Forgot to Mention

In my last post I forgot to mention the main reason why I have sort of let go of my schedule. My boyfriend and I have started talking about purchasing a house together and it has been overwhelmingly exciting and stressful.

We have a comfortable about saved for a down payment, however I am not working full time and I don`t exactly have any credit, so we decided that he would be making the mortgage payments and my money would go to other things like living expenses until I got a job on paper. Our most forcible driving force for us to get out of our parents houses is our cats. We have two cats that are at my house and stuck in my room all day. When the weather gets better I will be taking Sora back to work with me so he can wander and lose some weight, but muffin will be left alone again. I always feel bad for them when I go out for a couple nights.

Also, my boyfriend is 24 and I am 21, our best friends are recently engaged and are moving into their brand new house in the summer, we are really feeling the pressure to get our lives together. I am still waiting to get an acceptance letter from school and this is making me so anxious. Most of my saved money will be going towards school and my schooling is going to be a minimum for 2 years. We originally wanted to wait until after I was done school before looking at houses, but I dont think we can wait that long. Our plan is to make a purchase around Christmas just to save some money, after doing some research, we found the homes sell for less money around Christmas, people are in the spirit of giving and want to get their homes sold for the new years. Spring is when they tend to be most expensive so for now we are only looking and learning.

Its stressful because I feel very young, and buying a house with someone is a fair sized commitment. Its hard to decide on a location because I don`t know where I will be working. I also sometimes wonder if this is the relationship that I really want to be in.. Im nervous about getting in over my head and not being able to get out of it if I feel the need to.

For now I am just going to focus on saving up and having a good summer before school.