Here’s my situation. (aka, Miniar’s always broke)
I am a 35 year old from Iceland.
I’m disabled, both physically (fibromyalgia and hypermobility) and mentally ill (chronic depression, anxiety, and ADD). All of my conditions are currently going untreated as I can not afford treatment.
I’m queer; Transgender, pansexual, as well as polyamorous and kinky.
I’m also a parent to a teenage daughter. (Her wellbeing and happiness being my first priority in all things.)
Iceland has disability payments which I qualify for but it isn’t enough to cover the basic cost of living.
Iceland has single payer insurance, but that doesn’t mean that my access to healthcare is free or easy to reach.
Iceland is one of the most expensive countries in the world to live in.
I try my best to make good choices and if I am careful, lucky and don’t spend a single coin on anything else, my disability can barely cover rent and enough food so that my daughter is fed.
But this isn’t the only things that need paying for.
All the little things that make the difference between “barely surviving” and “living” aren’t free.
I do have the help of some loved ones, but it’s not always enough, and the constant strain contributes heavily to the worsening of my various symptoms.
Hence this post, which I will update/redo as my situation evolves.
Things I can’t afford but need to tend to:
- My daughter starts school tomorrow (friday august 18th 2017)
She needs schoolbooks and other school supplies. sorted, more or less
- My daughter needs new glasses.
- My daughter could use more sweaters and other clothing.
- One of the dogs probably needs to have his anal glands removed.
(This requires a trip to Rvk with a dog that hates car rides and where I don’t have a place to crash that allows dogs… )
- I need to either repair my Bosch Athlet vacuum handle or replace it.
Repairs primarily require a very specific screwdriver that I haven’t been able to find and a little bit of luck once I get inside the handle. Perfectly doable I think.
- We need new winter tires.
- I need to replace my dryer. This is getting worse!
And before someone suggests I just line-dry, this isn’t an option.
I have one of these little indoor drying stand where I placed one shirt that wasn’t dryer safe, in the sun, and it took well over a day for it to dry.
With winter coming, balcony drying is not gonna happen at all. Frozen pants are not an option!
- New Addition!
A new malfunction light came on in the car…. Fuck.
These are the things I “know” right now that I need to tend to, and this is subject to change.
All my bills, including rent, are due the first of the month, and the next payday/paydate, september first, I’m not sure I can cover all my bills.
I don’t have any money at all right now.
I try to be smart and not spend anything on anything unnecessary, but I do have poor impulse control and sometimes I slip up, mainly by deciding to, in the cheapest way possible, participate in something that costs money and is fun.
Mainly by deciding to live a little.
Usually, when I do this, something goes wrong.
Like right now, with the dryer.
I went to pride, I spent a little bit of money on something happy, I came home, I did laundry, and the dryer isn’t drying things as well as it used to.
It was a cheap, used, piece of equipment and will likely be replaced with another cheap, used, piece of equipment, and I have made repairs on it myself once before, but now it’s not worth repairing again.
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Ok, enough bitching and moaning.
TLDR: Miniar is a struggling cripple with expenses that he can’t afford because fuck him that’s why!
I do however know my situation is nowhere near as dire as it is for a lot of people and I am already getting some help, and so I struggle to ask for more help, but honestly, I kinda need it.
So, if you wanna help out, here’s how you can.
I have a ko-fi. A couple dollars there always counts.
I have an Etsy for my crochet, which is awesome btw, and any sharing of any thing from there is awesome.
I have a side blog @theblindneedle for my crochet too, following that and reblogging/boosting the stuff I make and put there also helps.
And, maybe, pass this on?