I have a double to myself. My roommate transferred last semester, and I was supposed to get a new roommate this semester, but when I called him, it turned out he was "unable to attend" this semester.
Having my own place has been awesome. I've had my friend sleep over these last two weekends, I've piled the two mattresses on top of each other to make myself feel bigger, I moved my TV and PS2 to the other side of the room by the window where I can watch and play them on my two-mattress bed, I've more or less monopolized the walls and bulletin board with posters and junk, I use the other closest as a pantry and a place for my guitar - which I can practice with much more freely now - I play music on my speakers all the time now, as opposed to having to live under my headphones, and best of all, I am pantless pretty much all the time.
Today, after waking up in my underwear from a Chinese food and Mr. Show induced nap, I checked my email.
To which I replied,
I can't let this happen! This room to myself was the best thing to happen to me in the this damn school! What kind of shmuck changes residences in the middle of the semester, let alone changing from the bigger, modernized dorm with the one dining hall to this distant, crumbling converted apartment? This dorm is in a nice part of town, but isn't even that great - it's the farthest building from the rest of the campus, it's cold and drafty unless you tape the sides of the windows like I have, the floors are tile and can get really grimy, you're not allowed to have refrigerators so you need to share one with the other seventy people in the building, and my room in particular sucks, because it's right next to the check-in office and the front door, so I can almost always hear someone talking, or the door slamming, even when I'm trying to sleep. The only good part is that is was ALL MINE!
So... when this guy comes to check out the room, what can I do to discourage him from moving in?
Having my own place has been awesome. I've had my friend sleep over these last two weekends, I've piled the two mattresses on top of each other to make myself feel bigger, I moved my TV and PS2 to the other side of the room by the window where I can watch and play them on my two-mattress bed, I've more or less monopolized the walls and bulletin board with posters and junk, I use the other closest as a pantry and a place for my guitar - which I can practice with much more freely now - I play music on my speakers all the time now, as opposed to having to live under my headphones, and best of all, I am pantless pretty much all the time.
Today, after waking up in my underwear from a Chinese food and Mr. Show induced nap, I checked my email.
Hello-
I am writing to let you know that Jarred Jacobs will be stopping by in the next few days to meet you and check out the room. I wanted to make sure you were notified. Please let me know if you have any questions.
-Jana, Residence Director
I am writing to let you know that Jarred Jacobs will be stopping by in the next few days to meet you and check out the room. I wanted to make sure you were notified. Please let me know if you have any questions.
-Jana, Residence Director
Okay. I guess I'll take down the fort.
So... when this guy comes to check out the room, what can I do to discourage him from moving in?
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