Finally ~ the settlement money has arrived into my bank account! Now the pressure is off. I can buy groceries. I can buy a bed and a tv. I can start re-building again. It's not a lot as I have already had $3000 forwarded to me last month to get home from BC. So theres (under) $10,000. left. Doesn't seem like enough considering I lost the use of my whole right hand. The tingling and pins and needles have finally gone but now it feels dead. Like your mouth feels after being anesthitized at the dentist. I can feel I have a hand and i can move it around but I just can't feel it. I can't grasp small things like bottle caps. I don't have any dexterity or strength in this hand to remove bottle caps or do small things like that. I often drop mugs or whatever I am carrying as I forget to tell my hand to grasp it and things just fall out. But I am not going to complain as I can still walk and talk and live and carry on with life. This little settlement will now allow me to have a few extra dollars to re-start my life again.
I don't blame the lawyers at all. There is actually a scale they follow and for a soft tissue accident like mine this is the normal amount that settles. All in all I am just glad it's all done and overwith.
I can now move on with my life and put BC and the accident behind me.
This will be the third time I have had to start over from scratch. I mean blow up mattress on the floor start over. At 61 I don't feel inclined to do a full apartment refurbish. I think I just want the basics this time. Afterall,... when I depart I have no dependents to pass any of it on to. So I just want to get the basics. Why waste money on stuff I probobly won't even use.
This way I can still afford my football streaming sites. Which are expensive. Apple One - $25.93 just to have Apple One which is needed to get the MLS app wich is $129.00 for the season. That alone equals $36.68 a month. On top of this I need Fubo for all the English Premier games and that runs about $28 month. I can also get DAZN and TSN but have opted not to as I have to draw the line somewhere. I still need regular streaming sites like Prime, Netflix and Disney. Unfortunately a lot of my life is spent indoors watching tv. The lack of money and transportation keeps me here at home. So tv is about the only thing I have to pass the time.
Today I am looking to buy a new tv. But of course the more I research brands and operating systems the more confused I get. I am waiting for Prime week in the hopes that I can get a better deal. (July 8 -11) which is only a few weeks. I want to spend about $500 to $800 depending on the deal. If anyone kinows anything about tv's and which brands and operating systems they think are better I am open to all advice.
jrholyoak63@hotmail.com
I would really appreciate the input as I am not up on tv or electronics and after the BestBuy fiascol I am a little wary.
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I spoke with the two women from housing yesterday and they were very helpful. They are going to get in touch with a couple of resources out there to help me. I told them I feel like this apartment is like a carrot dangling infront of me. You can have it ~ but only until we evict you for non-payment. With such a small amount coming in each month I will have to decide "rent or food" but can't have both. They assured me they will work as hard as they can for this not to happen. This is a brand new housing to me. For 8 years I got nothing but hassle from them and now - the two new girls they hired are nothing but helpful. So I am very pleased about this.
I am still angry about no doctor as now I am learning that in order to apply for the new national disabity suppliment - I NEED A DOCTOR. Typical. So now I have no way of accessing that extra $200 a month. I hate Ontario Government. They make it so hard for people like me to survive. It seems you take one step forward and then two steps back with them. So, yet another resource I can't have because I don't have a doctor!!!
The weather is not great today. I was planning on walking to Walmart to look at tv deals but it's cool. I still don't own a jacket. I didn't think I would need one in July. My cousin in BC has sent me two boxes of my stuff which I received. Today she shipped out another one. So my things are slowly coming back to me. How do you thank someone who is doing this for me?? Holding on to all my suitcases and boxes and then shipping them back to Ontario for me. She is an awesome woman my cousin,... I can never thank her enough.
So my life is slowly starting to get back together. It will never be the same as before. But it will be ok. I will have the basic needs and my tv and streaming sites so I won't have to give up football. At this point in time ~ that is all I ask for.
It is a Friday before the long weekend here in Ontario. It's Canada Day July 1st. So I'm hoping the weather is good so I can walk downtown to see if anything is going on. Sometimes theres a car show or something. I dont' really mind whats going on - I just really want to get out for the day.
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