Dean’s in Vegas this weekend. He, and a bunch of other people went. They’re crazy.
I’ve spent the weekend at home, to myself. It’s been good. I’ve played a lot of Chrono Cross this weekend. I like that game. This time I’m actually making progress, too. Last time, I got stuck.
The game has an excellent musical score, and I’m actually planning on going back to it for an hour. Then study for an hour for Spanish. Then go to bed.
Now Listening to: Temptation
Vast
I turned down the lease.
Last night I talked to my parents, and we created an itemized budget. We thought of most of the expenses that I would have on my own. The only one that I didn’t really know about was insurance, and they offered to help. The problem is that the budget that we came up with doesn’t have enough money allotted for certain things.
The first is auto repair. The budget alots me $600 a year for auto repair. Last year I spent near $2000 on auto repair. Along the same lines is gasoline. I’ve allotted enough to get me to work and back in a month, but that’s it. There’s no accounting for visits to Dean, Youth Alliance, and the extra gas that gets spent when I’m off of school. The last part is really large. While I don’t want to, I can give up Youth Alliance, but it won’t account for enough.
I’ve not left enough money for Dean, either. It’s something that I can’t discuss with my parents, so it’s hard to work that in when we’re initially balancing things. I think it’s important for him to realize that I need to spend less money, but his solution to that is usually that he will pay. He doesn’t have the money, either. Relationships need financial hardship, but I think there’s only so much of that either one of us will sacrifice.
My figure for university costs doesn’t incorperate the near twenty percent tuition raise. I will not get a twenty percent increase in aid next year, so this figure is fundamentally flawed. Minus parking fees, which is the only thing that I really pay extra, I will still need more money.
If I move out, I cannot afford summer classes, new tires, or to have my car’s alignment fixed.
If I were to work in Ames, I would make approximately $1500 less a year.
I come around $900 short with my flawed figures. That figure’s in my favor, too. Yet, I still can’t afford it. Even if everything balanced, I couldn’t afford to move out. There would be no cushion, and everything would have to run smoothly. As we all know, that never happens.
There’s more on the topic, but I don’t know how to go about explaining it all. I’m kind of frazzled at the moment.