I'm so at ease

This whole housing situation has had me extremely stressed out. Let me explain how it's all going down thus far. Right now I'm staying with a family that housed SPAWN's summer intern. They're a nice bunch and the kids are hardly here - it's like the Brady Bunch so they're often at the other parents'. I'll be here another week, then I'm house-/cat-sitting until near the end of October.

After that, another story. I've been having sleepless nights, lying awake worrying about it and just going over my expenses and costs in my head over and over. I've looked at a number of possibilities, but my AmeriCorps stipend is really, really low. And it seems like everything is just too high.

But the family I'm living with now has decided that they can take me on for really low rent - basically get a tax-deduction because it would be considered a donation to SPAWN. They'll even let me use a twin bed. I can sleep again!