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BigH
To give you an idea of where I'm at right now...
After my girlfriend moved out, my rent doubled, so I've been working six days a week all year since April just to try and not lose this flat, because if I do, I lose my workshop too. There is no way I can afford a separate flat and a big enough workshop, and I basically only have one bedroom left, so I can't move anyone else in, and I'm not sure I could handle a stranger living here anyway.
So after struggling to cover everything for the best part of a year, I got an email this week from my landlord to say that he wants to put my rent up by £305 per month, from January, taking my rent alone up to £2000 a month.
So I was just about to ask my boss if there is any chance of me working Sundays too, so seven days a week...
Then last night I was hit by a car on my way home from work, and now I have a broken collarbone, which means I'll be unable to work for at least six weeks.
I have no savings whatsoever, and now I'll most likely have no income.
And like a fucking idiot, because of a mixture of adrenaline and anger, I didn't realise how badly I was injured until I started riding home, having not taken ANY details from the driver. So I fucked myself even more.
To say my head is in the worst place it's been for years is a bit of an understatement.
Sorry, but I don't see anything happening with the bags for a good while. :(