Go Fund me for the girl that was beat by the cop in Spring Valley

[Ghost in the Machine]

11. Now up even more!

$27,675 of $25k
Raised by 1,046 people in 15 hours

I recced this thread, but wasn't able to donate myself. Fact is, I have been struggling with myself about setting up my own account there. I'm having a little hardship right now myself, and it feels like I'm drowning. I'm on disability and usually manage my money very well, but back in June, I finally paid off a truck I was buying and freed up some money. As soon as I got the clear title, I traded it. It was a 1995 Dodge Ram 1500 4x4 that got about 12 MPG on a good day! I have a friend who needed a work truck, and had a 1994 Acura Integra that he wanted to trade. The Acura gets over 30 MPG, so I jumped on it! Hadn't had it a week when it got stolen. Luckily it was found 2 days later, in the parking lot of a gas station. The only thing wrong was busted ignition... and the clutch was burned out. Over $500 to fix, which I didn't have so I went online and tried to get a credit card or loan. One company gave me a $650 line of credit. I misread the interest rate, thought it said 25.8%, but was actually 258%! With my upcoming payment, I will have paid back over $500... and my account balance is barely below the $650!

To make matters worse, a week after getting it back from having the clutch and ignition fixed, someone busted the windshield, driver's window and cracked the sun roof. I guess my friend had someone mad at him, and didn't know that he had traded the car. I was finally able to find a side window a few weeks ago, which I needed most because it's getting colder and I couldn't go anywhere if it was raining unless I wanted to get soaked. At least the windshield and sun roof don't leak, but I can't afford to fix them right now. Right now it just seems like every time I see a light at the end of a tunnel, it's another danged train about to crash into me!

Sorry to spill this out on you, but had to get it out of my head and off my chest. I feel a little better now just getting it out there. I've been too worried and stressed the past few months to the point that it affects my sleep. Seems like I wake up every couple of hours. Piddle around on here, then go back to sleep for a couple more hours. I apologize again for dumping this on you, but this is the first time I've told anyone about my current situation and, as stated, I feel a little better now. Guess I'll try to get 2 or 3 more hours of sleep now, then be up for the day.

Peace to you and yours,

Ghost