hello all - some input if I can get it please.......
Well yesterday I went to see the housing guy in Chicago (he was really cute, and nice), but the just of it is, the only housing programs that are available in ChiTown are group home based, you need to go through one of them, before you can get into one of the normal housing programs. The problem there is that they have curfews, etc - so that more then likely kills the idea of doing Frightfest, and maybe Bristol - I love the idea of being here to help do those shows, but it's not looking like it'd work :( and of course there is the cold issue - I've been taking much more morphine of late to help deal with the pain - which of course doesn’t help the depression, etc.
There is the possibility to be a room mate with a friend (Dan , IE Mayor Slayor, et), but not only is he not really financially stable, I'm finding that in trying to talk to him, and work through some of the issues, he's far from helpful. The apartment we found, and talked about renting together is $890 a month, so ~ $450 a month for each, plus electric, etc. LOL - his only job right now pays him just $300 a month........well I think you start to see some of the issues.
On the front of going back to the Tampa area - my wonderful friend Jen has offered to allow me to rent a room from him.....we even talked on the phone yesterday, cause I wanted to make sure he understood some of the issues, like being on disability, HIV+, suffering from depression, etc He was cool with it all - not that he's really my type physically, but boy I almost wish he wasn’t straight. ANYWAY the down side is it'll make trying to do Bristol or FrightFest harder, due to the fact that I'd need to figure out how / whom, etc I'd stay with while up here to do the shows.
I have already made myself a promise though, if I do go back to FL, I'm going to the beach more......my plan was always to hit the beaches at least on the weekends when I lived there before, but I never seemed to have the time.
The rough plan at this point is to sell the Bronco, and have an estate / moving sell to get rid of most of my excess baggage (I've come to the realization that I've to much chrap). Then when pop Swendsen, Julie, and I leave for FLARF the last weekend in Jan I can put my stuff in Storage (if I'm coming back to ChiTown) or get a trailer and take it down with me if I'm going back to FL.
If it's not to much to ask, please, those of you out there that know me, and read this, please give me some input, along with the reason you think I should do one or the other........thanks.
long life and good fortune to you and yours. *hugz*
There is the possibility to be a room mate with a friend (Dan , IE Mayor Slayor, et), but not only is he not really financially stable, I'm finding that in trying to talk to him, and work through some of the issues, he's far from helpful. The apartment we found, and talked about renting together is $890 a month, so ~ $450 a month for each, plus electric, etc. LOL - his only job right now pays him just $300 a month........well I think you start to see some of the issues.
On the front of going back to the Tampa area - my wonderful friend Jen has offered to allow me to rent a room from him.....we even talked on the phone yesterday, cause I wanted to make sure he understood some of the issues, like being on disability, HIV+, suffering from depression, etc He was cool with it all - not that he's really my type physically, but boy I almost wish he wasn’t straight. ANYWAY the down side is it'll make trying to do Bristol or FrightFest harder, due to the fact that I'd need to figure out how / whom, etc I'd stay with while up here to do the shows.
I have already made myself a promise though, if I do go back to FL, I'm going to the beach more......my plan was always to hit the beaches at least on the weekends when I lived there before, but I never seemed to have the time.
The rough plan at this point is to sell the Bronco, and have an estate / moving sell to get rid of most of my excess baggage (I've come to the realization that I've to much chrap). Then when pop Swendsen, Julie, and I leave for FLARF the last weekend in Jan I can put my stuff in Storage (if I'm coming back to ChiTown) or get a trailer and take it down with me if I'm going back to FL.
If it's not to much to ask, please, those of you out there that know me, and read this, please give me some input, along with the reason you think I should do one or the other........thanks.
long life and good fortune to you and yours. *hugz*