Three Years of Hell to Become the Devil: In other news...

So here's a question: do I need to buy a new bed, or just a new mattress? I woke up with the most outrageous backache today, which I'm choosing to blame on the rather shot mattress on the dorm bed. The way I see it, I've got two choices:
a) buy a new bed, and have the old one taken away.
b) buy a new mattress, and put it on top of the old one.

Problem is, if I were to buy a new bed I'd get a double; the dorm bed is a single. So I don't want to buy a new mattress and find out it's useless if I leave the Malebolge and end up buying a new bed. On the other hand, I'm not sure I want to go to the expense of getting a bed delivered to the Malebolge if I am just going to move it soon. In the meantime, my shoulders are crying out to do something.

This is coupled with one of the more difficult problems I'm finding with finances. My budget for the year doesn't look bad, owing to the fact that my daily outgoing expenses seem manageable (though the beginning of term while I couldn't cook has put a hole in that), but for the term is pretty grim. This is because all the major expenses, like a computer, furniture, moving, etc. occur in the first term, but money is only disbursed in halves.

So in other words, all of my graphs say I'm fine in June, but I go broke in December. Credit cards, here we come....

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My sympathies. I have the same problem, only on a shorter cycle. I wonder why I always have so much month left at the end of my money. Cheers, LRC

Posted by: Len Cleavelin | September 16, 2003 2:36 PM

If you think you might get better housing soon, don't do anything permanent. Have you tried eggcrate foam? It's de riguer (pretend there's italic) for college beds in the states. You might investigate the mattress-cover possibilities at your local linens department or store. A sheepwool cover over a layer of foam might do the trick. Best of luck.

Posted by: improbable | September 20, 2003 10:10 PM

Look on Craigslist.org. In SF there are often free or cheap mattresses, although takers often have to pick them up. I use the barter page a lot, too.

Posted by: Madam Jack | September 22, 2003 4:45 PM