Living Arrangements

So you are getting kicked out of the dorm or the communal apartment. Perhaps your girlfriend is graduating before your slacking ass and there will be no more playing house, as she has a job in another state.

Well, it is probably a sure bet you can say hasta to her or him or whatever…but you are going to need a place to shack up for at least the summer before you either face reality of more school or entering the employed world.

Depending on your furniture, kitchen possessions, bedding, video game system and the size of your plasma…you still need to get priorities straight. Food, water and shelter. If you are in your twenties and in and out of college you should have the groceries and H2O thing taken care of by now. If not…you are not reading this and are dead from starvation. But, death by exposure is not something the typical quarterlifer puts up with. Here are a few suggestions on how to deal with the summer lull until new roomies, new dorm room, new apartment or new girl/boyfriend can provide you with all the things you need between four walls and under one roof.

Two words: College Dumpster. Come May in college area apartment dumpsters there are more goodies than any street bum could ever want. Just recently I took a casual scooter ride around my campus. On one drive by of several apartment complexes, I spied four televisions, twenty-two microwaves, a few computers, a laptop, fine China dishes, grills, chairs, beds, couches, etc. You can totally score here. The Ritchie Rich students, those moving back home with Mom and Dad, or students who just don’t think they want the popcorn stained micro anymore, dump these items by the score. One coed’s trash is another’s salvation.

Even after you have your full. Pawn shops take all sorts of crap. Blenders, monitor screens, old televisions, etc. Hell, collect it all and have a yard sale with stuff that is not even yours. Cold hard cash my friend. And how else to better celebrate your new bedroom suite than a using that cold cash for a cold keg at a graduation party?!