I had a really rough time recently.
I have a son and we were living in this apartment for a little while. Things have been tight because I wasn’t making a lot of money at my job. Because I was living paycheck to paycheck, we couldn’t really even turn up the air conditioning system or the heating system. I had to explain to my son that we just didn’t have enough money. He was sad about that but thought maybe I could get a better job. Eventually, I was laid off and I tried to work things out with the landlord. The landlord was not sympathetic to my situation and he ended up evicting us from the apartment. This left us homeless and we had to live in my car for a little while. I finally was desperate when it was getting difficult just to have enough food to eat. I knew what I had to do but I was afraid. I had to ask my parents if we could stay with them for a short while until I got back up on my feet. My parents were disappointed when they learned what happened but they took us in. They said this was definitely temporary and they made sure my son and I had enough food to eat. My father was telling me that I should go to school to become an HVAC tech since they were in high demand. I didn’t know how I was going to pay for that, and he said he would cover the cost so long as I paid him back. So I went to school to become HVAC certified and was working a part-time job as well. I finally became an HVAC technician and I was able to get a nice place for my boy and I. I was happy when I could pay my father back too.