Feeling like a circus clown juggling a thousand things plz help

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Hello everyone, I am still new to this site but was very impressed just on my first post on how much support there is out there with people in the same sticky situation...

I find myself in somewhat of a bind right now and need some advice, anything from my fellow medical peers. I am a single, young mother, 23 years old with a little girl who is only 1 year. I moved back with my mother right before my daughter was born and have been here ever since. I had a job but I live in a very temporary tourist town and work usually just lasts a season or so and then dies down. I just left the job i was at because they have no wrk until next season. I have already used almost all of the money i had saved up from this past season with no income whatsoever. My mother has a medical condition but you wouldnt know it as she is super active and very healthy looking but will be going through an inferon treatment for her condition. I feel so helpless right now because I am struggling by myself financially to stay afloat while living at my moms house as a full time student, and now (not that its a burden at all) a week ago we found out my mother will be starting her treatment in 3 weeks. She watches my daughter 2 full days of the week while im in school and often so I have a chance to do homework and study. Since she will be starting her treatment I will have to look after her and make sure everything is going ok, meds, ect. and wont have additional help from my mother (my mother is the ONLY one who watches my little one)while shes doing her treatment which ill need for the 2 days of school i have during the week and a few others so i can at least get a p/t job but i feel that this will be super difficult to do altogether. im struggling so bad that most of what im eating is cup-o-soups so that i can afford to feed my daughter good stuff as nutrition is crucial in her infant development. I dont leave the house for any other reason than school so i dont have to use any gas because i cant afford it. I also just permanantly seperated with my daughters father which im ok with but get no support from at all and struggle even more. I am so bummed right now and need some advice or words of motivation to keep me going please help ne1, nething. Thanks for your time

If I was you I would go to your local SRS and seek help! They can pay for your childcare that your needing covered. Also, talk to your college they may have options as well. I'm assuming your not getting child support? If so, you can go to SRS and file a Child Support Enforcement. Good luck and keep your head up.

I am a mother of five and I would not be able to do the pre-reqs if it weren't for online school. I, too cannot afford childcare everyday. I don't know if that's an option for you, but I love being able to do school on my own time.

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