Well... next semester I'll have 1500 USD coming in... most of that will go towards my trip to Sweden after Christmas. Going there for 3 weeks to visit the bf and his family and my friends there. I got a good deal on the tickets which I bought yesterday. Leaving the 29th of December, returning the 19th of January. I love having a 5 week Christmas break! Tickets were 800 USD. That leaves me 700 USD to spend there or save. Hopefully I won't spend that much, but I'll spend at least 150 on visiting his parents and other transport costs with the airport. Anything I save can go into my saving for Sweden account.
I'll also have a job for probably 15-20 hours a week next semester. If I work for 15 weeks, 20 hours a week, at the minimum wage of 7 dollars an hour (assuming I don't get a raise, and assuming that my internship hires me on) I'll have 2,100 USD total for the semester before taxes.
That'd be REALLY nice. Right now I'm not allowed to save the monthly money I get. No skimping on food for Sweden were my exact orders. Feb, Mar, April, May... 800 from that 2100 leaves me with 1300 before taxes. So I can assume I'll earn 1000 USD next semester... that won't be enough even with my savings to get me through until Christmas.
I might end up not moving to Sweden until the end of the summer, and work at the internship for 20 hours a week as long as I have my apartment. The sad thing is I think I would save more money by moving back home and NOT having a job than having to continue paying rent here...
I don't want to take money from my parents for living abroad, especially since I probably won't be attending school for the first year there, but that is another post.
I'm not really sure how I can manage this, but all I can do is try my hardest to hopefully make ends meet!
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