I'm in a bit of a predicament.
I picked a college that was pretty far away from my house, and Bob's just about fallen through on our big plans to move out right before first semester...

So I have a few options, here.
I can:

1.
Save up my money first year and live at home.
Bob and I will have hour-long car rides together every morning to get there... Waste two hours in a car every day.
My mom will distract me from my studies and make sure I have no social life. Both would suffer tremendously.

2.
Get a dorm.
That means taking out a bit more for loans so I can pay for it and be comfortable; Bob will pay 200 a month because he feels bad for abandoning me on our initial plan.
BUT I won't have to worry about Bob getting up on time to drive me anywhere; I'll just walk to classes. I don't have to worry about Bob being sick one day and not being able to drive me. I don't have to worry about his car randomly breaking down...
I'll have two extra hours a day that wouldn't be spent driving.
I can get a job around there and KNOW I'll make it there on time because I won't be relying on someone else for a ride there.
I'll get the whole 'college experience'. Apparently, it's fun.
I'll be away from my mother, and I will be MUCH happier for it, I know.
BUT what would Bob do? Bob will still live all the way up here and I'll have no way to get to him if I had to...

3.
Get an apartment with Bob halfway through the year.
I'd be driven to/from classes every day by Bob for the first semester; about 2 hours of driving a day.
I'd have to transfer job locations because of lack of time to go job hunting.
I'd escape my mother at a time when she's not expecting it and therefore things might be more dramatic.
BUT we don't even know if there will be places available around that time. It'll be winter.

I'm completely on the fence about all this.
Everything has its pros and cons...