Decisions, decisions

[quillwing717]

Got the written notice about the required sixty-day written notice from the complex office today. They want me to tell them what I'm going to do about our lease by June 19th. My lease doesn't end until August, but they want to know what I'll be doing in less than a month. God, sometimes I hate these places. I hate being forced into a decision on

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[drjmaxwell]

Tampa!

And less than two months, now!

When you comin' out?

[quillwing717]

You would have to remind me every chance you get. :P

Two words: money, time.

[inusdemoness]

Can you afford to move back? If so then I say do it. You missed your family before but you were still happy. Didn't it make visiting them more special and exciting when you lived further away?

[quillwing717]

Money would be tight, and it would sap my savings a bit, but I could probably do it. Besides, like I said, living in Tampa was definitely cheaper than living in Ft. Myers has turned out to be.

Another issue is my car, though. It's pushing somewhere between 400,000 and 500,000 miles right now, and it's an old wonderful car that simply can't make long trips like it used to. So visiting my family would be harder.

And leaving my family isn't quite as simple as it seems. My middle sister is in her first year in high school, and I hate the idea of not being here for her if she needs an ear--or an escape. It's harder to be a proper big sister from two-and-a-half hours away.

[snow_fall]

Make a list of the pro's and con's of moving. Organize them into level of impact on your happiness now and on your future happiness. See what happens. ^_^

I hate doing things by other people's deadlines as well. What will they do if you don't tell them by their deadline?

[quillwing717]

My lease will automatically convert to a month-to-month lease if we don't tell them what's what. Month-to-month lease is over $1100 a month once my lease expires. X_X That's completely nuts, so it's out. My location here is so much of perfect that it's scary, but it's also big-time expensive, so as far as that goes I'll probably be moving anyway.

I wish I knew what the level of impact on my happiness would be. The problem with that is, I'm dealing with dueling Very Important Things. My family, and my social life. There's also the caveat that once you leave something, it's almost impossible to go back to the way it was before, so I might go back to Tampa and find all my friends not interested in hanging out with me anymore, and have to start from scratch in making a social circle.

Of course, my social circle in Ft. Myers is limited to my family anyway. But my family is uber important.

Blah. I dun no. I'll have to dwell on things for a while.

[snow_fall]

Ouch. Well, finances are something essential to consider. There are no white knights, and no matter who you're with - family/friends, if you (on your own) can't make ends meet, you'll be miserable anyway. If you can make ends meet, you will probably be able to travel to visit those who are far from you. Take care of yourself, and everything else will take care of itself.