So I just moved across the country for a job. I now make way more than I ever have driving a van and delivering packages for a company named after a famous river in South America. I currently make $16 an hour plus small bonuses for 40 hours a week (I also get paid weekly). This is about $2100~ a month after taxes or around $2400~ after bonuses. I pretty much have no savings do to the high costs of moving. My fixed expenses total to $675 food and travel (I mostly take the bus but sometimes uber if I wake up late.)

I don’t have a vehicle so I take the bus walk to work. Which totals about an hour and fifteen minutes of commuting to get to work 30 minutes early (if I take the next bus I would get to work 30 minutes late.) Driving would cut that down to 20-27 minutes. If I wake up late, I have to uber to work which costs $18-20.) The buses don’t run by three time I get off work but I mostly just catch a ride with someone who gets off at the same time.

I currently rent a room in a house. My land lord and his 11 year old grandson live in the house. I mostly just feel really uncomfortable where I live. It is very very cramped to begin with, and also the place has a really dirty feeling. It doesn’t help that there is a literal child that lives in the house so that makes me feel weird. I do have a girlfriend who lives one town over and neither of us feel comfortable hanging out at my place so we always do so at hers, which doesn’t seem fair. I pay $560 which isn’t too bad but I’m sure I could find an apartment for just a bit more or maybe even a similar price. I moved from a house before so I still have a ton of kitchen stuff all I really need to move furniture wise is a mattress and internet (I don’t watch cable).

I kind of want to pick one of these and get the other one done a month or two later so please give me any advice you could! Thank you so much for reading my long post I really appreciate any help I can get!