In the last month, we’ve stayed up at least one night a week (two days straight, typically weekends) working all night over night on Postmates. We’ve had such a difficult time just affording the gas to make the deliveries. Not only have we been working full time with our outreach, as per usual, we also have been working daily on homeschool. Even the weekends, revamping everything for the next week, making out their classwork, creating tasks, quizzes, tests, flashcards, activities, and setting up their lessons plans. The kiddos are enjoying their homeschooling. We had a lovely friend to donate homeschool books for them, they should be in soon. It’s been fun being even more active in their schooling more directly, instead of the virtual charter and public school programs, although that did require a good bit of interaction as well.
Now, with also working evenings doing deliveries, we’ve seen it necessary to stay up over the weekends in order to make funds. To be honest, it’s pretty crappy with Postmates, we make a few ($5-8) bucks, put that into gas, make another round of $5-8, put that into gas, and so forth. On top of that, the majority of people do not tip, or follow some strange trend to tip between 1 penny, and 25 cents. (What’s up with that?!, maybe that’s all they had left over, I understand that feeling lol.) Totally understand low income, poor people also deserve to have food delivered when they want a night off from cooking, we do it every now and then too (especially when it’s tax time lol.) We’ve had such a rough time with the gas situation, one night we even had to push the dang truck to a gas station (quite a struggle, but thankfully a stranger ran over to help me push it, Kat was steering).. while on a delivery, trying to make gas money, after the previous customer that night put down the wrong address, and we went over 20 miles out of the way (the person had “South” instead of “North”, so it was the same road but WAY down it.) We were all the way south, in Henderson, yet they actually lived in downtown Las Vegas! So after pushing it about half a mile, my back was in terrible pain for about 3 weeks (if y’all remember that from my FB posts that’s why my back was all flared up). Well, today we started Door Dash. We had good luck, made decent income. After being stranded at a gas station for an hour at 4am with a flat, we worked from 6am to 230pm, to find out we wouldn’t be able to cash out the funds we made, until we either work 2 weeks, or make 25 deliveries. We didn’t sleep last night, so we’re extremely exhausted (caught up on some of the work for Trans Matters Now, and did some things for the kids’ homeschool for this next week, and graded some of this past week’s quizzes.) Although, a friend just informed me Door Dash does direct deposit, and will be available in a couple of days. We’re relieved to hear that, but need to go back out to work more tonight. For the last month, it’s been incredibly tough for us, and I’m just not sure how much longer my body can take this, not to mention my mental health. It’s already been affecting Kat, after taking suicide and crisis support calls all day, they go out with me and help me to be able to even do my job. It’s just been hard to hold my head up lately and feel proud, responsible, and capable. It’s not often I get down, disappointed, or depressed, but this has been taking it’s toll. However, the good news is that with Door Dash we’ll be making a bit better money, so affording gas to work should be easier, theoretically, (once we actually receive the income.) I also applied to two jobs this past week. One for a medical billing clerk, and one for a training coordinator, both are remote. Trans Matters Now, is working toward a second partnership, and we are actively recruiting volunteers! We also have a lot of designs stacking up in the TMN Merch Market. The kids have stuff they really like on there and keep begging to see the store front page just to check out all the items, lol. It’s been cute having them as my cheerleaders during the whole process. We know life won’t be this hard, eventually it’ll be easier, it’s just been pretty dang-um difficult the last several years, and the past month is beginning to seep deeper than usual. Kat is working very hard in their school program. SO thankful they found a non-profit to attend. Very proud of all of my babies, and they are all working very hard in school! The disability fight is still in session! I had several MRI’s, right shoulder, right knee, and lumbar spine. Now knowing that both shoulders, both hips, both knees, my back, neck, and right ankle are all effected with something different is quite depressing. Plus, it’s a reminder of how careless I was with my body, and how much I let others mistreat me. Moving on to the positive, the doctor is working with disability. Looking forward to the future, with the things we currently have in motion, our little family should be seeing a lot of different changes! Appreciating the potential there. That covers about everything for the past month.. Keep us in your thoughts, & send us lots of great vibes!
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Authors:James and Katherine are a transgender couple raising two kids. They were southerners when coming to understand themselves as trans. Ultimately it lead to a nearly three year road trip to find home. Now they are re-housed and still focused on outreach in the transgender community! Archives
October 2020
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