1. $(#*&’n affordable rent.

I can’t tell you how much productivity MAY have been damaged these last 6 months(it’s been 6 months already? what the deuce!) with trying to figure out how to pay bills. But it’s definitely been damaged.

And some may be thinking: He’s got 6 monhts yet, what’s he worried about? And in response to that, I say: last time I began planning about 2.5 months PRIOR to the move. That was no where near enough time.

Plus, I just found out that the library will ship out books, starting at $5.50 for the first one, and 50 cents for each one following that. Coupled with the ability to renew online, having to be near this library is a concern no longer relevant to finding a place to live. It’s all up in the air now that I’ve made the decision that I’m going to HAVE to move somewhere less expensive. Maybe back to bemidji while I finish the dissertation? There’s worse places to be.

It’s up in the air.