Just a quick note on the apt. thing. I really love my home, and I hate to have to leave- 2 sessions in a row MC and exBF "ganged up on me" and were like "don't leave" it makes no sense, if I were you I would stay, etc. it'll cost thousands (???) to relocate. Keep D stable, etc. etc.
Um. Hello. Are you paying the bills? I was with a friend ystrday who is also looking for a 2bdrm with her H and she gave me some listings so I'm hopeful - b/c when I went over my budget with MF last night, going from 1475/mo plus all util and heat is high here b/c the landlord won't fix it and it's wasteful -to 1000/mo incl util would be huge. Not enough to save, pay debt and do IRA - right now - but better.
My parents? Ugh. I want to pay that darn debt off so I can then free up that money to save/ira/d college, but IDK - stakes are pretty high there, my mother is still pretty much unwilling to have me move back in (although I do believe it's cause of fears she has so I think she'd be okay if she was clear that I'd be taking care of most everything and live there for a short period). My dad is just a nightmare - I was there for 20 mins last night to pick up D, and he yelled at me that she ate too much rice pasta (???) citing that other children who eat carbs get fat, etc. (So bizarre, I wasn't even there for dinner) and that she has to have dairy, and started feeding her yogurt, even though I told him not to, and then sneaked and fed it to her - um. Dairy gives D instant diarrhea, and she's not sleeping again - it was her bedtime. Thanks dad. Then later berated me for not being more up on Steve Jobs or something.
I don't think it's a great environment for D by any stretch, though she loves them. I kind of imagine doing it for 6-8 months, but it would be hard to lose our current sitter, and lose the stuff we have here (our doctors etc) only to relocate again (probably back up here, I think I decided though not 100% sure). Not sure if that would be worth it.
But I am going to continue to work with MaleFriend on money stuff.
