4:10am March 4, 2015

Halp?

Basically: I’m poor, disabled and struggling really badly this winter.
I live in the Boston area, which has had unprecedented snowfall this year, and freezing temperatures. My heating bill for this month is literally unaffordable. If I paid the full amount ($125 - and I share this house with four other people!), that would make it impossible for me to eat and pay for things like bus passes this month. I pay over half my income in rent, and I have to eat a lot of pre-made food, which costs more than making things from scratch. This is because of disability-related stuff - I’m living entirely without any kind of support, either informal or formal. I have to do everything alone, which just doesn’t work.
I do work, but it’s part-time, and it would take time for me to find another job along with that. I’m registered with a temp agency, but I haven’t had anything come through yet since my last assignment ended in January.
I’m also trying to move out of a toxic living situation. One of my housemates is rude and passive-aggressive to the point of being potentially emotionally abusive. She’s made my time here utterly unpleasant and I can’t live with somebody like that. I’ve been confining myself to my room whenever I’m ‘home’ because I can’t deal with her. I get severely anxious whenever I’m around her, and she tends to be there any time I try to use a common area. (It’s also a poor fit for me because everybody there is kind of hetero/cis-normative, white and then there’s me, the autistic queer PoC, but that’s less of a concern than me being treated like utter shit.)

I’m trying to move somewhere cheaper, with people who won’t be so hostile towards me having a disability, and where there will be more mutual responsibility with things like cooking, but with this massive bill taking such a chunk out of my finances I need all the help I can get. This is why I’m putting out my virtual hat!

Donations would go towards the following things:
1. Paying for this ridiculous heating/electricity bill.
2. Moving out of this toxic environment.
3. Paying for other expenses like food and bus passes.

Anything helps, thanks.

My paypal is unexpectedly@me.com. Please signal-boost this!