I just looked at replacing my 2017 Ford Fusion, because of continuous nickel and dime repairs, and a cheaper model of the same year of sedan I have, that I paid $11,000 in 2019, now costs $13,000. $13,000 for a base model 8yo small sedan, is ludicrous.

Where I live in rural Central Pa, it’s not quite that expensive, but it’s still a similar problem for me. Rent in town, where I can reasonably walk to work, is about 70% of my income. Yet also, the price of used cars and getting repairs on cars, is obscene nowadays. It’s all BS.

It especially doesn’t help that living “in town” is essentially unaffordable. People have to live miles from a city/town to afford housing, and commute for work. I live about 8/9 miles from the closest town, I have no viable option but to drive. But, car prices and maintenance costs are also crap.🙃

Yeah…😒…Try having been a bartender in a borderline redneck town, and listen to drunk people praising Trump and his points of view, and just having to fake a smile and nod along, because you are at work, and your boss voted for Trump.😭

I pray to the goddess that everything works out for you.

A benefit of having Chicken, dairy, and various vegetable farms available in Central Pa. 😁

‪And swinging from floods to drought to never ending floods…😡😭‬

‪It never fucking stops randomly raining and thunderstorming anymore.‬

Only the last 4 days are what should be ‘average’ for central Pa, but are instead, a weird 10+ degree anomaly

So, suddenly I am now unemployed again, and not eligible for Employment Compensation, because I need to work at least 18 months since my last claim, and I only worked 9 1/2. I was already struggling to put on the “mask”, and now, I don’t know if I even have it in me to try anymore.😕

But, my professional life, was starting to get a little better. This week, I was notified, without any prior notice, that the restaurant I just became bar manager of, is closing. A new owner is taking over, and is not keeping any former staff.

Except for the old rednecks right in front of our restaurant supporting the ice raids and shit…booooo.😡

I appreciate you thinking me, it really does mean a lot. I have a problem right now of just disassociating from myself and “quarantining” myself from others, because I feel like I’m only a downer and a burden to others.