Frogga, did I read your post correctly? Did you actually get good news for a change!!!!!???? Way to go, Frogga. When I was your age I got my very first place of my own. It was in a nurses dorm for all the gals who worked at the hospital where I was employed. It was just 1 little room with a bathroom down the hall but I thought it was heaven! I'm sure your Mom is worried about you {that is what Moms do} but she'll come around. And, you can take your dog with you!!!! It doesn't get much better than that. I have 2 little ones that make this dread disease so much more tolerable. Hope all works out the way you're wishing for. Take care, jeannie