Help Julia get home to New Orleans

Hey all, I did have a whole description of my trials and tribulations written up, but of course this is the internet and when the internet crashed, so did my story. Please help me get home to see my kids, and to watch my daughter walk down the aisle to receive her diploma.

I was helping a friend about a month and a half ago to repair a bus they inherited and I'm now stuck on the West Coast with no funds to get home. I am 1800 miles from home. I need fuel, food and shelter. Although, I have been sleeping in my car and hitting up food banks in order to get by. My back is screwed up from failed epidurals so it's not the most comfortable place to sleep. I have now run out of money to be able to put fuel in my car, which is a PriusV and now I am stuck in California. It should only cost about $400 for fuel to get home from here, and maybe $100 for food and $250 for lodging. I have not slept in a bed in almost 3 weeks and have not had the luxury of taking a real shower since I can remember. Yuck! I could go on and write a novel of my adventure over the past month and a half but it will take too long to read and I don't have the time to tell it at the moment. Maybe down the road you'll see my book on the shelves.

Please donate to help fund my trip home. I have never been this down and out before and hate to ask for help so if you do help I will be in contact so that I can repay each and every one of you in some sort of way once I am situated back in New Orleans. Laissez Les Bon Temps Roule