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I left Saturday night- 8:30 pm ET, got there 9:30 am CT.
I loved that there was no one on the road. I stopped and slept on some chairs in the driver den of the Ohio turnpike. Maybe about an hour- I also got lost which added an extra hour.
What a night mare.
There was no sign to continue i80 via the Indiana turnpike- so the only choice is to end up on the Chicago sky way. There is no sign saying how much the toll cost- no change is dispensed- cameras everywhere. No way to call for help. You either pay the unknown amount into a half functioning coin machine- after about 7 minutes of not being able to operate it- I was forced to back up about 3/4 a mile- to find another exit. Same deal there- no clerk- no posted sign as to how much coins you put in- and the prior machine ate $1 of mine. Somehow $1.80 made the gate open. So I got off- in the ghetto. Drove in circles for close to an hour. Once I got situated headed to my brothers- I needed explicit directions- I was there once- but it is all foreign to me.
Somehow tho there was a communication gap.
My brother flying me to Florida, as he said many times- and he said he would re-imburse me- to drive to Chicago- but apparently "for Thanksgiving" does not mean the week end that just passed- when I asked him for cash- he said "that was not part of the deal". So there I am 680 miles from home- I have $1.40 in my checking, $22 available on my credit card- I had $80 cash- which later I re-figured it to be $94. Tolls one way are about $26.
My brother is also mad that I paid the tolls- which my license plate is on his transponder ez pass. So he think his account will be changed AND I paid.
I did not know if I would have enough to get home.
I pondered that if I hit the right day- I might be able to afford gas-if I use the debit card before the car ins went thru.
How did I mis understand that the gas would be re-imbursed?
So now I feel like a beggar. People ask how I am- and I have to start lying.
Taking a trip is no big deal.... there are not too many instances where I have an extra $300 in any given month.
So now my sister has an attitude- and I just blocked her on facebook.
We tried to have a pizza dinner but the ball game was too loud.
I just drove 12 hours in sleet- snow- poor roads- and my sister just told me that I should have more patience.
Seeing mom was worth it- and she gets all upset- what about her and the others. She has 3 screaming kids-
No- everything is not ok. My 2013 life is- eating sandwhiches for days on end. Scraping coins together to come up with rx co pay.
I cant pretend everything is ok.
Visiting them- made things worse. Christmas was supposed to be festive- and my attempt at celebrating did not work out.
One good thing- is- I knew the area some. Had I been in FL with low resources...that would have been worse.
So we had the pizza- my brothers talked like I wasnt even there. This happened the last time- and I figured- they had not talked in a while.
But it happened again.
I am going to have to cash in some gold to get thru the month.
My stack is supposed to be for a rainy day.
Its been raining.
I loved that there was no one on the road. I stopped and slept on some chairs in the driver den of the Ohio turnpike. Maybe about an hour- I also got lost which added an extra hour.
What a night mare.
There was no sign to continue i80 via the Indiana turnpike- so the only choice is to end up on the Chicago sky way. There is no sign saying how much the toll cost- no change is dispensed- cameras everywhere. No way to call for help. You either pay the unknown amount into a half functioning coin machine- after about 7 minutes of not being able to operate it- I was forced to back up about 3/4 a mile- to find another exit. Same deal there- no clerk- no posted sign as to how much coins you put in- and the prior machine ate $1 of mine. Somehow $1.80 made the gate open. So I got off- in the ghetto. Drove in circles for close to an hour. Once I got situated headed to my brothers- I needed explicit directions- I was there once- but it is all foreign to me.
Somehow tho there was a communication gap.
My brother flying me to Florida, as he said many times- and he said he would re-imburse me- to drive to Chicago- but apparently "for Thanksgiving" does not mean the week end that just passed- when I asked him for cash- he said "that was not part of the deal". So there I am 680 miles from home- I have $1.40 in my checking, $22 available on my credit card- I had $80 cash- which later I re-figured it to be $94. Tolls one way are about $26.
My brother is also mad that I paid the tolls- which my license plate is on his transponder ez pass. So he think his account will be changed AND I paid.
I did not know if I would have enough to get home.
I pondered that if I hit the right day- I might be able to afford gas-if I use the debit card before the car ins went thru.
How did I mis understand that the gas would be re-imbursed?
So now I feel like a beggar. People ask how I am- and I have to start lying.
Taking a trip is no big deal.... there are not too many instances where I have an extra $300 in any given month.
So now my sister has an attitude- and I just blocked her on facebook.
We tried to have a pizza dinner but the ball game was too loud.
I just drove 12 hours in sleet- snow- poor roads- and my sister just told me that I should have more patience.
Seeing mom was worth it- and she gets all upset- what about her and the others. She has 3 screaming kids-
No- everything is not ok. My 2013 life is- eating sandwhiches for days on end. Scraping coins together to come up with rx co pay.
I cant pretend everything is ok.
Visiting them- made things worse. Christmas was supposed to be festive- and my attempt at celebrating did not work out.
One good thing- is- I knew the area some. Had I been in FL with low resources...that would have been worse.
So we had the pizza- my brothers talked like I wasnt even there. This happened the last time- and I figured- they had not talked in a while.
But it happened again.
I am going to have to cash in some gold to get thru the month.
My stack is supposed to be for a rainy day.
Its been raining.
