My life continues as normal. If by "normal," I mean I'm terrified out of my wits, or at least anxiety beyond belief. Most of my problems are ongoing. Still no girlfriend and crappy social life? Meh, I'm used to it. I hate it, but it's not immediate. Job not creative fullfilling? Also true, but not really problematic so much as dispiriting.
My main problems are financial, actually. My roommate was only here for a summer internship. In late August, he went back to school and I'm alone again. That was convenient at first, but now I live in a two-bedroom apartment while only using one bedroom. In other words, my rent just doubled. And I can't afford to pay for this for long.
So my hunt for a roommate continues. I tried Craigslist, but so far all I got were spam from people in other countries, claiming they want to live here but looking for a convenient banking scam. Roommates.com worked for me last May, but so far it's only come up short, and this one costs money for failing. And I'm not quite sure what else is even out there. There are a few other things to try. I'll look at both the apartment complex's own laundry room and the local libraries, and I heard some theories about trying Fermilab's newsletter. But I'm not sure what Plan C is here. And what happens if I can't find it? I have few options, none looking good. I may have to start hunting for single-bedroom apartments, which could take forever and lead to an inconvenient and costly move, and the whole thing still costs more than my normal apartment when I have a roommate. Beyond that, things look even more dire. What'll I do? Find a new job even though I couldn't for years?
You can see I'm nervous here. If anyone actually reads this still, I really could use advice here. Do you have interested people? Are you interested? Do you simply have new ideas to search? Let me know. The place isn't bad here. I'm a nice, quiet roommate, the place is under $500 a month in a nice neighborhood, and nearly the entire place is already furnished. Well, that's about it. I'll write about the short story I'm working on later, but this is really not the right time for me, mentally.
