At the moment we're still stuck in Kentuckiana. As a family we are depressed but hanging on. We haven't quite hit the 6-month mark where we can return to Cambodia for 6 months without the chance of losing the green cards. However, the Cambodian Embassy in DC is advising green card holders not to leave the country because resident non-citizens are being turned away at airports without reason upon entry.
Also, only earning a combined $600 a month for dual 60-hour work weeks isn't what we expected to earn, nor is it enough for us to afford the vet costs and tickets for us to return to our land where our home has been destroyed. We royally f*cked, I hate to admit. I have been doing my best to be stoic so that my ladies don't understand the gravity of our situation. The other day my wife mentioned that our entire life savings isn't enough to pay for one day of care in the hospital that my stepdad is receiving, and that if we get sick we should just go somewhere and kill ourselves so that it doesn't economically destroy our children's future.
Heartbreaking to see the effects on my family for simply being in the USA for 6 months. Now that we realize we can't go back anytime soon, we are just trying to do the Suriname COVID thing, trying to live day to day while not facing the reality that it could be years before we dig ourselves out of this mess.
Sorry for the rant, just lacking social interaction for far too long. Posting would be great therapy for me now, but I am just overwhelmed with too many things on my plate each day. I think my stepdad is living his last days, so following him to Florida to provide continued car is probably not going to happen.