New post, same as the old post

(This is my little monster. For whatever reason whe only loves me and refuses to spend any time with anyone else in the house. She lays on my chest nightly and purrs her way to unconsciousness.)

Previously I posted what amounts to a long winded request from me to the imgur community as a whole. And the outpouring of support warms my heart. My original post is here
https://imgur.com/gallery/FZhIwvm
I do believe this is not a copy paste scenario. I have a life with an amazing child that I raised and if it weren't for my current situation, celebrated like no other.

@undercoverles is an imgurian who does this sort of background check and deep dive on those who post help desperately needed posts. And he finds the ones who are praying on others and calls them out. Gets their accounts burned and rightfully so. He made sure to tell me to tag him in my post so the rest of the community knows I'm not just a big fat liar.

Also @GBMaker was a real godsend when things were so so bad he pointed me to a few different places that are a real help for those in so much need they don't know where their next meal is coming from.

http://www.findhelp.org/

https://www.feedingamerica.org/find-your-local-foodbank

https://www.modestneeds.org/

I highly recommend checking those out if you're way down on your luck

This is him and his first job. It was for an event hall. The kind of place you throw birthday parties and have events and stuff. As a first job for a kid, it's pretty perfect. Evening shifts and possibility of tips, plus it gives experience in the whole job arena type environment.
Standing right next to him is my fiance. Although we're not technically engaged, we've been together for 4 years (nearing 5)
I also got my 2nd job here. My daily job is handling maintenance for a company that spans 2 states. At the time of getting that job is was really worth it. The pay wasn't what anyone would call "incredible" but it made up for it in spades with the medical. So working 2 jobs, while kinda sucky was at least doable. And making ends meet was tough but we were doing it.
Then covid hit and the subsequent price gouging.

So rather than 2 jobs, I had to pickup a 3rd. The 3rd is renovating apartments in Brooklyn.
So my day would start at 05:30. I'd go to my day job and do my maintenance and it would usually (but not always) be hard labor. I spent a lot of time cleaning up the sides of highways and cleaning up after people. When I left that job, I'd go to my second job around 15:00 (3:00pm) or so, and renovate apartments- drywall, electrical, plumbing, painting... etc. And I'd usually end up at home anywhere from 21:30 to about 23:00 (9:30pm to 11:00pm). Where I'd attempt some craptastic, nightmare fueled sleep and then get up at 05:30 to start my day all over again.
The 3rd job I'd do on the weekends. So Friday nights, Saturday days/nights and Sundays days/evenings I would wait on tables and usually end up home (on good nights) 22:00 (10:00pm) or there about.
I literally work 7 days a week. I haven't had a vacation in a couple years. Every year around this time (mid-late august) I spent on a camping trip with my son. We did it every single year without fail. It was our thing. I haven't been able to do that in 2 years.

With covid, and then price gouging, and the skyrocketing cost of living and NO pay increases at any of my jobs, I lived off of credit cards as long as I could and trying to jam every possible waking second with as much work as possible to try and keep up.
The point at which I'm at now is the breaking point. Our life here is unsustainable. Between the 3 of us (yes my son unfortunately chips in too even though this isn't something he should have to think about let alone worry about, we have 6 jobs. My medical benefits changed along with my contract for my day job so I can't even afford the co-pays to go see doctors anymore. And when my son needs to go, or to see a dentist, I have to either save up or borrow money from anyone I can find. Which is hard to do when you spend all your time working and have zero time for friends. Let alone one that would lend you a few hundred so your son can have a root canal.

My fiance has family down south and we've worked out our next plans. We're gonna move down there and make life about more than just survival. We want to live without fear that that next bill we get will make us homeless.

At the urging of a fellow imgurian I setup a gofundme and stuff last month for help. I never hit the goal I was aiming for, but it was enough that I was able to pay some of my rent and buy some good grace to get me to this month.
Also at another imgurians suggestion, I'm gonna post some of my transactional issues so you guys can see I'm not a scammer. I'm not spending my money on frivolous things or just outright lying. I really am in so much debt it's now passed my eye balls and headed for the stratosphere.
I set the limit on the gofund.me and the other thing I forget what it's called on the absolute low end of what I need just to be able to get me to the move. No more, no less. I'll figure out how to pay for the move if it kills me. Once we're moved south and we can start affording living, and saving money, I WILL PAY ALL OF THIS FORWARD! I am not one to just take. It's never been my way.
I am also never one to forget. If anyone who does donate leaves a way for me to pay back, you WILL get it back. I don't know how long it will take, but it will happen.

(My sons most recent birthday and he had a smile on his face. As a father, I can't ask for more out of life than a child who is happy and healthy)
I've been a single father for most of his life. Only recently have I started a relationship with an amazing woman and we've decided to give the whole relationship thing a go. We've been together 4 years. I want to marry this woman. I want to make her as happy as she's made me. But the only thing I've focused on is survival. I NEED a better life for them and we are close to it. So close I can taste it.
With all the debt we're in, the credit card bills piled so high, the car insurance I'm worried about not being able to pay for, and if I lose my car, then I lose any possibility of even flirting with the idea of paying any bills at all!

I'm not versed in how to adjust or change gofundmes or any of it. So I never reset any of it from last month. So the balance shows what's been given from back then.
Right now my rent is $2000, that'll keep me in my place til we can move. There's a ton of other bills that I'm struggling to afford but I'm doing the best I can there.
For anyone that need proof, I'll edit this post and throw in some of the craziness I'm looking at.

https://ko-fi.com/cvill

https://gofund.me/4fab2040

The gofunme is a mix of last month and this month. So like $900 of it I believe is from last month. And I don't know how to change things. I certainly didn't wanna break it.

https://www.paypal.com/pools/c/8WW6PNM8it

The reason I'm reposting this is bc I didn't hit any goal at all. I wouldn't repost if I had any other option of getting this anywhere else. I work my ass off already. If I think I could get away with selling a kidney and making this work, I would. I just wouldn't do anything illegal that would take me away from my family. I need them too much to be split from them.

Everyone should have a cat

I hope I don't have to but I'll repost it if necessary. I have to hit my goal. I have to get them out of this state. I need to make the a life they can do more than just survive in.

The other proof of stuff that another imgurian told me to add is coming.

Edit: thank you to everyone who read and helped out! Honestly, from the very bottom of my heart and soul, THANK YOU!
As per my promise to one of you lovely imgurians, my first order of business when I finish this move is donate to Flatbush Cats flatbushcats.org
If anyone is interested, we have tons of feral felines in the 5 boroughs. I'm not near Flatbush per say but I have traveled through on business and other trips and I've seen first hand the amount of cats who regularly patrol the streets in need of a meal and some love.
Nothing is magically fixed overnight, and more often than not the first step is the hardest. Once that first step is out of the way the second step doesn't seem so bad. And before you know it, you have momentum in a direction you didn't think was possible. That's what we have here, momentum. Once things settle down enough that I can take a breath (and maybe a nap) and not have to work 3 jobs just to fail at survival, then I am paying every once of energy forward. I'm hoping you guys can share in the journey. We need more love and understanding in our society. Step 1 is identifying the problem. Step 2... well, we'll work on step 2 together.
Thank you everyone.
Now that the app is actually working for me I can spend free time here again. Wasn't able to for the last day or two.