Decisions once again

I am seriously considering giving up my little studio apartment and commuting. The change would not occur until next fall, but I need to let the landlady know this week. She will then start showing my apartment to others, something that makes me feel icky because I can imagine other people touching my clothing or toothbrush. Still, it's $500 a month that we can save toward a little house up in Big Rapids, assuming that we decide to go that route. The person I will commute with (Katherine Harris) is also glad to have someone to ride with now that she lives in Grand Rapids. I like her a lot. We always have great conversations.

But I would still miss my little haven. It's kind of nice not to have to go far at the end of a long and tiring day. And it's cozy. It has everything I need, most of the time. It would be nice to have a garage to cover my car, but I don't have a cover for the time it's parked in the school parking lot anyway, so what's a few more hours.

Still, we've spent a lot on our house and plan to spend more, and it's better not to live elsewhere half the week. I like being with my husband and my cat, too. It's just that long drive, twice a day, that really gets to me. If Katherine would do half of it, it would make it easier.

We also may be needing to spend a lot of money to help my older son get his admissions done for graduate school. He's dragging his feet, no doubt because he is so scared that this is once again not an opportunity for success but one for another failure. If I had known how devastated he'd be by the end result of law school (failing the bar twice), I would never have encouraged him to go.

Anyway, back to grading papers.