Get A Great Roommate

When I was very young, I shared a room with my sisters. As we got older, one by one, we moved into our own rooms. I’m not sure of the exact age, but Bella moved out first. Phoebe followed shortly after. That left me in the big room all to myself. Over the years, Bella and I switched, and I found myself in my mom’s old office, then back into the big room, and finally wound up in the attic. I love living up in the attic. There’s tons of privacy and even more space. There’s no insulation, so it’s freezing during the winter, which I like to sleep in the cold. I love having my privacy, and I’ve pretty much had it since I was ten. That’s a guess, but it could be younger. Anyway, it’s been a long time since I’ve had to share a room with someone. When I was getting ready to move to college, I would’ve done anything to get a single. Getting a single is near impossible from the start. The only way is to have a disability or hope your roommate gets scared of you and leaves. Up until the very last minute, I was going to try and win the lottery. I got a low selection number, but I didn’t feel it was low enough. I called the school, and they suggested I find someone or go random. Luckily, right after I got off that call with the school, my current roommate texted me asking if I was still set on a single. Fritz was the only person I talked to that had anything really in common with me. He said he was going random if I didn’t change my mind. I didn’t want to go random, and he didn’t either. Going into school, I was definitely worried about living with someone who I had never met before. Again, I like my privacy from my family, let alone someone I had never met. For the first few weeks, I struggled. It was a big change for me. Once I started getting comfortable, I realized I made a great decision and I was so lucky that Fritz reached out at the last minute. He’s the only person I met here that I have stuff in common with, we can talk constantly, and we are both pretty flexible on our sleep schedules. I stay up pretty late and was worried that’d be an issue. It’s not. I’m going into next year as an RA, and that means I’ll get what I wanted. I’ll live alone with no roommate. I thought this was the dream a year ago. Looking at it now seems pretty shitty. I would do anything to stay in our same apartment and share the space for another year. If I could be an RA and share an apartment, that’d be fucking awesome. RAs used to share dorms in Kaufman, the upperclassmen housing, but not anymore. After you RA for a year or two in my building, you have the potential to get the same style apartment as I have right now as a single. That would be pretty ideal, but why can’t I share that space? I’m going to miss having someone to joke with, talk to, complain to and just fuck around with. I like coming back to the dorm to Fritz and talking about the absurdities of FIT. It’ll be an adjustment. I know it’s not like he dies after this year, but even though he’ll come over all the time it’s not the same. I’m quite impressed that Fritz can deal with living with me. I’d hate living with me. I’d tell myself to shut the fuck up already. If Fritz reads this, thank you for everything. It’s been a hell of a first year! Sorry I go home so much! I think anyone trying to find a roommate right now for their first year at college shouldn’t do what I did. I got incredibly lucky, but if you go random, god bless your soul! Although I’m going home to earn some quick cash, I know the last week at school will be a celebration of a great year in our apartment! Happy Friday everyone!