Living situation

My last post was vague, but if you know me at all, you know that that post was related to my living situation. I am currently living at home with my mom and my 88 year old relatively immobile grandmother.

I never thought that I would move out right after graduation, nor did I ever think I would want to. I am living here rent free which is amazing. However, once I get paid I will start to give my mom some money to help with the mortgage. I have no debt whatsoever, my parents paid all of my school bills with the assistance of 100% tuition reimbursement from my mom's employer. I don't tell many people this because I feel horrible that they have loans that will cost them $500 a month.

My grandmother isn't doing very well. She has congestive heart failure and other issues. She needs constant monitoring because she is very unsteady on her feet. She has also started speaking almost completely in French. I am picking up French though. I need a lot of help but I have gotten a lot of phrases down.

My grandmother had 10 kids, has 17 grand kids and 27 great-grand kids. One of her sons died in a car accident when he was 16 years old. Otherwise, everyone else is alive and well.

There always people around the house helping my grandmother. My mom rarely leaves the house and even when she is here there are other helpers. During the week she has a nursing aid visit who gets her dressed and clean, then a homemaker comes over and keeps her company and does housework. Every few weeks, my aunts come around and help out too.

It is just too many people around for me. The dog is having a hard time with it too. He gets overwhelmed and gets rambunctious. My grandmother is scared of Jacoby for no reason. It just stresses me out.

I guess the whole point of this post was that I am ready to live on my own. I have a job now so I can start to think about it. I need to save up as much money as I possibly can and I want to buy a house rather than rent. It is basically always on my mind. Hopefully things will work out in my favor, although unlikely, so that I can move out :)