We decided to stay another year at our current apartment. The benefits are that we a) don’t have to move and deal with all the stress and money around that, b) we’ll be saving a lot of money since wherever we ended up moving would have cost a lot more than what we’re paying now, and c) I don’t have to hear my mother whining at me for living a wasteful, extravagant life.

I was kind of happy about staying, mainly because of the savings part and my lazy attitude around moving, but then the laundry dryer downstairs still isn’t working. So I spent the evening two nights ago hanging all our half-wet clothes literally all over the apartment and feeling irritated. Our apartment, already small, was clutter central.

But at least we’re saving a lot, right?