Small steps
So I am now the proud renter of my own little box in Boston. Yes, literally a box. According to the handy guidebook Christmas present, Boston is the third most expensive city in the country to live in. It even beats San Francisco. From my own research, it is also at the low-end of the zoo pay for the country. This is an unfortunate combination.
I was sold on a nice big one bedroom for a while and the cost of it all sort of overwhelmed me. In a fit of panic I backed out and went with a tiny (but far more affordable) studio. It's still (slightly) bigger than my closet/home on the train, so I suppose it counts as a step forward -- and it has my very own bathroom and "kitchen"! Mine! Mwahahaha. Still with a minifridge, but can't win 'em all right away. Someday I'll have a real kitchen and room for my library...someday....
But the landlord lives in the building and seems very nice and I'm not a 10 minute drive from work. And it's only an hour from my parents' house (2 in traffic) so I can keep most of my stuff there and still have it accessible. So for now, I will be content with my box. The next trick will be employing all my circus-learned space-conserving techniques when I move in on Saturday.
I was sold on a nice big one bedroom for a while and the cost of it all sort of overwhelmed me. In a fit of panic I backed out and went with a tiny (but far more affordable) studio. It's still (slightly) bigger than my closet/home on the train, so I suppose it counts as a step forward -- and it has my very own bathroom and "kitchen"! Mine! Mwahahaha. Still with a minifridge, but can't win 'em all right away. Someday I'll have a real kitchen and room for my library...someday....
But the landlord lives in the building and seems very nice and I'm not a 10 minute drive from work. And it's only an hour from my parents' house (2 in traffic) so I can keep most of my stuff there and still have it accessible. So for now, I will be content with my box. The next trick will be employing all my circus-learned space-conserving techniques when I move in on Saturday.