Getting Chelsea Back on Track

It's a time to shake the jar again, I guess.

Update Update Update, though.

I got my girl back.

Photo above with the dog ought to be proof enough on just how stoked I am to have some of my independence back after so long !

It's really been a long time coming.

We got the car back a little into july, which was a glob send considering how we just moved here at the ranch.

I'm making gradual progress but, like, since July?

I've had a negative balance in my account just struggling to get all this shit together.

Licensing, identification, change of address, change of Identity.

And I have -no- real money on my own to do this which has been a hurdle.

Lately, it's felt like I've been spinning my metaphoric and literal wheels trying to accomplish everything.

No taps on the old resume in circulation, no return on the calls on that front, and just...struggling with everything else.

I'd like to get back onto HRT to help fend off the brainworms and have found myself on government healthcare to get that rocking, I just.

Have no disposable income to rocket forward on that.

And y'all know how I feel about circulating this, It's incredibly hard for me to ask for help but I'm not really left with much else choice in the matter anymore.

I just can't -live- like this.

One can't thrive like this.

Not saying I'm thriving but I sure am trying to get there so I can rock around and help everyone else get elevated, too.

Anyway, keeping the goal what it is and hoping to get out of this hole of negative money in the bank at the very least!

I appreciate all that's been done to get me back to a point where I'm at least mobile to do things anymore.

I really can't, like, put into words just how fantastic it is to be able to go to the grocery store to get house shopping done -in my own car-. Like, that's HUGE for me. When I have to go to an appointment? I don't have to bum a ride in this car centered world. I can just -go-.

So a huge huge HUGE shout out to everyone who has gotten me across that finish line and onto this next quest of:

Please help me better my mental wellness

Love ya all as always!

-Chels

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The update header: Hello May, my old enemy.

It has been a hot second since I started this with the goal of getting my wheels rolling again.

Fun fact !

I didn't hit my goal when I initially tried at this because I had another huge life fix working in the pipe sorta suck up most of the funding for this particular GFM.

Lemme explain:

As I had indicated in the original post of this whole fundraiser, I moved from Ohio.

I've had alot of stuff stored in two storage units, one in ohio with the friend whom I loaned my car to, and another in San Jose where I fled from after that whole abuse debacle I mentioned.

Well! I did it!

Years after the fact, I've closed down that San Jose storage unit. I'm no longer being billed some 300$ a month for a partially empty 10x10ft unit.

It's over, I'm done with that as of a month and a half ago...but I'm still without my wheels.

An ongoing problem I've had is "something" comes up that pushes my go date on these things back or sucks up the money donated.

A whole lot has happened since January when I started this, and here are a few examples:

-My primary partner quit and found a new job

-The whole traveling to California to sort out the storage unit thing happened

-Our lease was sorta cancled under us and we're finding a new place to live. Like this is still active and we have till the end of June to move. It's sorted but I am so very sick of this always moving spiel.

Life happens to everyone.

That is also largely why I fell off with cycling this whole gofundme given the other crises going on in life, from several active wars to other folks losing their homes.

Its hard to ask for help to begin with, but when so many others are struggling, it's even harder to ask.

That all being said, We (my extended found family and myself) are rearing to get this car fixed so I can get gainful employment where my primary works at, hopefully. I KINDA REALLY need my car in order for that to work, and so...

Here I am passing the hat again.

Pains and infuriates me to do so, but I want to be able to turn around and help others who are suffering to suffer less. To get back on their feet the way I've been helped and maybe thrive in this barbaric slaughterhouse once known as humanity.

The goals are going to remain largely the same, but...

Here's hoping I can get my little car back and get back to work !

A big thanks need to be said to all those who HAVE helped before, though. I litterally would not have made it to and from California, a trip that had been planned and already paid for before by a darling friend. Travel was sorted, hotel was sorted...but we did not expect small fees like food and beverage to come rolling in at such high prices.

I would not have been able to execute that maneuver without help and I am so thankful that others have been able to contribute to helping me.

I'm upset I couldn't use more of that funding to get my car back in working order, but I'm not ready to give up on that vehicle yet!

SO THANK YOU ALL AGAIN.

Would not be where I am, a far better place than I was before, without all of you.

Hello all, My name is Chelsea Strindberg and I'm trying to get my car back so I can finish piecing together my life.

 Early last year, I moved from Ohio and into my partners home while my friend and former roomie continued to use my car while they worked their job.

 The primary reason my friend did not already have a car is because theirs was totaled over a year ago and I chose to loan them mine while they got their affairs sorted...

 This week, my friend signed for a loan to get their own car to replace the one that was totaled!

So!

 Great for them, but I need my car back and unfortunately I need alot of help getting the dang thing back into better roadworthy order, plus there is an issue with getting gas,..and ultimately getting it home so I can continue getting my whole life back on the rails.

 While our home does have two cars, it's been hell getting work without the use of a third vehicle and I really just want my car back without having to go through the dance of getting a new or used one.

I've already paid this one off and just need it back in order to keep stable employment. It's a small commuter car that I've owned since 2016 and doesn't need a whole lot of work, but I'd rather be safe and ask for a decent budget than have to come back and ask again.

 I know that in the past when I've gone to crowdsource aide, I've gone into more detail on what exactly is going on and how I've gotten in the situation I've found myself in, but this whole 'pitch' is unusually short for me since most of my problems stem from preexisting ones I've already fundraised and solved in the past.

 Put simply, I've been burning the candle at both ends trying to patch holes left in my life from the start of the pandemic that have lingered and festered as I've opted to prioritize helping others before myself and have dearly paid for that mistake. 

Now, I just want to get my life back and unfortunately in the part of the country that I'm living in, I'm required to have a method of reliable transportation. Hence this whole crowdsourcing go fund me bit.

 Those of you who do know me better know how stubborn I am with asking for help, and those who have been paying attention to the ongoing catastrophe of a life that I've been living since my abuser had me ejected from safe housing in California know that it's not been an easy go of things. It's incredibly hard to ask for help. And now I'm asking for help, again.

 Anyway, I appreciate you reading this far and even considering lending a hand! Times are tough and I'm hoping to get this all worked, so as much as I can express it in text: Thank you!

Note, I am using an old photo of the car that was wrecked as I don’t have any good imagery to show about the current situation I’ve found myself in. 

NOTE NOTE: The image of the YELLOW car is of -my- vehicle. It's being worked on ! Finally !