Also, if you plan to run your current car into the ground, be prepared to deal with it quitting on you at the most inconvenient time (like when you've used the money in your savings for something else you need). Your decision will depend on your level of proactiveness.

That is really my problem is that I have no proactiveness during the school year because I work about 100 hours a week. So now the school year has ended and I am seized with a desire to fix it now. Of course, since I am working less I have no money.

Start researching now, to get an idea of what is out there and what you are looking for. That way if it does up and die at the worst time ever, you've got a plan already sketched out.

I would just add, that I would suggest only buying a used car if buying is teh way you need to go. brand new cars are just not the way to go on a budget.

also? NO BIG SPENDING just cause you have time.

also also? 100/week. that makes me sad. you deserve a better job(s).

NO BIG SPENDING just cause you have time.

This is too funny!

I really actually need to quit the theatre now, but I need the money. And I am only supposed to work about 20 hours a week at the theatre , but the theatre actually averages more like 50, when I count in the weekends, lunch hours, and the period of time when I actually work 20 hours a day for 7 days straight! Of course, I could make the same amount of money working at JC Penney part-time, and it would be a lot less stressful! Also, while I work at the theatre, I can be a person who works as a secretary to support my passion...

do you need the money more than the time? Could you make more money for teh time at another job?

Your passion may be killing you. ijs. and if you had more time, could you sew for yourself? or is sewing not the passion, it is specifically sewing for theater?

I wish I didn't but I actually can't both eat and pay my bills without the $400/month I make at the theatre (they actually pay me much more, but there is a weird 60% tax thing).

And, my secret is that I HATE sewing. Well, hate is a strong word, but I sew for the end product-- I don't really find any enjoyment at all in the act of sewing. I love the theatre and costumes and what they can do for a show and-- I specifically love my students and the fun we have when I am there. I don't really have a passion for this particular theatre right now, because it doesn't really believe in the same things I do

Also:

this [link] was on the baaaaaaaaby animals livejournal, and it is seriously adorable!

Sophia, I would seriously look at getting a job that paid as much or more for the same amount of time or less. Bonus if it was a job that gave you a discount on anything you need to buy on a regular.

Or any chance you could get a new job at the uni that would be a pay jump and cover that extra $400/month?

Sorry if I am being a bug, I am sitting here just killing time today. More time than sense.

Sorry if I am being a bug, I am sitting here just killing time today. More time than sense.

No bother-- I sort of like talking it out. I would need to make $1 more per hour, but my next move up would make me salaried (yes at less than $30K, so I might be looking at more time!). I like my job, but there are no merit raises at this department, only the standard 2%, which means I will get a 25 cent raise this June-- so in 4 years I will make $400 more a month!. But I like my job and have been here less than a year, and these people are quite sane. There is talk that if my boss and I clear $1.4 million next year, they might raise me up a level to "administrative assistant"

What would be the smart thing to do is to try and get a comparable job at another college in town, and then cash out my retirement to pay off my credit cards. It is the $%^#&! credit cards causing the whoole money crunch thing. Otherwise, I could live quite comfortably on what I make.

• **Public Service Announcement to the youngsters here****

Do not use credit cards. Do not use them to pay for your books in college, take out another college loan. Do not use them to pay for car emegancies so you don't have to tell your mother. Do not use them to pay your living expenses when you only make $10,000 a year and don't want to move back home. Do not use them to pay off other people's debt!!! Most importantly, do not use them to fund theatre productions so that your costumes look the way you want on a $100 budget

Announcement: I am physically incapable of not singing along to "Jack and Diane" when it comes on the radio.

Analysis: I am a total dork.