Cure for the Roommate “Divorce”
Thank you so much for stopping by! And thanks so much for any prayers you may have said on my behalf because of my last post! God is good, and my Papaw will be fine, thank the Lord!
My roommate took her last load home last week. It sucks she couldn’t stay at the school. I’m gonna miss her. But I guess when choices are made, consequences must be accepted.
Now, I can’t really think of a good segue for my next topic, so I’m just gonna jump right out and say it…
DO YOU KNOW HOW HARD IT IS TO TAKE A SHOWER WITHOUT A SHOWER CURTAIN??
I do.
Back in June when my now-gone roommate and I moved into this apartment, we went out together and bought essentials with our money pooled. Trash cans, shower liners, shower liner rings, dishes, etc.
And being the Tiffany’s shoppers, “Prada-or-Nada”, “let’s just not eat frozen pizza for the 8th time this week” people we are, we bought these items for a dollar each at the amazing dollar shop around the corner.
Anyway, when my roommate took her last load of her belongings home last week, I was not here while she packed. Therefore, some of our items that we bought and paid for together, she took.
Included in those items? You guessed it… shower liner and rings.
Don’t know why she took it. Asked her not to when we were divvying up our stuff like a divorced couple. It’s not like she NEEDS it. She’s going home to her parents’ house, who are well-equipped with such necessities. So, when I got home and saw it was gone, I asked her to put it back. To which she replied sheepishly, “I’ve already packed it in one of the first boxes and its somewhere in the bowels of the van. I don’t know where.”
Convenient, no?
And I’m back to lookin’ like an idiot, showering while crunched up against the wall.
Lovely dollar shop, here I come!
So much stress right now. Prayers are appreciated.
Oy.
Ever had one of those weeks where you feel like everything under the sun is being thrown at you at once?
Welcome to my week.
My roommate (the one I share the room with, and the one I am closest to) told me three days ago that she quit her job, dropped all her classes, and was moving out. The following day. I had known she was skipping her classes alot, but I just thought when she reached the preordained number of absenses allowed by the school, she would buckle down and start going.
BUT.
She didn’t mention to me before this that not only had she been skipping, she hasn’t been turning in her assignments. She would have failed everything, killing her GPA. So, her advisors told her to drop. And then her momma told her to come home (part of her punishment).
I’m really gonna miss her. She won’t be back at all.
Then I get a phone call from my Dad today. My Papaw has been having hip problems. The specialist he went to said it could either be a sign of needing hip replacement, or cancer in his bone/joint.
PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE PRAY FOR HIM.
And then, on top of all that, I have three papers due in the next few weeks. Huge papers.
Your prayers are greatly needed and appreciated. Especially for my Papaw. And any advice or words of encouragement would help so much.
Thanks, ya’ll.
I’m baa-aack!!
It’s been quite a while since I have written anything new for my fabulous two readers.
So sorry.
This is quite possibly my roughest semester so far. Coming up in the next few weeks, I have three papers due, 2 huge projects, and about 5 tests. Therefore, my caffeine intake has increased substantially and I’ve developed a fabulous new twitch and eye squint.
How the boys will swoon…
And because I am technically sitting in class hanging on the professor’s every word I thought I would share with you a forward I received back in high school. I loved it so much that I saved it, and still look over it every so often for chuckles. It did not have an author’s name on it. I wish it did: I would love to thank him for the laughs and understanding. . . The author nailed the plight of 99% of college students who write papers.
Without further ado…
How to Write a College Paper
Author unknown
1. Sit in a straight, comfortable chair in a well-lighted place with plenty of freshly sharpened pencils.
2. Check your email.
3. Read over the assignment carefully, to make certain you understand it.
4. Walk down to the vending machines and buy some coffee to help you concentrate.
5. Check your email.
6. Stop off at another floor, on the way back and visit with your friend from class. If your friend hasn’t started the paper yet either, you can both walk to McDonald’s and buy a hamburger to help you concentrate. If your friend shows you her paper, typed, double-spaced and bound in one of those irritating see-thru plastic folders, drop-kick her.
7. When you get back to your room, sit in a straight, comfortable chair in a clean, well-lighted place with plenty of freshly sharpened pencils.
8. Read over the assignment again to make absolutely certain you understand it.
9. Check your email.
10. You know, you haven’t written to that kid you met at camp since fourth grade. You’d better write that letter now and get it out of the way so you can concentrate.
11. Look at your teeth in the bathroom mirror.
12. Listen to one side of your favorite tape and that’s it, seriously, as soon as it’s over you are going to start that paper.
13. Listen to the other side.
14. Check your email.
15. Rearrange all of your CDs into alphabetical order.
16. Phone your friend on the other floor and ask if she’s started writing yet. Exchange derogatory remarks about your teacher, the course, the college, the world at large.
17. Sit in a straight, comfortable chair in a clean, well-lighted place with plenty of freshly sharpened pencils.
18. Read over the assignment again; roll the words across your tongue; savor their special flavor.
19. Check your email.
20. Check the newspaper listings to make sure you aren’t missing something truly worthwhile on TV. NOTE: When you have a paper due in less than 12 hours, anything on TV from Masterpiece Theater to “Sgt. Preston of the Yukon” is truly worthwhile, with these exceptions:
a) Pro Bowlers Tour
b) any movie starring Don Ameche
21. Catch the last hour of “Soul Brother of Kung Fu” on Channel 26.
22. Phone your friend on the third floor to see if he was watching. Discuss the finer points of the plot.
23. Check your email.
24. Look at your tongue in the bathroom miror.
25. Look through your roommate’s book of pictures from home. Ask who everyone is.
26. Sit down and do some serious thinking about your plans for the future.
27. Open your door and check to see if there are any mysterious, trenchcoated strangers lurking in the hall.
28. Check your email.
29. Sit in a straight, comfortable chair in a clean, well-lighted place with plenty of freshly sharpened pencils.
30. Read over the assignment one more time, just for heck of it.
31. Scoot your chair across the room to the window and watch the sunrise.
32. Lie face down on the floor and moan.
33. Check your email.
34. Leap up and write the paper.
35. Type the paper, and while you’re at it, check your email.
36. Complain to everyone that you didn’t get any sleep because you had to write that darn paper.
Genius, no? I think my favorites are 27 and 32.
