Help KT

Well, never mind.

Things were going better.

I had a lawyer. The hospital bills were getting worked on. Little Miss Runs Stop Signs was going to get her ass handed to her in court. I’d finally moved to my new place; just me and the kitties. I’ve been hanging out with new friends and hadn’t been bugged by that witch for a while.

Monday, lawyer emails me and tells me that the woman who caused the accident is judgment proof. In Texas, you can’t garnish wages, force her to sell a home, sell a car– NOTHING. After legal fees and paying the actual hospital itself, I won’t have enough to pay all the individual doctors. If things progress the way they have been, I’ll be about $7,000 in the hole. There’s no legal way to force her to take out a loan to pay for it. It’s my responsibility.

Well, $7,000 in the hole if the hospital accepts the $33,000 settlement for a $180,000 bill and I ONLY owe the individual doctors. My charity case is still going through the process of getting approved. That’ll take months, if not a year or two. The only reason it’s in “review” instead of “received” is because the mother of someone I know used to work there.

I made the mistake of going to her IHOP. I cried at her. She never even tried to say “sorry.” I left with a red face, accented with shiny trails of tears. I could feel her employees and patrons watching me as I left.

I’m crashing at a friend’s house tonight. I don’t want to be alone. If I am left alone, I’ll probably end up having several rum and cokes. That would be a bad thing.