Reason my rent is so high

Some days, despite all the stress, I can’t help but feel so incredibly lucky.

I sneaked onto my roof to take a photo (I’m not posting that one, in case I have an really brilliant stalker who can pinpoint my location based on it), then skipped down to the beach for a quick walk and to capture some beauty.  Even in June Gloom, evenings can be gorgeous!

Next month is the first month of fully shared rent, since T wasn’t able to get out of his lease (but he’s been subsidizing our rent).  I need to pay $900 on July 1st, so instead of setting aside nearly $725 each paycheck, I have to set aside just $450.  Finally! What a huge improvement for my cash flow!  The extra money is going straight into the wedding fund for now.

If in a year or so we decide we’d like to save more cash, we can move to a less awesome location and probably get our rent down to $1200 or so and still be on the westside in a 1 bdrm.

This weekend I have my final exam for school, then I have a couple weeks off, in which I hope my stress level goes down.  I think we’re (finally) going to plan a hike on Sunday. Good things are in sight!