Things just keep getting better.
@xmichelletarax (370)
United States
February 15, 2012 11:58am CST
Alright so I got my license yesterday after almost 2 yrs of having to rescedual my test.
My car needs struts and tires. If I can find a set I can get used tires for almost nothing but the struts are $260. Add the $87 dollars to put it back on the road and around $120 for the insurance plus $29 to get it inspected on top of that. You come out with way more then I can afford after helping my fiance buy a new engine for his truck.
I have no job at the moment. I NEED a job.
And thus my problem starts.
I can't get a job without a car, I can't fix my car without a job.
My landlord was letting me borrow her car to go to my appointments and whatnot. She told me that when I got my license I could use it to get back and forth to a job and my appointments.
Today 3 hours before my PT she comes over to tell me that I can no longer borrow her car.
Why? You may ask.
Well because when I had my permit I was automatically covered under her insurance, now that I have my license I'm not.
So I figure I'll start calling all the other people who let me always borrow their car, turns out she called them all to warn them... So I call my dad to see if I can borrow his truck... Nope, call my friend Chrissy about her car... Nope. So on and so forth.
So now I'm sitting here an hour before I have to leave for my appointment thinking about how badly I screwed myself over by getting my license and pretty much praying that my fiance gets his truck fixed today otherwise I dont know what I will do for my appointments.
As for getting a job... That's NOT going to happen because where my fiance works he goes in really early and gets done whenever he gets done so I can't just take him to work and then go to work myself because that will leave him stranded,
He can't bring me to work unless I find one of those rare jobs that start at like 4 am or stand around for hours.
Sorry I'm ranting but I'm extremely frusterated because now that I have my license I can't borrow anyones car, therefor I can't get a job, which means I can't fix my car.
I'm like ripping my hair out and on the verge of tears I'm so frustrated.
8 responses
@courtknee525 (3742)
• United States
19 Feb 12
That's a difficult situation. If no one lets you borrow their car, is there any chance you can get a job near where you live and either walk or ride a bike? Or maybe a bus? You'd only be doing it temporarily until you got your car fixed.
You could also try carpooling with someone. Maybe if you got hired at a certain place, you could carpool with another worker until you got everything fixed.
It may seem like there's no way out of the current problem, but trust me, there's always a way for something to work out somehow. Just try and stay positive and don't let life's curveballs get you down too much.
@bjc66bjc (6730)
• United States
16 Feb 12
WOW, amichelletarax, You are really in a situtation...You really
need to pray...and believe..some where some how something will
happen in your life to help.
It times like this that we have to pray and also realize that
what the good is in our life and ge grateful...You still have
something to be thankful for..You have a working boyfriend that
still has a job and a car...
there are still some good things happening in your life, don't
overlook that...things happen for a reason ..u MUST BELIEVE!!!!
Good luck!!!
@katsmeow1213 (28717)
• United States
16 Feb 12
Find a job within walking distance or on the bus line from where you are. At one time I had to walk 2 miles each way to get to my job. There were closer ones, but I got the only one I could get at the time, and with no car I had to make due. Finding a way is better than feeling sorry for yourself. You can't always expect other people to take care of you.
@bounce58 (17387)
• Canada
15 Feb 12
This post is more than 3 hours old. I hope that by now you've figured out how to get to your PT (or that you're already there).
I'm sorry everything's been terrible for you. It seems like there's a lot of people on a similar boat. Everybody's just trying to scrape by.
Hope you hang in there though!
@cash4cards (140)
• United States
16 Feb 12
Life can b s great big circle j*rk...lol. ive been there just hang in
There!!!
@gustin09 (35)
• Indonesia
16 Feb 12
The first thing I want to say is that, I understand that this is something pretty serious, and I understand that you want to solve this quickly. I don't have technical advice for this, you know, like giving you suggestion to take bus or find another job, etc. But what I want to suggest is that you have to get your self together, try to calm down first.. u know, we don't make good decisions when we're frustrated, and we often make things become worse because of it.
So calm down, entertain yourself a bit, get your nerves calmed, and now your emotion is at the most stable condition that you're ready to think what is the best way out to solve the problem.. this sounds really simple, but i really think you should give it a try.
Good Luck
@maezee (41997)
• United States
15 Feb 12
Aw, this stinks. I am sure you will work something out. I can sort of understand, on the other folks' point of view, how old it can get borrowing someone your car... Especially if there's some kind of problem with insurance... Can't your fiance borrow you money until you get on your feet again with your job? Or do you have a credit card? There's got to be something that you can do. Anyways, good luck with your situation - I hope a solution comes to you quickly.
@lologirl2021 (5542)
• United States
15 Feb 12
Well i can only pray that things get alot better for you. I know about ranting right now because im going through something as well but would rather not talk about it right now so im ranting to my boyfriend and my best friend on AIM. Well now i know things will get better for you because there only going to get better for me as well. Just think that maybe you will get a job that might be in walking distance to were you live if your not far from places and hopefully not up hill either. Well then think about what might be clsoe to your boyfriends work and see waht can be done for that job. I mean there are good things you should look forward to doing. Maybe you can take your boyfriend to work tommorrow and then when he is off can call you can during that time you can borrow his truck and go look for a job and fill out applications and hopefully just hope for the best out of that all. I mean you can do things like that and hope that people can bring you back and fourth to work and i hope it all works out. Have a great day.
