Hat in hand.
Jul. 7th, 2009 10:11 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
pecuniumThis has been a year that didn't go as it was planned.
The summer even less so. I was planning to move to SLO, in the middle of August. At this point I am moving to Aptos, near Santa Cruz. I've got a place to go, but right now I'm, effectively, broke. In part because of the economy here being more depressed now than when I got here, and in part, I suspect, because I had to be gone for the seminar.
So I am a little short of money.
To make the jump, at the level of, doable; but nervous, I need about $700 more than I have now.
To be "comfortable" I need about $1,700 (my potential landlords are willing to be flexible on paying "last", but I'd like to have the cushion of paying that, a second month's rent, and some food money. I am pretty sure I can get a job adequate to the costs I'll have (about 800 a month, net, will have me poor, but secure; until the GI Bill comes into play).
To be doing it, "easy". I need about $3,500, because that will let me get a bike, and so have independent transport.
So, if you can afford to buy a print... this is the time. If you'd like to help, and can't afford to buy a print, I have a "donate" button for Paypal.
Just to explain, CG is the catalyst. No denying that the idea of two LDRs, one a "mere" 250 miles, and the other some 2,500 is just a bit much. This changes one of them to 50 miles. There are, however, other advantages..
The VA hospital in Palo Alto.
A bettter economy for finding a job.
The cost of living is about the same.
A better, general market for selling photographs.
More of my friends in the area.
I'd just tough it out, manage to find a job (even, if needs be, greeter at Wal-mart; evil though I think them to be), and move when I have the money, but the place I have a line on is realy good. Nice people, affordable, close to a school, a great Aikido Dojo, close, but not too close to CG, etc.
So, if you are so inclined, I can't say how grateful I'd be for what you can spare.
The summer even less so. I was planning to move to SLO, in the middle of August. At this point I am moving to Aptos, near Santa Cruz. I've got a place to go, but right now I'm, effectively, broke. In part because of the economy here being more depressed now than when I got here, and in part, I suspect, because I had to be gone for the seminar.
So I am a little short of money.
To make the jump, at the level of, doable; but nervous, I need about $700 more than I have now.
To be "comfortable" I need about $1,700 (my potential landlords are willing to be flexible on paying "last", but I'd like to have the cushion of paying that, a second month's rent, and some food money. I am pretty sure I can get a job adequate to the costs I'll have (about 800 a month, net, will have me poor, but secure; until the GI Bill comes into play).
To be doing it, "easy". I need about $3,500, because that will let me get a bike, and so have independent transport.
So, if you can afford to buy a print... this is the time. If you'd like to help, and can't afford to buy a print, I have a "donate" button for Paypal.
Just to explain, CG is the catalyst. No denying that the idea of two LDRs, one a "mere" 250 miles, and the other some 2,500 is just a bit much. This changes one of them to 50 miles. There are, however, other advantages..
The VA hospital in Palo Alto.
A bettter economy for finding a job.
The cost of living is about the same.
A better, general market for selling photographs.
More of my friends in the area.
I'd just tough it out, manage to find a job (even, if needs be, greeter at Wal-mart; evil though I think them to be), and move when I have the money, but the place I have a line on is realy good. Nice people, affordable, close to a school, a great Aikido Dojo, close, but not too close to CG, etc.
So, if you are so inclined, I can't say how grateful I'd be for what you can spare.
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Date: 2009-07-07 04:42 pm (UTC)Yes, two LDRs can be a lot, and I'm not dealing with as long a distance as your 2,500 miles. (We make this work, but we're weird, and I do also have a live-in partner.)
I will talk to
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Date: 2009-07-07 04:46 pm (UTC):)