eventually homeless
It appears that my apartment complex has realized what a relative deal living here offers. They have raised the monthly rental rates by nearly a hundred dollars. Should I care to renew my lease now, only six months in, they will shave fifty dollars off of that final rate. I guess it is time to start looking for a new home, which is kind of a shame because I have come to like it here. Possibly more important to consider is the thought that my master's funding will last at most one more year - by which point I should be done and ready to move on to a doctoral program - and probably somewhere far far away from here.