Problems, problems, problems...
So I've been talking with my roommate about our current living situation for a while now and we pretty much decided to move out of this apartment complex into a nicer one with three bedrooms. Our lease is up at the end of this month but his girlfriend's lease isn't up until sometime in April. Not to mention that his brother still hasn't gotten his finances completely under control yet. We think we catch a break when an apartment at the complex opens up (as these particular apartments don't very often) so we jump on it and put down a deposit as there were plenty of others who wanted it. The really big problem is our current apartment complex. They are being the biggest bunch of dicks and have pretty well gone on record as stating that we can't leave without paying another month's rent because we didn't give them a 60 day notice of our departure inside of our lease. There's a lot to this situation but I really don't feel like going into it at this point. At first I was kind of upset over the situation, as was my roommate. But at this point I'm really just sad. For the past few years since I've been working, I've had to put my tax return towards paying off things that I personally don't think I needed to pay off. Last year it was a cell phone bill that was generated by a friend of mine on MY CREDIT! This year I basically have to pay two rents in one month. It really does have me down because firstly I really needed to put that money towards paying off my computer. If I wasn't going to do that, I was ATLEAST going to put it towards a really good amp so that we could possibly start playing some shows around here. But unfortunately, it looks like none of those things are going to happen and I'm about to be poor once again. On top of all of this, my student loans are about to start up again AND it doesn't look like I'll even come close to earning a bonus this month. I guess you really just have to take the good with the bad. I was hoping to FINALLY start moving towards being financially independent. I mean, I don't even WANT to be in a position where I have to live with others because I just can't easily afford to live in my own place without it being a really POS. Honestly, I should just start playing the lottery because I really need about 30 grand to just pay off everything that I owe to school and on my car and whatnot and THEN I would be set. Without all these freakin' bills I'd be able to live like a decent human being.
Bah!