I am waiting for my job teaching English abroad to begin in October, and to be honest, I don't foresee myself returning home ever, certainly not to live with my parents. I wouldn't go back to the States unless I find a nice girl and a nice job or something in the long run, but whatever fate has in store for me will take care of itself. So I'm not concerned about the future, at least not entirely, so much as I am the present.

The problem is, while I'm waiting there's simply no work in my home city that's above 10 an hour, and most of it I would hate. I utterly despise the idea of taking on a retail/stupid job for not a lot of money that I KNOW I'm going to hate because I've done it before.

So I'm essentially killing time until October starts, much to my parents dismay and to my boredom. I try to keep myself occupied by reading/whatever else, but I know I'm in a mental box and I want to get the heck out of this dead end town. I dream to travel, but I have little money. Any ideas?