u/HeathenMetalDad

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I'll admit I'm up the creek without a paddle. I'm potentially facing an electric shutoff on Monday. I've got myself and my 2 daughters half the time, as well as my girlfriend and her daughter 100% of the time since bio dad abandoned over a year and a half ago, so I've done the best I can to fill in that role and be a safe space for them to both heal from that.

I got laid of work at the end of last spring right before summer, got hired back for a few months in the fall, then the company let me go again this past spring. Tried to work for myself and start some handyman work since I have the skills for it but didn't have enough leads to get it going full time. Thankfully working full time again now as property maintenance, and making good money where I can start paying off accrued debt, as well as continuing the work on the side with the people I built up with while on my own (doing handyman stuff, custom cat towers, light carpentry, flooring work, etc).

While I can handle everything else, my problem that's keeping me up at night is the electric shutoff I'm facing on Monday. I'll admit I rolled the dice through the winter knowing they wouldn't shut it off so I could try to catch up on other debts, but now they're wanting about 2500 down on monday to set up a payment plan that I just don't have. My credit is shit from post divorce expenses a few years ago, so getting a normal credit card isnt an option. I'm making enough to chip away at everything and handle the monthly payments, but this lump sum isn't something I can handle right now. I've got a yard sale rolling tomorrow but I know that's not going to cut it...

If anyone's able to help out it'd be greatly appreciated. I've got venmo and cash app both under HeathenMetalDad. I've never had to ask for handouts before and this is a hard thing for me to do, I always wanted to be the person that was well off enough to be on the other end of this and give back to people, yet here I stand...

Edited to add gofundme: https://gofund.me/3f6daba40