Hey guys,
The job I was supposed to get fell though, but I think it is for the best anyway. I need more than $3/hour. Anyway I am really really really hoping to be able to get another trip up to see my girlfriend for my birthday. The only problem is I don't have a job so money is tight. My dad has payed for the last 2 trips and he really doesn't mind doing so but...money is starting to get really tight. There have been a lot of medical bills lately with my dads kidney stone and hernia surgery and my moms knee replacement and most likely scar tissue breakdown procedure. That and I think my dad is still paying off the bills from the last trip which were around $4,000.
This time I am staying in a MUCH cheaper hotel(88 a night compared to 125 a night) and figuring everything in gas + hotel is going to be 1200 if I stay for a week. Thats all my dad would be paying I would be paying for any other expenses(food and entertainment for the week). 1200 didn't even cover the cost of the hotel last time so this trip is going to be far less expensive which I think will help but I just don't know.
Anyway I talked to him tonight and I didn't know the numbers like I do now and he said he would have to see how the medical bills look before he can give me an answer which I totally understand. I then sat down and crunched the numbers and sent my mom an email with a breakdown of the numbers for what I would need him to cover.
I just hope this didn't go to far. On the one hand it shows inititive and that I am really interested in going but on the other hand he just doesn't know and when he says that sometimes its just better to drop it.
Do you guys think I went to far in sending that email? If you were in my dads shoes how would you react if you and a child that did what I did with the email?
The job I was supposed to get fell though, but I think it is for the best anyway. I need more than $3/hour. Anyway I am really really really hoping to be able to get another trip up to see my girlfriend for my birthday. The only problem is I don't have a job so money is tight. My dad has payed for the last 2 trips and he really doesn't mind doing so but...money is starting to get really tight. There have been a lot of medical bills lately with my dads kidney stone and hernia surgery and my moms knee replacement and most likely scar tissue breakdown procedure. That and I think my dad is still paying off the bills from the last trip which were around $4,000.
This time I am staying in a MUCH cheaper hotel(88 a night compared to 125 a night) and figuring everything in gas + hotel is going to be 1200 if I stay for a week. Thats all my dad would be paying I would be paying for any other expenses(food and entertainment for the week). 1200 didn't even cover the cost of the hotel last time so this trip is going to be far less expensive which I think will help but I just don't know.
Anyway I talked to him tonight and I didn't know the numbers like I do now and he said he would have to see how the medical bills look before he can give me an answer which I totally understand. I then sat down and crunched the numbers and sent my mom an email with a breakdown of the numbers for what I would need him to cover.
I just hope this didn't go to far. On the one hand it shows inititive and that I am really interested in going but on the other hand he just doesn't know and when he says that sometimes its just better to drop it.
Do you guys think I went to far in sending that email? If you were in my dads shoes how would you react if you and a child that did what I did with the email?