Jenny has to move ... now.
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Friends, I know it's the holiday season ... but when things go to the worst place there's no calendar.
Short version: I cannot stay where I have been living and I must leave and as soon as possible. I'm looking for two things:
1. A new place to lay my head. Atlanta housing is more expensive and less accessible by the minute and I'm finding it hard come by to get into my own place based on where I am right now.
2. There is likely no way I can move into a new place with my music, my instruments and library and etc., so most of it must go into storage. I can't bear to lose it; it's my lifeline and my lifetime in these cases and boxes. (And at the same time not enough to sell for anything meaningful in these times. And irreplaceable.) There is always the possibility if I had a stronger place to stand and build on then I can get this back out again and do more of what I should have been doing more of all along and I pray for that chance.
I am asking for $3500. That's an awful lot of money, especially now, but that's what I estimate it's going to take to get this happening. I have to pay deposits, rent storage space, hire a truck, get it done.
For those of you who are out of town and wonder why I don't go somewhere else more reasonable, I do not have a vehicle and need to be on public transportation. And I need to stay in the Atlanta area (Fulton/DeKalb County) to keep my medical care and continue to access the medications I require.
Yes, I've needed to do this for a long time. The reasons why I didn't are many ... respect and duty/family obligation, a desire to make things right/make things better ... and also failings on my part, including illness, depression and sheer inertia.
But I cannot do this anymore. Things must change ... I must go. If I can't make this transition work the outcome could be even worse than this.
And so I ask for your help. What do you get out of it? If/when I get to that better jumping off place I pray to make good on your investment in my life and my future. However I can and whatever that might be.
I appreciate your consideration. I wish everyone who reads this peace and joy and the cheer of the holiday season and a most happy New Year. May 2019 bring new and better for us all. And I thank you.
Jenny Paradis
Short version: I cannot stay where I have been living and I must leave and as soon as possible. I'm looking for two things:
1. A new place to lay my head. Atlanta housing is more expensive and less accessible by the minute and I'm finding it hard come by to get into my own place based on where I am right now.
2. There is likely no way I can move into a new place with my music, my instruments and library and etc., so most of it must go into storage. I can't bear to lose it; it's my lifeline and my lifetime in these cases and boxes. (And at the same time not enough to sell for anything meaningful in these times. And irreplaceable.) There is always the possibility if I had a stronger place to stand and build on then I can get this back out again and do more of what I should have been doing more of all along and I pray for that chance.
I am asking for $3500. That's an awful lot of money, especially now, but that's what I estimate it's going to take to get this happening. I have to pay deposits, rent storage space, hire a truck, get it done.
For those of you who are out of town and wonder why I don't go somewhere else more reasonable, I do not have a vehicle and need to be on public transportation. And I need to stay in the Atlanta area (Fulton/DeKalb County) to keep my medical care and continue to access the medications I require.
Yes, I've needed to do this for a long time. The reasons why I didn't are many ... respect and duty/family obligation, a desire to make things right/make things better ... and also failings on my part, including illness, depression and sheer inertia.
But I cannot do this anymore. Things must change ... I must go. If I can't make this transition work the outcome could be even worse than this.
And so I ask for your help. What do you get out of it? If/when I get to that better jumping off place I pray to make good on your investment in my life and my future. However I can and whatever that might be.
I appreciate your consideration. I wish everyone who reads this peace and joy and the cheer of the holiday season and a most happy New Year. May 2019 bring new and better for us all. And I thank you.
Jenny Paradis
Organizer
Jennifer Paradis Tuba-American
Organizer
Stone Mountain, GA