Thank you all for all the help you've given me. My wife has meds through the 24th because of all of you.
Unfortunately the final nail may have just been put in my coffin.
I got the ticket with the bail amount for the red light I ran on the way to the emergency dentist in December. It's $490. It's due by March 12th. I could request a court date and plead with them about extenuating circumstances, but from what I've read the court generally doesn't care, nor is there a way to waive the fee. Did the crime, now I have to pay the price. And being in blinding pain from a cracked tooth is no excuse.
The cheapest car insurance I can find is $158 a month. I can't afford that. Our car registration will be suspended on Feb 2nd if we don't have insurance active. Our registration itself is due on the 8th of February. It's $226.
On top of all these huge fees, I still have to keep my wife in medication and us in food and daily needs. The cat needs litter. He'll need food in another week. And in a week I'll be driving a car that's even more illegal than it is now, driving it without insurance. I don't know how the police system works for impounding cars who's registration has expired. I don't know if they get alerts and just come take it, or if they have to catch you doing something and look you up in the system to take the car. If it's the second we're probably safe.
If it's the first, we're screwed.
The driver's window is still made of plastic clear packing tape. Haven't found anyone who will fix the motor for less than $280.
When I opened the mail this morning, I spent an hour crying in the darkened living room so my wife wouldn't see.
This is all my fault. I was so close to making it work if I just hadn't run that light...I'm so sorry. I feel like I've let you all down. You all believe in me and that I can make this better and...I'm so sorry.
Just...wanted to update everyone. I'm going to leave the usual links but...I really don't feel like I deserve help at this point. Thank you all for what you've done in the past year. You've kept us going. But with this...I don't see a way out, and I might be going to jail soon because I CAN'T afford to stop driving. I have to get my wife's medication when I can. I have to go to doctors appointments. There's no public transport that doesn't require miles of walking to get where I need to go, and I'm not physically capable of that kind of walking.
