A day in the life of a poor college kid.

Last week BMB called me and said "Mom I met the cops today." dead.silence.
He chuckled "no not THAT way"……well you never know with him…..he does have a warrant out for his arrest since he "forgot" to pay his traffic ticket.

Anyway, that’s another story.

What he really meant was that the cops stopped by the house that he is fixing up. They wanted to meet the new "tenants". For a little background - You see he is a freshman in college and ran across this "great deal" for a rent house. All he had to do was help fix it up and he wouldn’t have to pay a deposit and the rent is only $300. a month. With three guys living there that makes his part $100.. He is a bit of a tightwad….okay maybe more than a bit.

Well, there is a reason for the rent being so low, a few of the biggest reasons would be, no heating and a/c and as the cops put it, "ya’ll are really brave to move into this neighborhood". Great. This is my baby….my headstrong, stubborn, independent baby.

BG and I went this weekend to check things out. It's really not that bad...at least not as bad as I had imagined it. Yeah the neighborhood is kinda run down but it is one of those neighborhoods that is getting cleaned up. The house has beautiful hardwood floors and a beautiful yard with HUGE Pecan trees that totally shade his house. The house.....well it needs some work and , well, I think I will leave it at that. BMB and his bud that is moving into one of the rooms just had to stay there Sunday night and they were a bit cold, they had a small space heater and an electric blanket a piece...Oh, well, they are young.

And to think he moved out of the nicest dorm on campus - private bedroom, only shared his common area and bathroom with one roommate that was never there, three squares a day, plus snacks, covered parking….you get the picture.

I'll post pics later