as of today, my income is $1215 and my expenses are $970. so, i have $245/month spending money. that made it easy to get to detroit and have fun, and also made it easy to save money - that will be $750 saved by just staying in this summer. but, i never budgeted for discretionary income anywhere near that high. if i can somehow move laterally and actually find something acceptable for $700 in the next six weeks, i could find myself saving over $1000 this winter - which means i'm likely to have a fun spring, but is far more than i'd think is even reasonable, given that i'm on disability.

keep in mind that rents in toronto are far higher, so the answer isn't to slash odsp - it's just to realize that if i don't spend the money on rent, i'm not likely to spend it at all, or likely to spend it on beer and popcorn. i'd rather spend it on rent!

the market has opened up a lot in the last week. so, hopefully, i can find the kind of landlord i'm looking for, soon.

and, if i can find something for the $650 i signed up for initially? at $1230, i'd have $310 worth of spending money. a month.

if this works out, it will have been worth it...