropped up, making things suck money wise. Our savings account got smaller and smaller, until I checked it today and saw that there was 100 dollars left in it.
I got a bonus last month, and that is already spent. On taxes.
It was supposed to help defray our Jess trip costs.
So now I'm holding my breath, writing checks, using the very last pennies from our savings account, and between the two trips I find myself about $3000 short, and that isn't counting her spending money on both jaunts.
And that sucks.
Theoretically, and this is what I'm sitting here pondering, I can put it all on my credit card. But right now... I wanted to not have to do that at all in any way, shape or form. We're kind of ... maxed out on the credit thing, ya know?
I mean, long and the short of it is I wish I were like Eliot Spitzer. Not in the scandally losing my job as NY State Governor sort of way. But in the way that I wish I had like 5 grand laying around to shell out on a high class floozy hooker ... But I wouldn't shell it out on some high class floozy hooker. I'd pay for my kid and a bunch of other kids (hell, ALL the other kids) to go on the London Trip.
I wish I had that money, I don't.
I bet you do too. You wish you had his kind of money, but without all the scandally stuff.
So. On the front page of the site is a donation button to Paypal... I stick it out there humbly and hopefully. I know many people NEED money more than I do and I'm horribly ashamed to be asking. I feel like a failure.
But last year when we decided to do these two trips, we thought money would be no big whoop. But it has turned into a big whoop. And we're cringing.
So I'm hoping you have an extra 10 bucks to throw our way. If I have 50 readers at 10 bucks... hell, that makes quite a dent in the expenses.
And you can trust me, I won't be setting up a secret account with the Emperor's Club or anything.
It's all for a very different girl, and for a very different thrill.
Speaking of that very different girl. Thank you for your mojo and prayers, kind thoughts and support in the last week.
I'm happy to let y'all know that the doctor reviewed her MRI (finally) today.
She is okay... she has a "high sprain" as the nurse put it. The recommendation is rest, ibuprofen and no running/jogging/sword fighting on stage and falling down. He wants to see her in a week and check how things are. But for the most part, no surgery, no physical therapy.
Just take it easy.
And she can do that, I'm sure.
I will have her take the knee brace on the trip with her if she feels she needs it, just to support the healing while walking all over London and Stratford. And in case she's sword fighting and slips and strains it again.
Horray! And there is much rejoicing.
Anyway -- thanks so much again. For thinking on her and if you donate funds to the cause of Shakespeare and German Exchange Studenting, for helping push her over the pond... twice.