Getting your third apartment

Your first time living away from home last summer with Josh had me a bit nervous. No it wasn't whether you were going to be able to pay the rent, or not. It was how long before you convinced your younger brother that it would be ok to jump off the garage roof, clear the 10 ft. side of the cement pool, and make sure you hit the deep part of the pool. Now that you don't live their anymore and you and Josh are no longer on speaking terms, I can finally consider the possibility that you probably tried to dive in, after jumping off a couple of times after you had been drinking...but enough about that...

Your second apartment this past summer, was very nice. Two full bathrooms, four bedrooms, a balcony...clean and brand new for the most part.... The only thing I could not fully understand (except for the fact that your were lazy and hungry...) is why you decided to spend most of the nights at your mom's house. It could have been the lack of overnight parking spaces and strict nightly parking enforcement (I remember paying at least $120 in parking tickets). It was probably your mom's cooking and the fact that you did not have to pay for it...

Well your third apartment, has overnight parking spaces...limited enforcement of parking during the day and no problems with late night parties ( I heard only one neighbor was ever ticketed for hosting a gathering...)

I want you to know that I could not co-sign any papers, because I am broke and even if I wanted to co-sign I couldn't afford it, if you did not pay... It hurt me not being in a position to do this (most of it my fault of not handling my money well, but the $1,000 month child support did not help...).

But maybe me not helping you is helping you realize (at a much earlier age then I...) that you have to pay your bills regualarly and on time...