The Just Thought I'd Share Thread

[daniellaaarisen]

This week is going to be terrible. I have so much makeup work from missing a week of school. Usually that would suck, and yet it would be a manageable load all the same. I have a ton of personal/emotional stuff going on right now though-- I have absolutely no idea how I'm going to manage both at the same time. I have a feeling that all of my worth ethic is going to fly out the window. I'm actually really worried about it and couldn't sleep last night until 4AM

Sigh. Let's have some awesome Fleetwood Mac conversations in the next week to make up for it. JTIS.

[fleetwoodtrick]

Originally Posted by daniellaaarisen

This week is going to be terrible. I have so much makeup work from missing a week of school. Usually that would suck, and yet it would be a manageable load all the same. I have a ton of personal/emotional stuff going on right now though-- I have absolutely no idea how I'm going to manage both at the same time. I have a feeling that all of my worth ethic is going to fly out the window. I'm actually really worried about it and couldn't sleep last night until 4AM

Sigh. Let's have some awesome Fleetwood Mac conversations in the next week to make up for it. JTIS.

Well I dislike this. I'm here if you need to talk.

[Remy]

Originally Posted by daniellaaarisen

This week is going to be terrible. I have so much makeup work from missing a week of school. Usually that would suck, and yet it would be a manageable load all the same. I have a ton of personal/emotional stuff going on right now though-- I have absolutely no idea how I'm going to manage both at the same time. I have a feeling that all of my worth ethic is going to fly out the window. I'm actually really worried about it and couldn't sleep last night until 4AM

ugh, I know what you feel, I've had a similar situation recently. Just take it one step at a time, don't procrastinate, make an outline of what you need to do and divide it into portions: everyday, one task from the list and then a reward: some free time to do whatever you like to do to relax. About the emotional part...well... not much you can do about it. Try to focus on the aspects of your current situation that you CAN control.
Don't give up! And good luck!

[LikeAWillow]

I went to NYC to see my best friend and came back to Boston with him as my boyfriend.


JTIS.

[FMlex]

Originally Posted by LikeAWillow

I went to NYC to see my best friend and came back to Boston with him as my boyfriend.


JTIS.

Awww, Marissa!

I miss you, girlfran. You need to be more prevalent on here, okay? Kay thanks.

[Ghost_Tracker]

Originally Posted by Remy

ugh, I know what you feel, I've had a similar situation recently. Just take it one step at a time, don't procrastinate, make an outline of what you need to do and divide it into portions: everyday, one task from the list and then a reward: some free time to do whatever you like to do to relax. About the emotional part...well... not much you can do about it. Try to focus on the aspects of your current situation that you CAN control.
Don't give up! And good luck!

God grant Dani the serenity to accept the things she cannot change;
the courage to change the things she can;
the wisdom to know the difference;
and front-row seats the next time Stevie does a concert.

[daniellaaarisen]

Originally Posted by Ghost_Tracker

God grant Dani the serenity to accept the things she cannot change;
the courage to change the things she can;
the wisdom to know the difference;
and front-row seats the next time Stevie does a concert.

The Serenity prayer! I hear that every day at school

This made me feel a little better.... especially since my week got about ten thousand times worse today. I may have just lost all of my trustworthiness with essentially my second mother. Ha. This sucks. Can I just hibernate until Friday? Actually, how about until the end of senior year...


Oh and Marissa-- your life is almost as ridiculous as mine. And that is saying something.

[vivfox]

Juan called yesterday and said he wants to come over tonight! It will be date #7. I'll let you know how it goes...
Does anybody really know what time it is?
Does anybody really care?

[Ghost_Tracker]

Originally Posted by vivfox

Juan called yesterday and said he wants to come over tonight! It will be date #7. I'll let you know how it goes...
Does anybody really know what time it is?
Does anybody really care?

At the TONE, the TIME will be . . .
Six . . . TWENTY . . . and THIRTY seconds.

At the TONE, the TIME will be . . .
Six . . . TWENTY . . . and THIRTY-FOUR SECONDS...

[gypsy4life]

I should have finished my degree!!! Maybe I'll go back, and become a librarian....jtis

[hippilil86]

My roommate doesn't clean. EVER.
She doesn't do her dishes, she doesn't clean the bathroom, she doesn't pick up the living room. I tried to talk to her yesterday, I told her that we had fruit flies (she didn't notice?) and that it would be better if "we" didn't leave dirty dishes around. I also told her that I saw a mouse. ( I didn't really) I just did her dishes again. I don't remember the last time I've seen her do dishes. Or take out the garbage. It drives me crazy and I can't just leave her dishes because they will be there for WEEKS. I don't know what to do. She works all the time, so I don't see her very much, but the few times she is here, I can always tell, because there are always 2 or 3 diet cokes cans laying around the house, butter out on the counter, dishes on the stove and in the living room, and crumbs everywhere. I'm not overreacting. Really, I'm not.
She's driving me crazy and I don't know what to do.

[gypsy4life]

Originally Posted by hippilil86

My roommate doesn't clean. EVER.
She doesn't do her dishes, she doesn't clean the bathroom, she doesn't pick up the living room. I tried to talk to her yesterday, I told her that we had fruit flies (she didn't notice?) and that it would be better if "we" didn't leave dirty dishes around. I also told her that I saw a mouse. ( I didn't really) I just did her dishes again. I don't remember the last time I've seen her do dishes. Or take out the garbage. It drives me crazy and I can't just leave her dishes because they will be there for WEEKS. I don't know what to do. She works all the time, so I don't see her very much, but the few times she is here, I can always tell, because there are always 2 or 3 diet cokes cans laying around the house, butter out on the counter, dishes on the stove and in the living room, and crumbs everywhere. I'm not overreacting. Really, I'm not.
She's driving me crazy and I don't know what to do.

I've LIVED this!!! I moved out, and never looked back!!

[Ghost_Tracker]

Originally Posted by hippilil86

My roommate doesn't clean. EVER.
She doesn't do her dishes, she doesn't clean the bathroom, she doesn't pick up the living room. I tried to talk to her yesterday, I told her that we had fruit flies (she didn't notice?) and that it would be better if "we" didn't leave dirty dishes around. I also told her that I saw a mouse. ( I didn't really) I just did her dishes again. I don't remember the last time I've seen her do dishes. Or take out the garbage. It drives me crazy and I can't just leave her dishes because they will be there for WEEKS. I don't know what to do. She works all the time, so I don't see her very much, but the few times she is here, I can always tell, because there are always 2 or 3 diet cokes cans laying around the house, butter out on the counter, dishes on the stove and in the living room, and crumbs everywhere. I'm not overreacting. Really, I'm not.
She's driving me crazy and I don't know what to do.

Have you tried talking to your landlord? Sorry, but after reading this I really do wonder if that's something you should consider at this point. It's to your landlord's advantage to "have a little talk with her" about it because if you get . . . uhm . . . BUGS . . . then he or she will have to pay to get rid of them.
Actually, come to think of it, i.m.o. your landlord should tell her that if you DO get bugs, mice, rats, etc., then she's the one who's going to have to pay for the exterminator. She's probably also in violation of her lease, by the way.
Anyway it might make things a little uncomfortable around the place for awhile - but aren't they already? And besides, you'd be doing her a favor because she's gonna have to learn to pick up after herself sooner or later. And she's mistreating and disrespecting you as a person and you should let her know that.

One sidebar, though - Is she really really busy? Like a Med Student or something? Or really anxious about low grades or something and so studying all the time? Or maybe going through something else? Those things, of course, could be the reasons behind all this.

By the way, I once had a roommate from China who was a little messy - one thing he did was he was ALWAYS pouring vegetable soup and stuff like that down the sink, and it would get clogged up -
we'd explain to him why and he'd seem to understand but then he would do it AGAIN. Anyway he eventually moved out (because he had graduated with a Master's in Architecture) and it turned out that he had left a bunch of cereal behind in a cabinet in the kitchen - we hadn't even been aware of it. The landlord discovered it and there were BUGS. (Ants, if I remember right.) LITERALLY inside the cereal. The landlord then kicked EVERYBODY out. He said he was going to only rent to girls from then on - because (he thought) they're "cleaner." That's not even legal. I could have made a big fuss, reported him to the "Black List" of Syracuse University, and all of that; but I had already been planning on leaving and it just wasn't worth dealing with, and I figured it really was a karma kind of situation where it was gonna come right back to him.

Anyway read whatever moral you want to into all that - I guess the main thing is that it seems like everyone has to deal with a messy roommate, sooner or later.

[JWS]

Originally Posted by hippilil86

My roommate doesn't clean. EVER.
She doesn't do her dishes, she doesn't clean the bathroom, she doesn't pick up the living room. I tried to talk to her yesterday, I told her that we had fruit flies (she didn't notice?) and that it would be better if "we" didn't leave dirty dishes around. I also told her that I saw a mouse. ( I didn't really) I just did her dishes again. I don't remember the last time I've seen her do dishes. Or take out the garbage. It drives me crazy and I can't just leave her dishes because they will be there for WEEKS. I don't know what to do. She works all the time, so I don't see her very much, but the few times she is here, I can always tell, because there are always 2 or 3 diet cokes cans laying around the house, butter out on the counter, dishes on the stove and in the living room, and crumbs everywhere. I'm not overreacting. Really, I'm not.
She's driving me crazy and I don't know what to do.

I lived this in 1975 in college. Some people are just slobs. They have always looked to their mother to clean up after them. Disgusting! Throw this bum OUT.

[LikeAWillow]

Originally Posted by hippilil86

My roommate doesn't clean. EVER.
She doesn't do her dishes, she doesn't clean the bathroom, she doesn't pick up the living room. I tried to talk to her yesterday, I told her that we had fruit flies (she didn't notice?) and that it would be better if "we" didn't leave dirty dishes around. I also told her that I saw a mouse. ( I didn't really) I just did her dishes again. I don't remember the last time I've seen her do dishes. Or take out the garbage. It drives me crazy and I can't just leave her dishes because they will be there for WEEKS. I don't know what to do. She works all the time, so I don't see her very much, but the few times she is here, I can always tell, because there are always 2 or 3 diet cokes cans laying around the house, butter out on the counter, dishes on the stove and in the living room, and crumbs everywhere. I'm not overreacting. Really, I'm not.
She's driving me crazy and I don't know what to do.

My friend Erin had to deal with this when she was finishing her undergrad. It seems like no matter what the details of these stories are, the ending is always the same: one of you needs to move out.