2024 has been the hardest year of my entire life. After moving to… Jubilee F needs your support for Urgent help requested after repeated car
Hi there. After 15 years on here, I don't know what sort of reach my blog still has, but I'm in desperate need of help. 2024 has been the worst year of my life so far and I need to get out of Portland, OR. I won't trauma dump or get into every detail, but I've lost everything this year and the last month has been the worst of it all. After buying my dream car last summer (that I purchased after 10+ years of driving my old falling apart PT Cruiser) and having it stolen *this* summer and stripped of $6k worth of modifications meant to help me survive should I ever be homeless again, she was again stolen just 4 months later at the end of November. Last time she was at least left mostly intact, but this time she had the only 2 things of worth left (her battery and her catalytic converter) stolen, she was abandoned 30 minutes away, found by police, and towed to an impound lot. On top of the trauma and stress of having my car stolen yet again, I then also had to pay a ransom of almost $400 I didn't have to the impound lot to get her back and then my partner incredibly graciously paid an additional $200 to have her towed back to my street where she's just sitting dead now.
I've been unemployed for over 12 months now, put in nearly 500 applications this year alone, and nearly lost my apartment multiple times without the help of amazing friends and a building manager that has been far more generous than I ever expected. I've gotten my absolute worst licks this year and they've come one after another. I haven't had a single moment to breathe or rebuild and things just keep getting worse. After the abuse I've faced here for 3 years, I'm throwing in the towel. There is no life to build here in the PNW and I am desperate to get back home to the east coast. To help with this, I've started a gofundme that will hopefully help me restore my car to driving condition. With her, we can tow what little we have back to the east coast and start to rebuild with chosen family in the northeast. I have longtime friends and family there, I know it'll be a better spot for us; it's where I had hoped to go 3 years ago when I instead of moving here, but I made the choice I did and I'd say I've paid the price for that tenfold at this point.
Like I said, I don't know what sort of traction this might get, but I'm hoping even if people don't donate that it at least gets shared around. I know things are hard for everyone right now; I'm a trans lesbian, I'm terrified of everything happening in this dogshit country, and I get it. Ideally I'd just leave the US, but I need to be somewhere I can actually find work to save up for that on my own. Right now, I'm just desperate for any lifeline to get me back to a place where I can actually stand on my feet for more than a second before being knocked back down. If you see this, please share it, leave some crumbs, donate if you feel comfortable doing so, anything and everything helps and is appreciated so so so much. Thank you for reading this far, I hope you have a better holiday season than I'm having.
