As I have been preparing for the CDT, I have been thinking about how lucky I am to be doing this - I think. As of late, I am trying to evict my roommate, who has not paid his rent or utility bills for the last two months. So, I have had to absorb these costs, because he is a freeloader and a deadbeat. I am in the process here in San Francisco of having him evicted, which may take another week or two!
My roommate could destroy my goal of hiking the CDT. I have been setting money aside to do this hike, but I had to use it all up to pay his rent for last month. Tomorrow, rent is due, but since I have a family who is caring, I will be able to afford the rent for this month. I hope I can recover my losses by getting someone to move in here in the middle of the month. I guess I will see what happens. That said, because of the losses, I may not have enough to do the trail.
I have been working in Palo Alto on the weekends to earn some extra cash. I will have to be very disciplined about depositing my money in the bank, so that I can build up may savings again. Anyway, if I can get enough collected together by May, I figure that I will be lucky to hike the trail.
