Today is the day I have to pay my rent. It seems very strange to me to be making a payment on a place I'm not buying. Renting is very foreign to me. I always thought with my house payment that my money was eventually going to get me something that would last, my home. Renting seems like my money is just going out there and not giving me anything permanent. I just have to realize how much better off I am right now and this isn't a permanent situation.