October 23rd. That's the last day.

-- The situation. Skip down a bit to the important part below if you need to. --

I had some ups, immediately followed by downs. First I thought my roommate would be able to hold on to our apartment for an extra month, giving me more time to hunt for a job and a new living situation, plus allow me to get in to a better position with my classes to handle a move. Turned out, no, it was too late to do that, because he'd already signed a contract for a new place in this same complex. Apparently this was immutable.

Then he agreed to let me crash on his couch in the new place for a while, for the same reasons. It wasn't ideal, but it definitely would have given me an even greater push to get out ASAP, plus It would have been reasonably stable and easy to handle, and for a few days I felt pretty confident in the immediate future. Today I discovered that he was apparently too drunk at the time to remember the conversation at all, and seems pretty dead against the idea now that he's sober.

So now I'm down to just over a week, with no solutions in sight.

My plan in the "couch crashing" scenario was to put all my stuff except for the essentials in to storage. Clothes, computer, a handful of other things. I have money I can use to pay for the storage space if needed. I've been putting out resumes and job applications, but no responses on anything yet. At this point, if I don't have anything in the pipeline by the 23rd, I'll have no choice but to drive myself back to Texas, with as much of my stuff as I can fit in the car, and mailing the rest to myself before I leave. It's going to really suck, because I'll probably never be able to make my way back to the Seattle area again. Plus I'll be living with my parents again. Plus I'll be on really terrible Internet. That last one is the least of my worries for my immediate future, but considering how much of what I do is Internet based, it's no small thing.

I really, really don't want to go. :(

-- IMPORTANT PART HERE --

So once again I have to ask: If anyone in the Seattle area has room for a friendly, helpful guy in need of a place to stay, I could really use your help. I'm unemployed right now, but I have a food stamps card and a car, and I'm looking for work. I'm just looking for somewhere to sleep and set up my computer, and some bandwidth to use it on. I'm in classes online, so it's pretty important that I stay connected.

Barring that, I could also use some cash to help cover my upcoming expenses, whatever they turn out to be. Gas and postage for large boxes are expensive. I'll happily draw a sketch or two in exchange if you like!

Many, MANY thanks to anyone who can help me.