Well, I was just about to write a lovely, flowery bit of praise for the fundraising efforts we made on Friday, because, out of the $1,200.00 that it’s going to take to get me up to Traverse City, we’ve raised $650.80, but…
Life has a funny way of keeping things complicated. I just got a call from my mechanic, and he says that it’s going to cost $350.00 to fix my Pacifica’s wiring so that I have working headlights on the trip up to Traverse City.
There are apparently rotten wires involved, so that bumps up the cost significantly as Norm’s Total Auto–the most honest mechanic’s shop that I have ever dealt with over the 16 years that I have lived in South Lyon–has all the wires untangled and in the process of repair.
And there’s absolutely nothing I can do about it. I’m sorry, but I’ve got to ask for help here because I just don’t have a back-up plan, and that means we’re back at $300 of the $1,200 necessary to get me up to TC instead of $650. It effing sucks, but I had a bad feeling that there was going to be a surprise from the mechanic’s.
So, with $900 to raise over the next five days…
If you’re are willing to lend an assist, you can use PayPal at https://paypal.me/TheMalikReport, Venmo at https://venmo.com/george-malik-2, Giftly by using my email, rtxg@yahoo.com, at https://www.giftly.com. And you can contact me via email if you want to send me a paper check.
Edit/update: I think I’m gonna go curse and cry or follow some combination of the two. I’m going to be able to use my State of Michigan paycheck to help defray the cost for now, but that means I can’t pay my bills at the end of the month, so one way or another, I need to raise $600 to get up to Traverse City, and now, instead of $1,200 to get home, $1,650 to get home.
Oof.
