Thanks everybody! TE has been a great community for me, ya'll are so supportive so I came here with a sampling of my plight. My income is paltry, but just enough above poverty level that I don't qualify for much of anything, including legal aid. As you can see, I am at an extreme disadvantage here.

The beauty of it is that through this I am finding out that I do have quite a support network among the friends I have made in my brief time in this city. They have been generous, supportive, funny and informative.

My heartbreak in all this is that this likely means I won't be able to move back home to Colorado any time in the forseeable future. Leaving my son is not an option. I pine for home every single day: cool air, solitude, mountains, single track right from the front door, my parents, skate skiing....

Thanks for letting me ramble .