Decisions, decisions....

 Our housemate has moved into his own place after being here a year, and we are very happy for him, as he worked really hard to get from where he was a year ago to where he is now. 

 This leaves us in a quandary however, do we get another housemate, or do we become really, really poor? My child support, minuscule as it is, runs out next month, and thanks to the rise in the cost of living, and Austin property taxing us into homelessness, we are facing the decision of do we get another housemate, or do we suck it up and pray nothing bad happens? 

 Moving is not an option at this point, we couldn't get another house in town for what he owe on this one, and renting isn't an option due to pets. The main problem is that we do not like sharing our living space. We've had housemates rip us off and trash our house, not to mention bringing strangers into our home at all hours of the night when our son is here. The garage is set up as a small apartment, sans bathroom. To put in a bathroom we would be looking at 10 to possibly as much as 20K because of the nanny state permit process. Even a powder room is 10k+, because there is no water anywhere on that side of the house. 

 We could put in an off grid bathroom, but that takes a certain kind of person to use one. Not as bad as an outhouse, but you definitely have to think ahead more than just turning on a faucet. 

 We've got a couple of weeks before we need to make a decision. So throwing it out there in the hopes the Universe will slap me in the head with a workable solution.