This is one of those difficult posts, and I feel like I should apologise upfront for it being so. I really hate asking for help, when my situation's not as dire as some I've been in over the years, but Paul and I are currently stuck in a mire we can't break out of without some help.
( When I made the move from the Cary suburbs to Raleigh, I thought I'd find stable work fairly quickly. )
What this means, though, is that the process of getting me to Australia is stalled, because we haven't anything left over after the monthly bills and the doctor's appointments are paid for, to throw at it. I need to replace my passport, which requires an application fee and a trip to my consulate in Florida (roughly $700 USD to cover both the fee and the trip) that we just can't afford as things stand. The visa process is on hold until we can furnish another $1700 AUD fee and a copy of my passport, and those two things are what we're asking for help with -- because getting me over there will improve the financial situation for us immeasurably.
So, why are we pushing the emigration now, if we can't afford it, instead of just waiting? Several reasons, but the first, urgent, purely financial one is that right now, we're hemorrhaging money, maintaining two separate households. Neither of us is exactly living the high life, but my household bills are roughly $1000 USD each month -- rent, electricity, phone, Internet, groceries, nothing in there I could really pare back more, at least not while I'm under orders to eat three times a day plus snacks and needing to be in touch with Paul. That's money we'll be free to throw at the medical care and repaying what we owe, if we can get me over there and drop the second household. On the other hand, the longer we wait, with no surplus to rebuild our savings, the more likely it is that something else is going to happen that will set us back even further. Putting it plainly? We can't afford to not push it through.
( More reasons... )
I know things are tight everywhere, and if you can't help, I understand. If you can help, though, it would be much appreciated. If nothing else we're planning for happens, just being able to eliminate the second household alone will put us in a much better position. You'll be paid back ahead of that emergency room visit, too -- clearing private debts is more important than making anything but minimum payments on the public ones. Our order of things is: clear the private debts, {look for work, get married, start the adoption process}, start school -- and we'll clear the public debts after the first term of school is paid for, if there's still anything left of the public debts at that point. It'll make for a single rather crowded year, but then we can transition to the more usual routines of work and school while pushing hard on the adoption paperwork.
( When I made the move from the Cary suburbs to Raleigh, I thought I'd find stable work fairly quickly. )
What this means, though, is that the process of getting me to Australia is stalled, because we haven't anything left over after the monthly bills and the doctor's appointments are paid for, to throw at it. I need to replace my passport, which requires an application fee and a trip to my consulate in Florida (roughly $700 USD to cover both the fee and the trip) that we just can't afford as things stand. The visa process is on hold until we can furnish another $1700 AUD fee and a copy of my passport, and those two things are what we're asking for help with -- because getting me over there will improve the financial situation for us immeasurably.
So, why are we pushing the emigration now, if we can't afford it, instead of just waiting? Several reasons, but the first, urgent, purely financial one is that right now, we're hemorrhaging money, maintaining two separate households. Neither of us is exactly living the high life, but my household bills are roughly $1000 USD each month -- rent, electricity, phone, Internet, groceries, nothing in there I could really pare back more, at least not while I'm under orders to eat three times a day plus snacks and needing to be in touch with Paul. That's money we'll be free to throw at the medical care and repaying what we owe, if we can get me over there and drop the second household. On the other hand, the longer we wait, with no surplus to rebuild our savings, the more likely it is that something else is going to happen that will set us back even further. Putting it plainly? We can't afford to not push it through.
( More reasons... )
I know things are tight everywhere, and if you can't help, I understand. If you can help, though, it would be much appreciated. If nothing else we're planning for happens, just being able to eliminate the second household alone will put us in a much better position. You'll be paid back ahead of that emergency room visit, too -- clearing private debts is more important than making anything but minimum payments on the public ones. Our order of things is: clear the private debts, {look for work, get married, start the adoption process}, start school -- and we'll clear the public debts after the first term of school is paid for, if there's still anything left of the public debts at that point. It'll make for a single rather crowded year, but then we can transition to the more usual routines of work and school while pushing hard on the adoption paperwork.
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