Well, first things first, things seem to be going smoothly for him and I lately. His love for Counterstrike has calmed down and he has been making time to call me and talk to me and play other games with me. We recently picked up H1Z1 again and have been playing with friends (his best friend and my best friend). It's been fun, although our best friends are polar opposites (she's very feminist and he's uh... not, and very snarky) and we're not sure how long our little group will last because of those two. But it was nice finally getting to actually interact with a friend of his.

Graduation: I graduated from my first college this past weekend, with honors I might add. It was a little anti-climactic. Only my mom came and 3/4 of the ceremony was the installation of the college's new president and speakers for that occasion. I didn't celebrate or anything. And my birthday is on Friday, and my family does not have any plans to celebrate so I just got a big I owe you on a graduation/birthday/trip/moving gift of $450 o__o that'll certainly help out. I've been budgeting so tightly the past month and a half and I feel like I can let up. Each pay check is immediately drained.

Trip: As for the trip... I am almost saved up and if my parents follow through on this gift then I will pretty much be all saved up. I am at $550 at the moment and I estimated I'd need about $700. And if I use even just half of my gift money then my expenses will be more than covered. My plan is to use the $450 on the trip, still spend as cheaply as possible, and whatever is left will go toward moving (boxes, bubble wrap, shipping, luggage fees). The only issue right now is that my friend's boyfriend recently got himself fired from his job for cracking jokes about an important client. The guys on top heard of it and immediately canned him since he was still in his probation period with the company. My friend is a substitute teacher, so work for her is inconsistent, and school is getting out soon so I've been very concerned about their ability to follow through on the trip since they both will soon be lacking an income (they live together and share expenses). She is confident they can still do it but I just feel like it's potentially unwise of them. I'm guessing they too have all of the money they were saving up previously set aside. I suggested either he get right to searching for another job or apply for unemployment but she just keeps saying stuff like "I think he could really use a break. That job was really stressing him out." But honestly I think these two have been quite lucky in finding jobs up until this point and it's bound to run out. I wouldn't want to go in feeling confident in his ability to quickly land a job as soon as he's ready to return to work. But alas, she babies him because she's so afraid of conflict and turmoil in their relationship, so she does all she can to make him happy.

Apartment: We still haven't landed the apartment we were after. My boyfriend is waiting for his friend to move back into town before they turn in their applications which is making me feel antsy. The apartment is too good to be true. 3 bedrooms, only $1200 a month (3 bedroom apartments are around $1500+) with all utilities minus electricity. It's in a very prime location and it looks really nice.

Only a month and a half until our trip and just over 2 months until I move! I found another large suitcase at the thrift store the other day. 29 inches for $20 and the tags were still on it, so I didn't pass that up. Packing up all of my clothing and necessities should be an easier task now.