she grumbled all the cuss words after hanging up; she was at least polite when she actually spoke to him.

Oh, that's much less bad....

Hey! It's the weekend, even though I've only been in the office for two days!

I like that.

Why oh why do I do this to myself?

Ever since, a few weeks ago, I put myself on a Five Year Plan to buy my own place, I've been spending my Friday lunchbreak househunting online. It's not like I'll have the money any time soon, nor that any of these places will be available when I do have the money, but I'm still doing this. And I think this is the kind of place I'd like to live in--3BR, 1.5BA, corner unit, with decent sized rooms and not too high taxes for the neighborhood.

And then I get down about not being able to move there RIGHT NOW!! and have to content myself with my one bedroom apartment. Sigh.

I have packed two boxes of books and offloaded another box worth. My bookcase is finished. Next comes packing up the desk and file cabinet. But first comes lunch I think.

Living in a one bedroom apartment is what will get you to where you want to be

You're right--I have to keep telling myself that!

Living frugally, and working two jobs, will take me where I want to be. I think I'll print that out and post it at my cubicle here and on my fridge at home. Along with a printout of that place as my dream house for my goal.

You're right--I have to keep telling myself that!

I lived in a one bedroom apartment with one air conditioner, no disposal,no dishwasher, occasional roaches, and crappy water pressure for 6 years. Doing so enabled me to save for my down payment. It's worth it, trust me. It'll happen.

And on the flip side, I'm living in a one-bedroom apartment with one air conditioner, no disposal, no dishwasher, and more than occasional roaches, and not even saving for a down payment. So. At least I'm making my student loan payments!

I just wish you weren't accidentally stuck in her maturation process like the chocolate in some random stranger's peanut butter.

This is beautiful.

I think what's frustrating me so much is that, whereas I've been renting since I moved out of Mom's for the second time 15 years ago and will be renting for another 5 (at least), my sister and BIL are moving into a rented house this weekend only because they didn't find a house they wanted to buy right now but will probably be buying within the year, and my brother and SIL will have both of their houses paid for by the time they retire in a few years (when they will both still be under 55 years old).

I just feel like such a loser failure because I keep comparing myself to both of my siblings and I shouldn't. I'm not them, I made my own choices for what career path to take (not a high income one) and what expenses to have (saving for my own place has not been high on my list until recently), so I should stop whining.

There. I'm done. Ignore me, or better yet, if I start with this pity party again, tell me to suck it up and deal, because I'm in a lot better financial shape than most people my age and I should remember that.

I just feel like such a loser failure because I keep comparing myself to both of my siblings and I shouldn't. I'm not them, I made my own choices for what career path to take (not a high income one) and what expenses to have (saving for my own place has not been high on my list until recently), so I should stop whining.

Meh. You can still whine! But yeah, comparing yourself to your siblings is a bad bet.