Location, location

October 28, 2008

My roommate is moving out this weekend and I’m trying to find someone to replace him. I live in a basement suite on the west west/central end and my rent is really cheap. I can’t really afford to pay rent for the whole place by myself so I only have a couple options. I either have to find a roommate to move in; a place to move into or I am going to have to move back into my parents place. I’ve been asking friends if they know anyone who would be interested but so far it hasn’t been promising. I really don’t want to put an ad in the paper for a complete stranger, I’m nervous about living with someone I have no background info on. So if I can’t find someone with some sort of relationship to myself or a friend then I’m going to have to go to my parents. I’ve been trying to weigh the pros and cons so I figured I would make a list here.

I live my place now because the rent is cheap, everything I need is right across the street, and I’m close to my friends and work. Since I’ve been living here my social life has increased just because I can run over to visit friends or go out to events at a moment’s notice. My parents live west of Stony Plain so my social life will take a significant hit if I move back. It’s a huge hassle driving into Edmonton unless I have concrete plans because once I’m there I’m committed to staying for awhile to make it worth the drive. There isn’t a room left for me at my parents anymore either, I would have to stay in my dad’s office; the smallest room in the house. I wouldn’t be able to fit my double be in there or any of my stuff, which means I’d have to pay for storage. My parents have dial-up internet which pretty much means we no internet because it takes too long to do anything to make it worthwhile. I use the internet a lot so it would really suck to go back to dial-up. Of course my privacy goes out the window if I move home too. On the plus side of moving back to Stony is the money I can save. My parents would charge me minor rent so I would be saving money on food and rent and I could put it toward a trip or something. Being in Stony would also be good for my Kung Fu. The kwoon is much closer so I would go to more classes and having not much else to do while living at home I would probably practice more. It would be nice to have the Tri-leisure center at my disposal for the winter too; I would like to use their running track now and then. With the UBBT coming up fast I would like to be situated before I start going hard and being in Edmonton would make some of my UBBT requirements easier.

So basically I have to come to a decision on what I value more. My social life, or saving money and getting ahead. I think my kung Fu shouldn’t be affected too much either way; both locations have their pros and cons. I have until the end of November to find someone.