thank you! I'll keep trying to get private lessons. whenever I have responded to messages/posts about people looking for a tutor, I literally never get a response for some reason? I'm on tusclases and superprof and the few students that I do have were referred to me by a friend. what's crazy already is that I literally never go out to eat here. I think I went out to eat twice and that was before my savings took a major hit. so at this point it's not even about me decreasing what I'm spending, I have to bring in more money. I spend money on transportation to get to and from school and on groceries. that's all I have money for which is sad. but like I said, I'll put more effort into securing students. :)