so, because i'm trying to cover all my bases in the event of the floor falling out from under me, i have been looking at websites for finding the aforementioned complete strangers to live with. what has struck me the most is the number of people who are willing to pay enough rent on a shared accomodation to rent themselves an apartment of their own. and some of them claim they're students! i don't know what kind of student can afford $1000 or even $2000 a month in rent, but they clearly ought to be using the trust fund to get themselves their own digs.
i'm going to look at two apartments tomorrow. it pains me to realize i can't have either of the pretty ones i looked at on monday, but i just can't afford to spend more money than i have to. i keep telling myself that i will live somewhere cheap for a year while i get myself together, and then maybe i can go back and find an apartment at one of the pretty buildings and live happily ever after, at least for a while.
having now spent several days on the phone with various property managers and others in charge of places to rent, i can't tell you how much it affected my desire to go see these two apartments because the people i spoke to on the phone were polite and forthcoming and spoke proper english. so many people who answered the phone were grouchy and disinterested - or i could barely understand them. let's just remember that you need to rent your apartment out as much as i need to find one to live in, shall we? try to sound a little more enthusiastic.
while the apartment hunting is going so-so, the job search is stalling. actually, i did get a call today from the pet-sitting service that i spoke to a couple of weeks ago, which i unfortunately missed as i was on the phone, probably with one of the grouchy people, who i have to call back tomorrow. i know it's not a full-time, reliable sort of job, but it's a little extra money and it's WALKING DOGS, for christ's sake, what could i be better at? it's just not exactly the solution to all my problems.