FML

[chocolatepot]

First showing of the house was today. Dad was all snippy to me because he handles anxiety badly, and I stormed off to Mom's so I could have something to eat and watch Arrested Development (oh man it is so awesome watching it with someone who's never seen it before). It's just so hard taking how he swings between unsupportive/insensitive/unfriendly and caring/helpful/kind.

I need to find a new place (and I'd much rather do it before I'm actually forced out by the sale), but I'm just caught in this stupid trap. None of the jobs I apply to even contact me! What am I supposed to do? Leave my job to move, commute about an hour to and from work every day (for $67, after taxes), or try to make a home in Saratoga, not that I can probably find anywhere affordable at the height of track season? None of these choices make any sense! I did find a few appropriate museum jobs to apply to that I'm now getting keyed up over, so I may retreat back to my fantasy world where I move to SC or New York or wherever.

Considering doing a giveaway of a pair of my ruffles for my 500th post. I'd really like to get them out there and get reactions on how they work out.

Haven't gotten any sewing done lately because of trying to clean the house/keep the house clean, and stress. This weekend is going to be a sewapalooza, though. Need to do a lot of finishing and fastenings.

Comments

[lliira]

Can you find a roommate? Go in with others to rent a house? I don't know what it's like in Saratoga, is it a place where those things aren't common?

[chocolatepot]

The thing about Saratoga is that a lot of places are aimed at students (Skidmore is the town college) and track-goers - they'll post ads for apartments open to a September-May lodger for reasonable rates, and add that it's also open in the summer for much more (but they really want a different lodger for the summer). Right now, when I look, they're just listing ones that are priced much higher than they're worth. It's just an expensive/difficult place to live year-round - I should probably look in Ballston Spa or Gansevoort, where the people who work with me live, but that still ties into the real problem with moving to the area: I don't want to sign a lease there. I'm still applying for jobs in Albany, and as much as I don't want to drive from there to Saratoga every day, at least that'd be the opposite of the rush hour traffic. If I had to stay in Saratoga for X months (until the lease ran out) while working in Albany ... I don't get stressed from driving quite as much as some people I know, but that would do it. It's horrendous.

[lliira]

Ugh, that sounds like a really stressful situation. And yeah, I've never driven in the area, but I can imagine how bad it would be.