Hopefully your housing you get will be cheaper than you van. $500 is quite a lot. For $500 a month I would probably let a girl move in and borrow my car and maybe even make her some amazing smoothies. lol California is pretty expensive though so you might have to work way more. :(
That reminds me I think I will pick up some cream next time I am at the grocery store. I did make some pretty awesome ice cream with cream and frozen blueberries before. Sounds real good right now but I only have some frozen mixed fruit and no cream.