I just looked at a *CHEAP* studio apartment and I LIKE IT! I have almost nothing for furniture anyway, so the size would be right. The first two months would be extremely hard financially because I still have to catch up on a couple bills that I am behind on--car insurance and electric from my previous apartment. And there is NO way that ComEd is going to give me electricity again without payment. Getting this apartment requires a $35 credit check though, and with my situation it won't be good. I think my only hope would be to tell her that I am homeless, but have my life under control now, and if she would please consider me as I am. I would also need one-months rent as a security deposit. My last apartment I only had a for a few months because I was laid off a few weeks after I moved there. It was difficult finding the guy to even give him the rent, and the last month I was there I didn't have money to pay him so I lost my security deposit as that was used for the rent then. I would also have a 6-month lease. It's better than a 12-month right now, I think, but I would prefer the month-to-month method. I playing with so many numbers right now, it's almost hard to think. That's another reason why I came online, to "relax" from the excitement. I don't know for sure yet how I could do this, but after the first two months it should be okay. Still thinking. It's such a big step, and an expensive one--plus the credit check thing.