Which of the following best describes how the author responds to her search for housing? A. She is outraged that nothing fits her needs and ends up going over her budget because she cannot scale her expectations. B. She compromises and easily finds a comfortable, convenient “efficiency,” which goes against her original expectation that finding affordable housing would be difficult. C. She is inconvenienced by the drive from her place to work, but she finds unexpected joy in living in a small community. D. She is shocked not only by the low quality of housing within her means but her dramatic change in social status.