The Saga Continues....
Well, I got the results of my drug and alcohol abuse assessment.
For whatever reason, the assessor chose to assign me the harsher and more expensive of the two classes; due to the time-limit imposed by the judge, I have to complete this assessor's driving with care class within a certain amount of time. Which means I have to do it now. The evaluator decided that despite the fact that I had no priors, no issues with the law what so ever, was a first-time offender, have no evidence or history of any kind of abuse, dependence, or missuse... that he'd still assign me the most expensive of the possible classes. I asked him why, and his response was, "You are welcome to seek another assessment, but I feel I was more than fair; I feel you'd benefit from the more extensive class."
To pay for it... instead of going to class yesterday as I'd been planning to do, I had to withdraw entirely from school. And because I have to withdraw from school, that means that my 10 years are up.
Unfortunately, after 10 years of no intervening classes, the credits "expire" aka are no longer transferable toward a degree. Fall 2014 was my last chance to make sure 2 years' and around $18k worth of schooling didn't expire.
So because the assessment evaluator decided to hit me with level 2 instead of the level 1 (which according to what I've been reading is what I SHOULD have been assigned), I lose out on all my prior schooling too, on top of which, I also had to pull the rest of the money for the required class from my "new place" downpayment.... which means I can no longer get a new place.
Which was not a luxury, but a necessary, because due to the DUI (despite it being a dry dui for a legal prescription which I am no longer on and never taking again), I'm being required to install and maintain interlock on my car for the next 12 months.
In order to pay for the interlock initial installation fee, and the monthly fee associated with it, I needed to get a new place to live - for that, I had two options.
But moving in with my parents means I will have to abandon Dax, who has been my best friend and constant companion for the lat 10 years. My mother is deathly allergic to cats, however, so I can't bring him with me if I have to move back in with my folks.
I've already begun asking around to see if anyone local, friend or family, would be willing to take him... but so far everyone has said they'd be unable to take him in. I called around to the no-kill shelters, but they are not accepting new animals right now as they're full.
So if I have to move back in with my folks thanks to all this, I will have to surrender my best friend the humane society... where he'll be given about a week to be adopted. But he's an older cat, and has health issues to boot. The likelyhood of being adopted is slim to none.... which means he would end up euthanized.
So not only did I lose almost 20k and 2 years worth of schoolin credits, lose going back to school, am about to lose my residence, but my best friend may very well end up euthanized unless I can figure out something else to do. So yeah....
Had the guy assigned me the level 1 class, I could have come up with the money by only taking money from school. But because he assigned me the level 2 class... I needed money from both, as just the first part of my tuition won't cover the cost and I can't ask my folks for help financially, becuse they bought a property back in May and lal their money is locked up in it. So... I'm stuck.
This situation never seems to come to an end. Every time I think I see an end in sight, something else comes up to not only extend it but to make it feel like yet another sucker-punch to the gut.
Update: I was able to get a small loan from a local credit union, so that I can stay in school. It's still looking like I will have to move in with my folks come December (or sooner), however. So I still need to try to figure out what to do about Dax.
For whatever reason, the assessor chose to assign me the harsher and more expensive of the two classes; due to the time-limit imposed by the judge, I have to complete this assessor's driving with care class within a certain amount of time. Which means I have to do it now. The evaluator decided that despite the fact that I had no priors, no issues with the law what so ever, was a first-time offender, have no evidence or history of any kind of abuse, dependence, or missuse... that he'd still assign me the most expensive of the possible classes. I asked him why, and his response was, "You are welcome to seek another assessment, but I feel I was more than fair; I feel you'd benefit from the more extensive class."
To pay for it... instead of going to class yesterday as I'd been planning to do, I had to withdraw entirely from school. And because I have to withdraw from school, that means that my 10 years are up.
Unfortunately, after 10 years of no intervening classes, the credits "expire" aka are no longer transferable toward a degree. Fall 2014 was my last chance to make sure 2 years' and around $18k worth of schooling didn't expire.
So because the assessment evaluator decided to hit me with level 2 instead of the level 1 (which according to what I've been reading is what I SHOULD have been assigned), I lose out on all my prior schooling too, on top of which, I also had to pull the rest of the money for the required class from my "new place" downpayment.... which means I can no longer get a new place.
Which was not a luxury, but a necessary, because due to the DUI (despite it being a dry dui for a legal prescription which I am no longer on and never taking again), I'm being required to install and maintain interlock on my car for the next 12 months.
In order to pay for the interlock initial installation fee, and the monthly fee associated with it, I needed to get a new place to live - for that, I had two options.
- rent a bedroom in a home and find a storage unit for my stuff (which in the end costs almost as much as I pay now) or
- buy a place because a mortgage, hoa and home-owners insurance ends up being cheaper than renting, andthen rent out a bedroom to someone else.
But moving in with my parents means I will have to abandon Dax, who has been my best friend and constant companion for the lat 10 years. My mother is deathly allergic to cats, however, so I can't bring him with me if I have to move back in with my folks.
I've already begun asking around to see if anyone local, friend or family, would be willing to take him... but so far everyone has said they'd be unable to take him in. I called around to the no-kill shelters, but they are not accepting new animals right now as they're full.
So if I have to move back in with my folks thanks to all this, I will have to surrender my best friend the humane society... where he'll be given about a week to be adopted. But he's an older cat, and has health issues to boot. The likelyhood of being adopted is slim to none.... which means he would end up euthanized.
So not only did I lose almost 20k and 2 years worth of schoolin credits, lose going back to school, am about to lose my residence, but my best friend may very well end up euthanized unless I can figure out something else to do. So yeah....
Had the guy assigned me the level 1 class, I could have come up with the money by only taking money from school. But because he assigned me the level 2 class... I needed money from both, as just the first part of my tuition won't cover the cost and I can't ask my folks for help financially, becuse they bought a property back in May and lal their money is locked up in it. So... I'm stuck.
This situation never seems to come to an end. Every time I think I see an end in sight, something else comes up to not only extend it but to make it feel like yet another sucker-punch to the gut.
Update: I was able to get a small loan from a local credit union, so that I can stay in school. It's still looking like I will have to move in with my folks come December (or sooner), however. So I still need to try to figure out what to do about Dax.