Making $8.50 an hour does not cover all of my expenses at all. Living with my girlfriend has helped to pay half of it. What is included in my expenses are rent, gas, car and house insurance, school along with books, internet and phone service and house bills such as water electricity and gas. Although my girlfriend and I pay half of the expenses, the rent increases fifty dollars every year which means I have to work extra hours and on weekends. Since my car is not that new, it consecutive ceases, costing me almost a month of labor. According to where I live, since is prone to flood it raises my house insurance by ninety dollars in hurricane season. Every school semester, classes get harder and tuitions and books acquire high prices. Lastly,
