I honestly hate that I have to power down but push came to shove and this was my last resort.
If you've been following me on social media you know that my two youngest boys joined the U.S. Marine Corps.
Jeremy in-processed on May 1. My youngest, Josh, was offered an opportunity to go in early and he in-processed on May 22 instead of July.
What does this mean?
It means my husband and I are committed to attending both graduations.
It means two trips from Florida to South Carolina within 3 weeks of each other.
It means coordinating vacation time, travel time, and saving up for our expenses.
I spent months scrimping, saving, and trading
I knew months ahead of time that my kids were going in.
I'm not made of money. We're paycheck to paycheck and we rarely have anything to spare.
Only recently have we paid off some high interest debt and have been able to squirrel some "mad" money away.
I took a bit of my liquid Steem and SBD and have been day trading, earning profits with each transaction. Combined with the rising value of BTC, I traded up to $1400+ for months before I cashed out. I'm pretty proud of that accomplishment.
This money is earmarked to give the car a tune up, get a hotel room for a couple of days for Jeremy's graduation, and rent a house during Joshua's graduation week. Houses and hotels near Parris Island are booked months ahead of time and I knew I was prepared. I DID IT!
And then this happened.
So, with my accumulated BTC I used LocalBitcoins to transfer to my PayPal account.
I've used them several times with never an issue.
I found a trader with 100+ confirmed trades and a 100% feedback score.
The transaction was quick and smooth.
Then about two days later the bastard put in a dispute and now those funds are on hold!
He's trying to rob me!
Naturally I responded with all the screenshots and communication I had to confirm that this was a legitimate transaction but with my funds on hold for a minimum of 15 days and no guarantee that I'll get it back because, you know, Murphy's Law or "Luck" - I find myself hitting the power down button...and I'm sick about it.
You can imagine my stress level: first with barely any communication with my boys and now this.
I very nearly lost the house reservation because my money is tied up. The man renting the house gave me an extension to come up with the money. I literally burst into tears with gratefulness because he didn't have to do that. He could have been a cold-hearted businessman and delete my reserved dates. But he didn't....At least not yet.
This is NOT a crowdfund plea or payitforward initiative
#firstworldproblems
This has been one pile of stressful bullshit that I didn't need. I'm already a basketcase. My poor mail lady probably thinks I'm rabid as I await for letters every day and usually walk away empty-handed and now my stomach has been in knots with how to move forward.
This is my Plan B
My power down will only be one week - two at the most - and only to cover these expenses. IF PayPal comes through for me in their investigation then the power down stops immediately. I just can't take the extra stress of not knowing and I'm so mad that this is happening! I'd rather be safe than sorry.
As a side note:
I am so very thankful that I have Steemit as a Plan B.
I've recently hit a couple of milestones:
10 months on Steemit and 947 followers and friends!
I am so very thankful that I have Steemit as a Plan B.
I've recently hit a couple of milestones:
10 months on Steemit and 947 followers and friends!
YOU make Steemit an amazing place to be.
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