Good News/Bad News

The good news: We have saved enough money to finally move out of our little shithole of an apartment.
The bad news: Rent has gone up over the past two months...everywhere. What was once a 1 BR/1 Bath for $1500 that we could afford, is now $1700+/month. Who can afford that???

I spent all morning long, in the heat, walking from apartment to apartment only to find out that we still cannot afford to move. We are lucky that we are stuck in a shithole only paying $795. Nothing goes for that any more. The cheapest apartment that is just as shitty as this is going for no less than $1,100/month. So, unless the market decides to drastically change over night, we'll be staying here. Can I handle this for two more years???

The good news: The fella got a brand new car. It's quite sexy, I might add.
The bad news: His old car shit the bed on the way to work last week. It was the day before he picked up his new car. How did the old thing know she was being replaced?
The good news: The damage was not too bad, so we decided to keep her.

The good news: I finally heard from my health insurance, and they decided to pay for all of my doctors visits.
The bad news: It had been almost a month, and the claims are still open.

The good news: I found 8/13 books I need for class used.
The bad news: The grand total of all of my text books is $700+.

The bad news: I just burnt a bag of popcorn in our microwave. It is now dead and the apartment, now finally clear of smoke, smells like a dank movie theatre.
The good news: I avoided burning down the apartment and dying of smoke inhalation.

Over all life is good. I'm trying to see the silver lining to every situation instead of seeing the shitty side of things. Now that the apartment is no longer filled with smoke, I can see the brighter side of continuing to live here. We are saving in the long run and will get out of this state and have an awesome place to live.