Just found out that the contractor that contracts to DH (98%) of his work load has essentially sacked him. He's been used as a scapegoat by the 'project manager'.
Lessons throughly learnt - never having our eggs in the same basket again!
This coupled with an abrupt end to maintenance payments for DS1 (£400 per month) means we are throughly in the shit.
It will be a while before DH gets back on his feet (a lot of money owed out) so I'm trying not to go into melt down and looking at how we can stay afloat.
Also, (although not the top of priorities, I know, but this is our first holiday abroad and the DC's are more than excited about going on a plane) we have already booked our holiday and paid for the flights and 50% of the accommodation cost as a non-refundable deposit. Do we forfeit the money paid or pay the remaining £300 and go with minimal spends? My first priority should be how do we pay the rent but for some reason I feel most sick about the holiday!
I'm hopefully going to get back to work and possibly will start next week. It will net us £500 per month so will at least make up for the CSA shortfall and £100 more.
We've also got some massive unexpected expenditures crop up including a £200 vets bill, a £250 car bill and £125 gas bill on top of our normal £125 per month because of an unnoticed missed payment.
Can anyone offer me some miraculous money earning/saving advice? I feel I'm on the edge of a breakdown.
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Miren · 19/02/2014 13:17
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