Apartment Hunting

So this week's activity of choice?

Searching for somewhere to live.

I did the math (I know, me doing math...crazy!) and I've realized that I'm paying $1876.50 per month for NYU housing and ~5 meals per week. I know I'm living in an incredible area of Manhattan, but that's just ridiculous.

So, I've been perusing Craigslist ads for the past few days, trying to figure out if I can find somewhere to live, starting around the first weekend in May.

I've sent out a TON of emails (most of them tonight) about coming to see places, and I'm planning to do a lot of visiting this weekend and next week.

Here's hoping that I find something! I really want to stay in the city this summer, and I also really want to avoid paying ridiculously high prices to NYU.

I'll probably end up living somewhere in Harlem, but that's okay. I can live pretty much anywhere, so long as it's a little bit of personal space that I can come home to at night.

Also, this will take the whole "broke college student" thing to a whole new level for me, but it's okay. I can live my life on Ramen and no new clothes.

And if you've got any leads on cheap housing in NYC, let me know!