Jessica's USF blog

New House, New Roomies

27 Aug 2010 Leave a Comment

by Jessica in Uncategorized Tags: friends, house, moving, peers, roommates, socializing, USF

It has been quite an interesting experience thus far.  There are three rooms in the house, which means two of us have to share….and yes I would be one of those people.  I wasn’t too worried about it moving in because I had just spent three years of my life living in a dorm with at least one roommate if not two.  However, my roommate hasn’t had quite the same experience – she enjoyed having her own room and now I’m in her space.   So I am slowing teaching her the value of optimizing every inch of the room, but things usually just land wherever.  This is the first time in my life where I felt like I have less stuff than my roommate, which is wild because I thought I had A LOT of stuff. 

So my roommate may be the messy one, but you have to love her because she is always entertaining.  She is also super supportive of recycling.  She is a beast when it comes to running.  She LOVES LOVES LOVES Dave Matthews.  Always is cooking something interesting and new.  Almost loves the sun as much as Dave Matthews.  I could go on, but this post would eventually be too long to read.

Then we have the artist.  She is fun, wild and has a completely different perspective on life.  She makes it her duty to talk me into staying up late watching movies or doing something else completely unproductive.  She loves cartoons.  She is the only one in the house that I can get to watch the Bachelor with me, and yes, now we are watching the Bachelor Pad….which is pretty much the worst spin-off show ever, but still slightly entertaining.

Next is a fellow rad-tech classmate.  She is smart beyond belief.  Enjoys watching Criminal Mind reruns with me all day long.  Has the cutest and weirdest dog ever created…its best trick is called gummy bear and yes that is exactly what she looks like. 

Last but not least me.  I am the OCD person of the house.  I am in charge of keeping the house clean, clean, clean.  I have the worst sleeping schedule, and often am found sleeping on the couch instead of my bed because I have fallen asleep in the middle of some task.  Try to be productive, but am easily distracted. First time experiencing cable and the magical powers of a DVR.

It has been a crazy couple of months with our varied personalities, but I have had some of the most memorable and fun times of my life.  The house isn’t perfect…in fact I could probably write a whole book about what surprises have come our way, but I guess it is like the old saying:

what doesn’t kill you makes you stronger.  

Three of the Four of Us

The Rad-Techs