I would think your girlfriend's small apartment would be a better stopgap measure than a highway overpass. But maybe that's just me. :)

Well, I think you should definitely take your time to find the right place. You don't have to rush into it. You can live with Rebecca for little while if you need to. You can put some stuff in storage for a month or two. Maybe, with more time, you'll be able to find the right place and the right roommate.

Shawn stole my idear. I was going to suggest putting your stuff into storage and freeloading off a friend so that you can take your time looking for the right place. You could stay with us, but it would be a very long commute to work every day. :-P

Putting all of my stuff into storage means two enormous and difficult moves in the same summer. I want to pay for movers so I don't have to make my dear friends help me move; I sure don't want to make them help me twice.

It's not that bad, actually; you can get movers to come pack the stuff and haul it away and store it, and then bring it to you somewhere else. The cost difference between that and just having movers move you from one place to another is probably less than a month's rent.

Thankfully I have until the end of July to sort something out. I just feel pressure because of my landlords, but if I accept that I'll be moving, I won't have to worry about them anymore. They are shitty landlords anyway. As for the storage idea, I can't help but see moving twice in a summer and sponging off someone for a few months as MORE stressful, not LESS stressful, than what I'm already dealing with.

I'm not sure when I'm leaving, but if you did the storage plan, I'd be willing to try to recommend you for my place.

I don't want to live on the south side. Thanks for the offer, though.

On a related note, how do you like my new curtains?

putting your stuff into storage is nowhere near the same thing as moving twice. You don't have to unpack and repack.

Putting my stuff in storage and staying with someone for a couple months is about the most stressful thing I can imagine right now. I've done it before, and it was horrible. I felt like a transient; I felt like a huge sponge even though I was invited to stay there. I'd do it as a last resort, but it would be emotional hell. My emotional state is really affected by my living arrangements, which is why this situation is stressing me out more than it might some people. Some people can move two or three times in a year. Some people can go couch-hopping for a summer. I am not one of those people. I need stability or I turn into a basket case. I guess this is hard to understand for people who don't feel the same way.

I am not that way, but I understand. It makes a lot of sense. My sister Bonnie is the same way. Stability is a calming factor, especially for someone who stresses easily. Her roommate is moving this summer, and she is moving back in with my mom because it is easier for her to do that than to go through the stress of making other arrangements. She could live with a friend for awhile or something, but the lack of stability would drive her nuts. Living with mom is "stable," as there would be no time limit for making other arrangements. It is a little different than living on a friend's couch with your stuff in storage. Obviously her situation is different, but it is kind of run on the same notion of stress and stability.

And I definitely can relate to the agony of moving! We're sticking it out for another year with an idiot landlord for that same reason. Moving every year is just too much of a pain in the ass. Calling him about fixing our oven every day for three weeks is easier. Hopefully next year we can negate the whole problem by buying a house.

I saw some homeless people camping in the park near Lawrence this morning. They looked like a fun bunch. Something to consider, perhaps.

In all seriousness, I'm sorry everything is so shittily stressful. I'd bunk with Rebecca till you figure things out, if July comes and you're still stuck.

I think if you have until July that that's plenty of time to find a place. You won't have to move twice. You've got two months, which is plenty of time. Also, Dee's friend Al came into town. And he dropped off a little present to relax us. :)

Mike, duuuuh. They've got lots of open cubicles at the Press, right? Why not rent one out?

Have you posted on Craigslist yet? I found a roomie that way... very effective.