Moving to Santa Cruz

Before I start this blog, I have to mention one thing: Joey has been missing for one week exactly. :(
What happened to him?! There are so many pit bulls around here. And the freeway. And mexican children...
We loved you Joey!! :((((((( (really long frown)

I can't believe it's been 3 months since I last blogged. I could have sworn I was blogging more often than that.

Anyway, I need to discuss the realities of moving to Santa Cruz. I currently have $2,544 in the bank. I am going to spend 300 to fix my car and rent is $700 a month.

So, let's assume I am going to move the first of July, which is about 2 months from now. That means I'm going to be spending $1,400 (May and June) on rent before moving.

No I'm down to $844 in the bank. I'm currently earning about $400 a month from Hot Spots. So that will put another $800 in the bank before I move. That brings the bank total to $1,644. Plus daily tips. And there's always the hope that I'll find another job to work for a month and earn an extra $300...hopefully...sigh.

Also, I will be getting back my $625 deposit from this room when I move. And I will probably use it for the deposit on my next place. So we'll pretend that that money doesn't exist.

I haven't even mentioned what living expenses will take out of that! It's always so hard for me to predict how much I'm going to spend on food in a month. And I'm going to be using my car too. So there's gas, insurance, registration...How much money am I going to spend on gas to visit Bryan? I'm just so afraid I'm going to run out of money too quickly. Which I probably will. I mean, I'm excited to move to a new place that's more my style and closer to home, but it's still going to be difficult. I'm going to have to find another job.

I know that I won't have to worry about paying tuition. And who knows how much Pell Grant money Obama will give to me! (woo!) But I'll still probably have to make about $600 a month.

I was thinking maybe I could sell some photo equipment. Though it's cool to say I have a light meter and an SB-800 flash, I'd much rather get some real use out of them and sell them. I could sell the light meter for 150, the flash for 350. Plus I have a 4x5 tripod I could sell for 300. That would be cool if people actually bought that stuff from me. Then I'd be much less worried.

So, I really think I should move sooner rather than later. If I wait until August that will just mean that I have even less money to move with. If I move in July I will have enough money to live while I find a job and such.

I've been working on this blog for too long. I'm done now.