I LOVE BEING HERE (STA) (STA BREAKING NEWS and ARCHIVES)

by sonik_cat , Underground Cave On Mars, Friday, December 12, 2014, 20:57 @ Theresa

Hi, Theresa! I'm glad to be here, & do want to keep involvement happening. I have thought about you a lot over all this time, even if it's been impossible to tell, often agonizing over the fact that we can't help much anymore (currently not at all, outside of just staying in touch).

We have nearly burned through the financial cushion we had since early 2009, & are at high risk of crashing & burning in 2 or 3 months. Even with some improvement in the job market, it's still seemingly impossible for some folks who are still quite viable to get hired at things they obviously qualify for. I still have my old job, but I would have to make at least twice as much to hold this thing together permanently, plus I can't be certain I can get anything that really pays enough. To add insult to injury, the greedy landlord just increased the rent starting next month. Even though he is Taiwanese, I'm very tempted to tell him about how they had it right with the Chinese cultural revolution, they killed off all the landlords! I'm feeling like that temptation won't be resisted too much longer, what have *I* got to lose?!

Anyway, I'll be around as long as I can, & hopefully there will be a good turn of events & we can keep our place, I don't want to become homeless at age 58, & I don't want to lose anybody either.

Cheers,
S_C