Soooo.. I have put this one in the 'too hard basket" myself... so now you have to help me decide what to do 
Long story short, real estate got in contact with Emily finally. She apologised for not letting me know what was going on and agreed to sign the papers here on Tuesday night, but never showed up or told me she wasn't going to. So that has been rescheduled for Sat night.. She has agreed to pay rent for another fortnight (even though she originally agreed to pay until end November, but I won't argue)....we'll see what happens.
So I have to make the following decision: live by myself, or get someone else in.
Obviously there a pros and cons with going either way, but I'm having a lot of difficulty weighing it all up. So what would you do?
I am going overseas in September next year, and need to save a hell of a lot of money between now and then. I had not budgeted paying extra rent into my savings plan, however I will get a few extra shifts at work over Summer, but not enough that it will balance out. If I choose to live by myself, I'll be paying an extra $140wk (which is rent, full net bill, full electricity bill taken into account) on what I have been paying for the last few months, which over a year will drop my savings by approx $6200, and would require me to take out a loan of some description to go on my holiday (which I am willing to do should I be forced to, nut obviously would prefer not to). I have also thought about other things I could miss out on to let me save more, and I have come up with nothing. I can comfortably afford to live on my own, but I just won't be able to save as much which is a top priority right now.
But it means I'll be so much happier living by myself, and not having to go through all the crap of finding a new housemate ( I am SO over looking for people it's not funny - such a waste of fucking time when 99% of people can't even follow simple instructions or even leave messages) all over again, with the risk of being fucked over, and annoyed etc But I have a spare room, that I don't use.. it's just sitting there .. totally empty.... when I could be saving an extra $140 a week by renting it out. Which, thinking long term, will make me happier cos I won't have to take out a loan to go to Africa.
The option to move again is out; I love it here...I am so close to work so I pay no transport costs, everything is so close handy and rent would still be cheaper than it would be to get a dodgy studio apartment somewhere, plus it is too damn expensive to move house. Getting a second job is out too; I really need chill time to spend with boy and friends and family, plus I'll be getting an extra days work at my normal job every now and then and really need to be able to de-stress from that job. If I were to live on my own I would, of course, keep my mind open to someone moving in should the right person come along.
Waaaaa, what do I do??
Long story short, real estate got in contact with Emily finally. She apologised for not letting me know what was going on and agreed to sign the papers here on Tuesday night, but never showed up or told me she wasn't going to. So that has been rescheduled for Sat night.. She has agreed to pay rent for another fortnight (even though she originally agreed to pay until end November, but I won't argue)....we'll see what happens.
So I have to make the following decision: live by myself, or get someone else in.
Obviously there a pros and cons with going either way, but I'm having a lot of difficulty weighing it all up. So what would you do?
I am going overseas in September next year, and need to save a hell of a lot of money between now and then. I had not budgeted paying extra rent into my savings plan, however I will get a few extra shifts at work over Summer, but not enough that it will balance out. If I choose to live by myself, I'll be paying an extra $140wk (which is rent, full net bill, full electricity bill taken into account) on what I have been paying for the last few months, which over a year will drop my savings by approx $6200, and would require me to take out a loan of some description to go on my holiday (which I am willing to do should I be forced to, nut obviously would prefer not to). I have also thought about other things I could miss out on to let me save more, and I have come up with nothing. I can comfortably afford to live on my own, but I just won't be able to save as much which is a top priority right now.
But it means I'll be so much happier living by myself, and not having to go through all the crap of finding a new housemate ( I am SO over looking for people it's not funny - such a waste of fucking time when 99% of people can't even follow simple instructions or even leave messages) all over again, with the risk of being fucked over, and annoyed etc But I have a spare room, that I don't use.. it's just sitting there .. totally empty.... when I could be saving an extra $140 a week by renting it out. Which, thinking long term, will make me happier cos I won't have to take out a loan to go to Africa.
The option to move again is out; I love it here...I am so close to work so I pay no transport costs, everything is so close handy and rent would still be cheaper than it would be to get a dodgy studio apartment somewhere, plus it is too damn expensive to move house. Getting a second job is out too; I really need chill time to spend with boy and friends and family, plus I'll be getting an extra days work at my normal job every now and then and really need to be able to de-stress from that job. If I were to live on my own I would, of course, keep my mind open to someone moving in should the right person come along.
Waaaaa, what do I do??
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truth be told its actually 5 sleeps but I know I won't sleep properly on the last night so Im not counting that one
Nach has allways barked at Re, I rekn its cos she works with so many dogs and all those dog vibes are unsettling to him... maybe
Hope you r well sweety