It started back in June when I had started a new job and was hoping to turn some things around in my life. Unfortunately for me, things started to get a little worse. It wasn’t long into the new job before I was running late for work one morning and I was pulled over. Everyone gets pulled over right? Well, I didn’t have insurance. Being a single mother and BROKE, paying a $300 fine for no insurance was not in my budget. I survived that, but things never seemed to look up. One night, my mother gets a call from my sister’s boyfriend who says “We’ve been in a car accident.”…She was driving my car. Everyone walked away from the accident just fine, but my car was a mess. I think the word “totaled” was pushed around. The other driver was found at fault and for good reasons, but his insurance was going to be the problem. Remember, I didn’t have insurance before but when I got it, it only had liability (again, because I am BROKE). I got a rental car assuming I wouldn’t have it for too long. In the midst of this, my son who at the time was almost 2, fell down a full flight of stairs. Instantly he was rushed to the hospital, but not even the ER doc would have guessed he broke both bones in his right arm. I was hoping by this time things were going to start to look up. Nope. I was still dealing with the insurance company and the rental car was starting to add up.
Finally, after a month of being pushed around and promised a reimbursement for the rental AND the car seat, I was told I would receive absolutely no payment. I cried a lot that day. I finally got a hold of myself and called an attorney. Not too long after hearing the devastating news, I was fired from my new job. The person who was promoted two months into the job and had an extremely good 90 day evaluation was fired over an “illegal chat”…I’m still confused over that one. Nonetheless, I moved on and went back to being a waitress. Up until yesterday I was stuck with the rental car and was actually told I HAD to pay for it and give the car back.
So, my sister and I sat for 2 whole hours counting change so I could pay the $921.23. I just couldn’t believe we had enough change! We ended with a little over a thousand (that’s including cash we had) and treated ourselves to a well earned McDonalds. I smiled a real smile for the first time in a long time after that. Is that Karma telling me she’s done picking on me now?
