A disaster, I need help! Offering rewards for support

First of all I want to assure you that my baby is safe and healthy. This distaster has not occured on these grounds for which I am ever so greatful. But nonetheless something quite terrible happened and it was due to my... fast action I suppose?

I was never a planner. I am a believer and a person who jumps straight into action, before thinking matters through in detail. If something feels like a good choice, is interesting or seems helpful, I will probably dive right into it without looking for dangers and downsides. I suppose I am an opthymist, even though I like to think of myself as a realist.

It all started a year ago...

So basically what happened is last year in July I received an EU donation of 25 000 PLN (around 7 000 USD) to start a company and help me fund my drawing equipment. I used all these funds as agreed upon on my tablet, PC, printer and other accessories essential for my business. The tablet ate most of the donation, of course.

The agreement was mainly focusing on my obligation to pay taxes on time, pay my insurance and other obligatory tax-like fees that Poland requires from businesses. I also was forbidden to cancel or suspend my company.

Needless to say I did that all according to plan ever since.

Pregnancy always catches you off guard

But there was a bump on the way... A bump, or what I rather calling a miracle. I got pregnant despite the fact that all my doctors have been telling me ever since I turned 16 that I most likely won't be able to have children. I have severe PCOS as well as insulin resistance (which are very common to appear together) which made my chances of pregnancy very dim. I ovulated one a year tops and it was hard to spot or know when exactly that was without constant doctor's visits.

And it was my biggest dream to always have a large happy family with 3 children I would love and cherish. So when I got pregnant I was over the moon and I still am. I am currently in my 6th month od pregnancy, expecitng a beatiful baby boy to arrive in November. Everything is going well for him, but not so much for us, the parents.

As I got pregnant, I understood very quickly that working in my own company only won't allow ends meet for me and my husband.

He works in an architectural office, which might seem like a great job, but the truth is, it's not. I cover the majority of our expenses, with his income barely sufficing for rent. And all he needs is time to rise his income, but time is something we don't have.

The easiest way to put it is that in Poland I have more or less a year of maternity leave (with half a year of obligatory leave) and as my company is yet too young and I earned too little (with months where the expenses were higher than my income, as any company has it at first), I would not receive almost any government aid during maternity leave. And as mentioned before my husband won't be capable of making ends meet on his own.

I quickly looked for and found a regular day job and an employer willing to employ me for a couple of months before I went on maternity leave.

I have worked with them in the past and I have been occasionally helping them with graphic designs over the past few years. With a stable employment contract my maternity leave would be higher and we would be able to cover our living costs and the hard to forsee baby costs. It seemed like the perfect solution and my accountant encouraged me to do it too. It's pretty much one of the only solutions women my age in Poland are facing (with little job experience yet and little income from an individual company). I started an additional day job in May along with running my art company.

And a year later...

A year has passed now, ever since I took my EU donation and signed the contract. As a last formality I was asked to bring in my insurance papers, where I would confirm I paid all the legalities on time and in the right amount. I thought this would be the end of it. But I got a phonecall today from the Labor Office and... It truns out there was one other obligation I didn't look into deep enough. Not only was I not supposed to close or suspend my company, but I was also forbidden to undertake a day job within this year. It seems unreal, becasue it means they are forcing me to somehow make a living of my newly formed company, without taking into consideration I might not be able to support my family with it alone... Which was exactly my case. Especially with the baby coming.

The punishment for violating this agreement is an immediate returning of the donation funds I was given along with additional interest fees. This sums up to 29 000 PLN (8 000 USD) and I am given a month to pay it all off or the Office will open a legal case in court against me...

I hope I don't need to mention, I have absolutely NO funds for an attourney at this time and attending court in my last months of pregnancy will be... Torture and it will for sure damage my child's health, casue of the amount of stress I will be put through.

I am already overloaded with the medical costs of my pregnancy (I have to go see my doctor at least twice a month, do additional tests and scans to make sure my pregnancy is going well, due to PCOS) and I simply have no funds as big to make sure I can pay this debt off... I barely have money to buy all the equipment my child will need soon. And his needs will always come first.

I need help. I need this huge amount of money so fast... and I have nowhere to turn to.

I don't expect to raise all the funds, but literally any amount will be miraculous and will help me to try and put together the final sum I need to pay in a month tops... I am at the verge of losing hope and I start feeling like all the desicions I make are the wrong ones.

If you want to help me cover these enormous costs, please consider supporting me with a ko-fi or via Paypal.

Thank you so much for all your help so far, I appretiate every donation I get and every bit helps us cover another doctor's appointment and another test or allows us to buy the equipment we need for our son.

Rewards for helping

I accept donations via Ko-fi or directly via Paypal. I wanted to set up a crowdfunding site, but there are a lot of options and a lot of problems occuring while using them and with only a month to figure this out... I decided to stick to what I know. I hope you understand.

I can't grant all of the people helping us rewards for their help, as I would simply burry myself in even more obligations.

I will however offer rewards for the 5 largest donnors. I wish I could offer more, but it could prove impossible.

The 1st largest donnor will receive:

• my full Amethyst adoptable base (306 elements)

• my next adoptable base once it is released

• a 20% commission discount and a guaranteed slot for my next commission opening (after November sadly)

• an artistic freedom special thanks sketch of their character

The remaining 4 largest donnors will receive:

• the basic Amethyst adoptable base (169 elements)

• my next adoptable base once it is released

• a 10% commission discount and priority in completing the order

So please while making your donation: include your FA username or Twitter handle so I can get back to you after this whole steaming pot of a month is over.

For the people who already donated: I will also take Your donations into considration when granting the rewards for your help!

If you can't donate, please spread the word. It can make miracles.

Thank you. And I hope this is the last emergency that happened to us for a longer while.

I am exhausted already from the bad things just piling up one after another.

Lana