for all the people commenting about wishing you could afford this sort of help it doesn’t need to look exactly like op hiring people directly instead of hiring through a service offers a bit of flexibility cost wise and frequency is something you can decide for yourself based on what you can actually afford  i think most of us would be able to figure some way of getting help out if this sort of assistance would help at 30 a week even if you didn’t do every week i can’t imagine it not making a meaningful difference or even if you are only able to pay a portion of what op is paying i think occasional help is better than nothing at all once every two week is better than nothing once a month is better than nothing  once a season even  i’m going to start digging for myself and even if i can only swing once a season or once a month the help would make such a huge difference for my mood and functioning at this point i’m prepared to do almost whatever i can even if that means hunting for bottles to turn in for a few cents each if it means i can get help even once a season  also op major thanks  i found this literally within a minute of talking to my partner about wishing i had this exact sort of help but i had no idea how to even begin searching for something like that thank you thank you thank you thank you