Ugly Begging

Dear 25-32 Loyal Readers,

I need your help!!  Please help me save what's left of my sanity!!  In this book of short stories that I am writing, I am basing the stories on blog posts.  I've already completed the stories about my 8 personal favorite blog entries (including 2 stories written by Kiva), but now I'm completely stymied, and I need at least 5 more to complete the "collection."  Here is where your input can have some serious impact.  What are 1 or 2 of your personal favorites?  Which behind-the-scenes stories do you, my faithful stalkers, want to read?

Ever since my discovery of Nirvana, I've really been trying to keep myself focused on writing.  I know, with every fiber of my being, that I can make some money with this thing.  I've published poetry and short stories before, and only the critics have hated me.  The masses, apparently, think that I'm a decently indecent writer.  In less than 3 months, my monthly income will decrease by $150.  The car that I purchased for my ex-husband out of my Medical Trust, while we were still married, will be paid off.  I had to word it as "alimony" in the divorce papers so that he couldn't get out of paying me back.  I will receive my last check from him in April. 

It's been hard enough trying to live on $750 a month, now I have to start looking at re-budgeting my life to operate within a $600 window. <sigh> This is what happens when you contract RSD through a work injury and you're working as a waitress making $2.11/hour + tips.  My worker's comp checks were a joke, so I kept working.  My stubbornness caused the disease to spread and I was then faced with having to file for Social Security Disability based on my wages as a waitress.  Oh joy!!  (People, if you're in the service industry, claim more than 8% of your tips as required by law!!  You never know what could happen!!)

Since I am still unable to work, I have to find another way to make money.  I suck at being an Independent Consultant and I loathe sales.  They both stress me out (more pain) and I end up spending more money than I make (again, more stress and more pain), so most home-based opportunities aren't an option for me.  If I'm going to have a shot of ever getting passed living paycheck to paycheck and depending on the kindness of family and friends to fill in the paycheck gaps, it's going to be through my writing.  I am writing about the 1 thing about which I am most passionate ... raising awareness for RSD.  So ... Comment here on Blogspot, or comment on the links on FB, Twitter, or Google+, and let me know what your fave blog entries have been, please!!  Yes, I'm begging.  No, it's not pretty.

I have faith that I will get out of my financial handcuffs eventually.  I have never been as determined as I am now, to make good things happen in my life!!  I have faith that even if I don't make Oprah's Book List or The New York Times Best Seller List, I will still touch some lives with my stories about having a life despite RSD.

Thanks for sticking with me, folks!!  All help received will probably get some kind of "honorable mention" in the book ;)

Sincerely,
Jenn ~ aka The Crazy Cripple