gulp…help? ideas?

gulp…help? ideas?

So as days fly by and I fill my gas tank, the bank account gets smaller and smaller. This was to be expected. I will be beating feet from NY state to Chicago on Monday and be in that area until about 8/3. After 8/3 I am done visiting with friends and family and zooming for the tougher part of my trek.

My donations page is hearing nothing but crickets chirping since I’ve left VA and in my networking efforts so far, I have not had any offers to pick up work along my route to Alaska.

It’s time to ask for help. (UGH. I freaking hate this part.)

Anyone have ideas? Need a babysitter/summer nanny, farmhand, stagehand, waitress, cleaning lady, circus freak? If so I’m your girl and I’m mobile. Please contact me. Not that I’d refuse a “real” job, but until I complete my Alaska goal I’m not looking for anything long-term. Of course during this summer resumes are going out, connections are being made and places are being scoped for my next home after September. Right now I’m focused on making it to my 50th state and I’ve got to figure out a way to make it happen. I’m a month away from selling my car on Craigslist, staying in a notel motel wherever I am at the time and working at the local IHOP. I’m not too proud to do that and will if it comes to that, but before I do have to do that I’m asking for ideas from you all to suggest some ways I can generate funds for the road.

For whatever reason, NYC is still pulling on my soul for my next home. We shall see. I am fortunate enough to have an offer from fantastic friends to stay in Brooklyn for free until I could find a place of my own and other friends who say they could hook me up with a job in a snap. (I know, awesome right?!) It wouldn’t suck by any means to head to NYC now and start making my next life, but it would suck to fail at this goal of mine and not leave all options open for other cities I pass through in my travels as I wanted to. (I guess if I have to sell my car to make this all work in a month at least I’ll be prepped to go to NYC where I would have to sell it anyway…)

I don’t believe in begging for $ or being a free-loader. That’s not what I’m trying to do here. I do believe in working my ass off for what I want. I’m looking for work and within reason will do just about anything to reach my goal. For those of you who have so generously donated previously because it’s within your means- thank you so much, this has helped tremendously. Those of you who can’t donate, I completely understand and that is more than totally fine as your words and notes of encouragement have meant everything to me. Perhaps you all would be so kind as to pass my name onto a friend or someone you know who might be looking for an extra hand with something so I can earn a few bucks?

If you know me in all my independence and stubbornness, you know I’d rather bleed out of my eyeballs than ask for help. I mean it makes me feel weird and uncomfortable when a boy want to pay for a date for pete’s sake. All pride aside right now; Any ideas or help out there?

Shit happens and life is life so if this all goes from Blue Lollipop Road; The adventures of a girl who goes on the road to reach a goal and inspire others to travel and try new things, to Diane’s Blue Lollipop Road was not planned perfectly and was pathetically underfunded, so she’s slingin’ pancakes at that local IHOP in Bismarck until she can figure something out- so be it. It might actually even make for a funny blog. I’m just sort of hoping I don’t have to find out whether It’d be funny or not.

Thoughts?