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I need help



I feel so dumb posting my personal life here, but desperate times call
for desperate measures. You all don't know me very well, except for
maybe a couple of you. After 20 years of doing stupid things, I had
come to a crossroads in my life, due to an injury at work. I decided to
go to school and make a career out of something that I love, computers.
I have attended IHCC to get an AAS in Computer Networks and Security
since last February. Since I screwed up when I was a teenager, my
student loans defaulted and I was unable to pay for school. I tried
consolidating but the loan went to judgement and they won't consolidate
it. A state agency is paying for my tuition and books, but that is all.
No frills as they would say. Due to my class schedule I am unable to
work. My wife works at the local Wal-Mart in the photolab to support
us. I knew going into this that it would be hard, but I didn't know it
would be this hard. We go from paycheck to paycheck wondering if we are
going to be able to afford all of our bills, and as of right now, we're
not. We are behind on rent, the rest of our bills are behind and I am
looking at having to sell some of my stuff to buy groceries. The strain
on my wife and I is enormous, and we're on the verge of leaving each
other. I don't want that to happen because I love my wife very much. If
I quit school to go back to work, the short term will be ok, but we'll
be in the same boat a few years from now. I don't want to quit because
I only have a year left. In the area that we live in even part-time
work is hard to come by. Not sure what to do about any of it, so I
decided to ask the community for help. I am not asking for loans, or
big amounts of money. I am just asking if each person could send a
dollar, that would help a lot. As you can see this is not a ploy for
drug money or anything else. Just a man who wants to take care of his
family the way he should have done a long time ago. Not asking for
much, but if anyone can help, I would greatly appreciate it. Who knows,
one day, when someone asks for help, I'll be able to help them too.
Please contact me at the email below.

Thanks
Riley Millage
r.millage@msn.com