Am I Stupid?

Looking at my numbers this morning it became painfully clear that living in my new place–which I don’t even like very much–is costing me very close to a thousand dollars each month more than my old apartment. When I signed the lease I hadn’t even considered expenses like paying for water, garbage, household repairs, and liquor for my housemate’s friends (I don’t drink the stuff myself). Add on to that increasing my old basic rent almost 250% and yeah, that’s nearly a thousand bucks each and every month.

Multiply that out over six months and that could basically erase my tax difficulties. Or buy me a nice motorcycle. Or provide me some security by sitting in a savings account.

Sure, I was in an unsafe neighborhood before, but six grand would pay for a few trips to the emergency room, right?