So normally on September 12th, I make a yearly/life recap for the Temp, but 2015 came and went, with no recap. I am pretty sure no one noticed, but I sure as hell did because it was first time I broke the cycle. You may be asking why? Because honestly, 2015 was pretty rough on us. At the very start of 2015, Michael's grandparents both died, his cousin was killed in a hit and run, and his dog died. Josh had two friend's die tragically. And my best friend's mom and family friend died of cancer. And this was all within the first 3 months of the year. It also didn't help that Michael both gained and lost his job because of all these deaths. It didn't help that Josh nearly died from a very serious flu and had to be hospitalized for a night.
The rest of 2015 was met with serious trouble with debt, we nearly lost our apartment multiple times, and ended up having to borrow a lot of money, that we couldn't pay back. Sadly this stress actually nearly killed me, when I attempted to drink myself to death for the second time (the first time was when I started to struggle with my gender 3 years ago.) The year really wasn't showing much progress when started sinking more money into pilling bills. By September, I realized that 2015 was something I really just wanted to move past. So I simply let my anniversary go unnoticed.
It wasn't until October when I was promoted to a manager spot in my store that things started working out. The extra pay was able to us start paying off the debt and stabilize our bills/rent. It was also when the deaths finally stopped and we were able to start putting our lives back together. The past few months have been busy and rather stressful because it was the holiday seasons, but the pay made it so worth it.
Now that it's 2016, almost debt-free and things starting to look a little better. Things aren't perfect now, but they are better than before.
The rest of 2015 was met with serious trouble with debt, we nearly lost our apartment multiple times, and ended up having to borrow a lot of money, that we couldn't pay back. Sadly this stress actually nearly killed me, when I attempted to drink myself to death for the second time (the first time was when I started to struggle with my gender 3 years ago.) The year really wasn't showing much progress when started sinking more money into pilling bills. By September, I realized that 2015 was something I really just wanted to move past. So I simply let my anniversary go unnoticed.
It wasn't until October when I was promoted to a manager spot in my store that things started working out. The extra pay was able to us start paying off the debt and stabilize our bills/rent. It was also when the deaths finally stopped and we were able to start putting our lives back together. The past few months have been busy and rather stressful because it was the holiday seasons, but the pay made it so worth it.
Now that it's 2016, almost debt-free and things starting to look a little better. Things aren't perfect now, but they are better than before.
