Very exciting news. I had a payment from the EU yesterday which alleviated my immediate finance related panicking. Actually if I’m honest I have no real idea where the money comes from. I’m in Belgium for the year studying and as part of this I get a grant from an European Commission program called Erasmus. That’s all well and good but someone has to pay for the Erasmus grant. Furthermore, certain Universities in the UK get differing amounts, while different countries also allocate varying amounts to the funding of students taking years abroad. My Spanish housemate studying at a private university receives approximately one quarter of what I do. My Italian housemate has essentially the same allocation as I do. I don’t understand it.

The money actually comes from the bank account of my University’s Study Abroad department. It doesn’t actually matter to me where the money comes from, but it would be interesting to know how the cash flows and where it’s coming from.
Anyway, it’s lifted my bank account from being over my overdraft, to just slightly in the positive. I need to remind myself that I have almost a thousand euros tied up in a rent guarantee which I’ll get back that the end of the year. So in theory I should feel richer than I do. I don’t feel rich at all, that’s how rich I feel!

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