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Once Bitten, Twice Hoped
The best part about kind of losing it is putting yourself in order again.
Thanks everyone for your advice and stuff; it helped me put things in perspective. Something needs to be done about this whole situation, but me moving there is going to be a last resort, if I can help it. There are a lot of other things that one can do to be helpful, after all.
I've asked her to give me all the details on her finances -- bills, expenses, resources and the like -- so that we can see if her situation is actually feasible or not. I really don't think it is, and I think most of the expenses she has to deal with come directly from living where she does. Chances are, I'll be really pushing for her to move.
She doesn't like the idea of moving to Arkansas, to answer you, Dracono. This is because she's spent all of her life in Baltimore, all her family and friends are there, and my sister is there. It'd be a little weird to take Taeshawn away from his mom. She'd be uprooting just to have me there, and I'm already trying to get out. <:) It would make her financial situation loads easier, and I honestly think she would be happy here, but...I don't know how well she'd mix with other folks, and she might be lonely yet, you know? At any rate, another major issue is my money management. I'm doing all right as far as income goes, but I really need to get better about not throwing money away on things like fast food. As it stands right now, I'd say a good bit of my income goes towards books, comics and eating out, and while there are worse things to spend your money on, if you're trying to save there's a lot you can cut out. As it stands, if I saved $400 a month from October - July, I'd have $4000 saved by the time I went to Australia. If I play my cards right, I can actually do that. I would *have* to cut out my plans to go to MFF unless I found that work-at-home job (*hint hint*), and I would have to curb my expenses quite a bit on other things, but I could do it -- and send my mother $100 a month, enough for her car insurance and extra spending cash for whatever. I just have to be pretty tight when it comes to money, which has never been one of my strong suits. After a lot of resistance, it really doesn't seem I'm going to actually *save* unless I get a savings account, so I'll be opening one up as soon as I have money for it. There are other things, but I can't quite go into them now. That bastard Caleb tempted me with a god-damned $350 station wagon last night!! I'm really interested, but again, unless another source of income falls into my lap, it's not gonna happen. Anyway, work for me.
Thanks everyone for your advice and stuff; it helped me put things in perspective. Something needs to be done about this whole situation, but me moving there is going to be a last resort, if I can help it. There are a lot of other things that one can do to be helpful, after all.
I've asked her to give me all the details on her finances -- bills, expenses, resources and the like -- so that we can see if her situation is actually feasible or not. I really don't think it is, and I think most of the expenses she has to deal with come directly from living where she does. Chances are, I'll be really pushing for her to move.
She doesn't like the idea of moving to Arkansas, to answer you, Dracono. This is because she's spent all of her life in Baltimore, all her family and friends are there, and my sister is there. It'd be a little weird to take Taeshawn away from his mom. She'd be uprooting just to have me there, and I'm already trying to get out. <:) It would make her financial situation loads easier, and I honestly think she would be happy here, but...I don't know how well she'd mix with other folks, and she might be lonely yet, you know? At any rate, another major issue is my money management. I'm doing all right as far as income goes, but I really need to get better about not throwing money away on things like fast food. As it stands right now, I'd say a good bit of my income goes towards books, comics and eating out, and while there are worse things to spend your money on, if you're trying to save there's a lot you can cut out. As it stands, if I saved $400 a month from October - July, I'd have $4000 saved by the time I went to Australia. If I play my cards right, I can actually do that. I would *have* to cut out my plans to go to MFF unless I found that work-at-home job (*hint hint*), and I would have to curb my expenses quite a bit on other things, but I could do it -- and send my mother $100 a month, enough for her car insurance and extra spending cash for whatever. I just have to be pretty tight when it comes to money, which has never been one of my strong suits. After a lot of resistance, it really doesn't seem I'm going to actually *save* unless I get a savings account, so I'll be opening one up as soon as I have money for it. There are other things, but I can't quite go into them now. That bastard Caleb tempted me with a god-damned $350 station wagon last night!! I'm really interested, but again, unless another source of income falls into my lap, it's not gonna happen. Anyway, work for me.