Losing my place to live in 30 days. The hustle will determine if I’m homeless. 
Divorce on the 3rd.
Thank fsm all my stuff fits in a car, and I have an air mattress.
(I have a solid hustle)
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I hate “liking” things in this thread.
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It’s gonna be great material for my book.
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Is there a college or university near you? See if a professor needs a house sitter while on sabbatical. Especially since the summer term is coming up…lots of academics go away for summer, and that would give you 2-3 months of breathing room to figure out your next step. If you’re really getting the divorce that quickly (I’m shocked, actually, that it’s even possible), then you’ll be able to start over soon, no problem.
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That’s when the agreement on the financials is finalized :D. Then yeah, it will wind it’s way slowly through the legal system.
When my mother got divorced she used free legal counsel from a community college and it took two days. Always wondered if they did it right… 
And the sabbatical angle is brilliant. Houses, pets, plants, I’m the full package. I can take care of anything (not in a Joe Pesci way!)
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Yes, I live near a big university and there are ton of short term sublets on the market right now for the summer as kids and faculty leave for the break. They are listed on craigslist.
I’ve been in this situation of needing a place fast. Another option is an extended stay hotel + storage unit. It’s not the cheapest option but renting a single room may be cheaper than renting a whole house. Feels like crap to live in such a place, too, but it’s a roof over your head.
AirBnB is another place to look.
Sorry that you are going through a divorce. It is an ugly process. I tried using a mediator but had a bad one who refused to touch one particularly problematic issue and therefore we ended up with lawyers and a lot of ugliness. If I had had a good mediator, I think that would have been the best way.
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I am now treating this last year as a super hero origin story. My super power will be that I can See Through Cheese, therefore my superhero name is Cheesy Man. My mild mannered alter ego is known by his college nickname, “Captain Hotpants”.
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At no point did I claim it was a useful superpower.
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I know too many people going from one mental health crisis to the next, but for the first time I know someone in a mental health crisis who becomes violent. I’m used to thinking about whether people I know will kill themselves, but not used to thinking about whether people I know will kill each other.
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So, my wife has told me it’s not the A/C that is defective, it’s me, because the A/C works just fine.
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Had to call the cops on my stepson once (when he was in high school). I remember telling the police, “I’m not sure if I should have done that or not,” and the response was, “If you are so scared your only option is to call the police, you did the right thing.” He was right. They were able to step in when I needed them to and I’m glad.
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isn’t A/C “roll down the windows and drive faster”?
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My father always said that his car was better than those with 360 A/C - it had 460 A/C (“Roll down 4 windows and drive 60”).
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Can you get more information on that?
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Mrs. Roberts was assisting in a heart operation on a 13 year old patient from Afghanistan (the hospital has a program where they fly Afghani children with heart problems over here and operate on them before flying them back). The doctor asked the girl whether she was going back to school when she gets home - nope, she can be married off immediately now the holes in her heart are fixed. Children with heart issues like that are particularly small - apparently she looked about 8.
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Mygod, that’s appalling. Fuck today, indeed.
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My step-daughter is allergic to peanuts, but almond butter is OK.
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Come quick cheesy man theres a prowler in the maturing caves!!!
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I missed out on getting the new Manic Street Preachers signed CD, because I try not to buy anything that isn’t essential when I’m mentally ill.
Yes, I can buy it as an MP3 from Amazon, but it just isn’t the same.
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