What would you do with $20,000?

[platedlizard]

This isn't a 'what would you do if you won the lottery' type question. I actually deposited the money in my account this morning. Twenty Thousand US Dollars. Part of my share of Grandma's estate. There's going to be a similar check at the end of this year, and a couple more Big Checks next year as well. More money then I have ever had. I would prefer to have my grandma, of course, but the money is suuure nice.

I have no fucking clue what to do with it.

I'm going to pay off my credit card, of course, but unlike a lot of people my credit card bill isn't spiraling out of control (at least, not anymore). I'm going to move out to a nice appartment that allows pets (a necessity, I have nine birds, a hamster, two lizards, a 55 gallon planted freshwater fishtank, with an iquana possibly on the way. Also, I want a dog). I want a new wardrobe and computer, iPod, etc, but all of that won't cost me more then five or six thousand, and that's if I go all out. I have a fairly good car that's paid off. I just bought a nice cage for the cockatiels.

That's all, though.

One option is go back to school. Or get certified as a dog trainer with a nationally recognized program (which costs a couple thousand dollars). I kinda want to go to Moorpark Animal Training College but the housing prices there are incredible (seriously, $700/month for a studio!) and I think I would blow through even that amount of cash there pretty quick.

Any ideas?

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[platedlizard.livejournal.com]

The car I have it pretty good, so I don't want to trade it in. At least part of it is going into a retirement account definitely. With my genes I WILL live to be at least 80, probably longer. I think I'll get my certification at a dog trainer, I'm 'PetSmart certified', but that doesn't mean anything outside of PetSmart. Then maybe I'll go back to college. I quite because I wasn't taking it seriously enough and wasting money going.