Mom's kicking me out...

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...In eleven weeks. After I finish my dental assistant training, I'm getting kicked out and I'm moving to Florida.

Here's what happened. I've been stressed out all day (my computer's giving me *tons* of problems, I'm stuffed up and not feeling good, my bf and I got into another fight, and Mom's just being rude), so of course I'm not in the greatest mood ever. Well, things quickly got worse, espeically when my mom started trying to film me all upset. I flipped out and we got into a huge fight, both physical and with words. This is definitely not the first time this has happened, but it was exceptionally bad today. My dog even bit me in the leg (which ended up swelling, and my cat bit me in the face, less than a centimeter away from my eye.

Mom said as soon as my dental assistant program is done, I'm out of here and I need to find a job in Florida and a place to stay there. She's giving me money to get down there and to find a place to stay for a little while. The reason I'm choosing Florida is because I want to live there more than anything. If I stayed here, I think it would be one bad situation after another. I really need to get out of Indiana.

To me, this is just like starting at a new school. I'm a little bit nervous, but I'm excited more than anything. I've been waiting to get to this point of my life and I'm honestly looking forward to it. I think just getting down there will be the hardest part, especially since Tampa is 988 miles away and I've only been on the freeway to get to the north side of town about maybe twenty times. I've never gone anywhere else on it and I've never even pumped gas for my car (which I really should start learning how to do now that the weather's getting really nice out).

As for housing, I'm strongly considering starting off with renting a townhouse. I've always vowed never to live in an apartment (if the apartments down there are anything like the ones here, I'll be quickly shot or there will be an apartment fire every week). I already have a lot of what I need now, so I won't have to make any other major purchases. I have electronics, a bedroom suite, a car, and everything already. I can always wait on finding other furniture for a bit or get something at cheap at Value City Furniture or something.

So like I said, I'm more excited than nervous. Sure, I definitely wish none of this had ever happened, but I'm glad to finally be starting off with my adult life.

That sux but at least your mother is helping you move down there by giving you money. The worst thing that your mother could have done was kick you out in the streets but because she loves you, she is giving you money so you have a roof over your head.

God I wish I could live on my own...
its a cool thing

Lucky! My mom is only kicking out my sister. Maybe if I got drunk or high more and brought home strange people, she'd kick me out too.

I think that's great advice, Learning2Survive. The way the economy is now, I would hate to be looking for a job. It would be better to find a job locally, or if necessary through long-distance jobhunting on the computer, and then move after the job is settled, IMO.

Good luck to you, OP, on your adventure!

I think that's great advice, Learning2Survive. The way the economy is now, I would hate to be looking for a job.

OP-

It would be better to find a job locally and move after the economy straightens out, or if necessary jobhunt long-distance on the computer, and then move after the job is settled, IMO.

Good luck to you on your adventure!

Wow. Dental assistant, excellent choice. I was obsessed with dentistry a few years ago...the job didn't suit my personality though. But I say good luck to you! I hope Florida works out. You are very brave to be traveling so far. Who knows, maybe you will see a few flamingos along the way.

If you're serious about moving to Florida, start getting resumes out now. With the economy being the way it is, you'll probably be glad you did. Also, start getting an idea of what cost of living is down there. Surely there are some WP members in Florida who could give you an idea of what you can expect to pay for things.

One thing about this whole situation, though that strikes me as odd...why was your mother trying to film you?

I've looked up dental assisting jobs in Tampa and they seem to have a good amount there. So that shouldn't be a problem. I just need to get liscensed in the state of Florida first, since what I'm doing now just makes me registered in Indiana. So I'll have to make some phone calls about that. I also need to start looking up places I can rent. I know there's a lot of stuff available down there right now, and from the looks of it, Tampa looks very cheap- extremely similar to Indiana.

Some parts of Tampa are cheap, others are quite expensive.

you could live in a motel for the first month or two. that way if the job is canceled, you can move back.

if you sign a rent lease, you will have to keep paying for the apartment for the whole year. there are month to month leases too, but they can be hard to find.