Move Savannah to Columbus, OH
Donation protected
Hey folks! I’m Savannah, and I’m a disabled queer polyamorous femme. For the past year and 8 months, I’ve had to live with my parents again. Most of that time has been okay, but the last several months has been tougher, and is negatively impacting my relationship with my parents as well as significantly impacting my mental health. Thankfully, one of my boyfriends- Greg- and I have decided to move in together. Yay! Timotheus is thrilled for us, I’m thrilled, and my mother is happy and relieved.
Greg is located in Columbus, OH. This means I’ll meed to relocate 4 hours- not as far as I would if I were moving to Chicago, but still a significant distance to move. Additionally, while we can afford monthly expenses, moving into a place involves a deposit. Thanks to several generous friends over my birthday, we’ve raised most of the last-months-rent portion-$500- over my birthday week.
However, our budget per month is $600-$750 ish for rent, so we need to finish that portion. While Greg would be covering rent and paying that, and I pay for utilities and household stuff, it would help a LOT if a significant portion of the first months rent was covered too. (Greg works one full time and one part time job.) Plus I have to rent a Uhaul or similar to transport the household supplies I have in storage. If there’s enough money left over after all of that and processing fees, we’d like to bring my cat, which will require a pet deposit.
The ABSOLUTE minimum to move me out there is for This to raise $300. It would mean having to continue to pay for the storage unit my household goods are in until we could afford to transport what doesn’t fit in my truck, not having any wiggle room on expenses around moving and turning on utilities, and leaving my cat behind. It might even mean scrambling for a couple months to make sure everything happens when it has to.
A uhaul is $200-$300 for the size we need, plus gas for it and for my own truck to come down- at minimum my truck will need gas for two trips to Columbus and one trip from Columbus to Pennsylvania. I know that each way for my truck is a tank of gas, but what gas prices will be at the end of the month is unpredictable, and I have no idea how much gas will cost for the uhaul.
Pet deposits seem to run in the $250 range for most places. I’m not sure how much changing my truck registration to Ohio, getting utilities turned on, etc will cost.
Of course if we raise too much, Vegas! KIDDING, KIDDING. Any excess not used in the moving adventure will go towards my fundraising for the next adventure in life I’m planning- Doula training.
Columbus is a beautiful but relaxed city, with lots of opportunities for people like me to find community and build a life. With your help, I hope we can make it happen.
Greg is located in Columbus, OH. This means I’ll meed to relocate 4 hours- not as far as I would if I were moving to Chicago, but still a significant distance to move. Additionally, while we can afford monthly expenses, moving into a place involves a deposit. Thanks to several generous friends over my birthday, we’ve raised most of the last-months-rent portion-$500- over my birthday week.
However, our budget per month is $600-$750 ish for rent, so we need to finish that portion. While Greg would be covering rent and paying that, and I pay for utilities and household stuff, it would help a LOT if a significant portion of the first months rent was covered too. (Greg works one full time and one part time job.) Plus I have to rent a Uhaul or similar to transport the household supplies I have in storage. If there’s enough money left over after all of that and processing fees, we’d like to bring my cat, which will require a pet deposit.
The ABSOLUTE minimum to move me out there is for This to raise $300. It would mean having to continue to pay for the storage unit my household goods are in until we could afford to transport what doesn’t fit in my truck, not having any wiggle room on expenses around moving and turning on utilities, and leaving my cat behind. It might even mean scrambling for a couple months to make sure everything happens when it has to.
A uhaul is $200-$300 for the size we need, plus gas for it and for my own truck to come down- at minimum my truck will need gas for two trips to Columbus and one trip from Columbus to Pennsylvania. I know that each way for my truck is a tank of gas, but what gas prices will be at the end of the month is unpredictable, and I have no idea how much gas will cost for the uhaul.
Pet deposits seem to run in the $250 range for most places. I’m not sure how much changing my truck registration to Ohio, getting utilities turned on, etc will cost.
Of course if we raise too much, Vegas! KIDDING, KIDDING. Any excess not used in the moving adventure will go towards my fundraising for the next adventure in life I’m planning- Doula training.
Columbus is a beautiful but relaxed city, with lots of opportunities for people like me to find community and build a life. With your help, I hope we can make it happen.
Organizer
Savannah Nicole Logsdon-Breakstone
Organizer
Rockland, PA