[preciousjeni]

I'm apologizing in advance, but ARGH!!! More on the roommate front. The other night I stayed up late to finish typing a paper. The next morning, my roommie told me that my TYPING had kept her up all night.

Then, last night I couldn't sleep - I'm looking down the barrel of finals week! So, instead of making any noise in the apartment, I left and drove around for a little while and then came back, sat in the car, listened to music and read. Then, I came back in and went straight to sleep. It turns out that when I left (though I very carefully closed the door and locked it, doing my best not to wake her) she claims that I woke her up and she couldn't get back to sleep. She confronted me this evening when I got back from my evening class and was already stressed over the final review in that class. GRRRR!

To top it off and make it more fun, in the conversation about the events last night, I told her that I make every effort to be as quiet as possible. Then she said that SHE KNOWS I don't bang around the apartment, play music, watch tv, etc. And, she can't figure out what keeps waking her up. Ummm...could it be that we live in the cheapest building that has absolutely no insulation, so if you're the least bit of a light sleeper, you're in for it???

You know, I don't have any problems with the noise level. Yeah, it's louder sometimes but it's because the walls are paper thin. And I recognize that this is DORM LIVING! It's not a retirement community where everyone goes to bed at 8 PM. I'm a grown woman. I should be able to walk around as I need to. And, use the restroom whenever I need to, but that's another problem she has. It seems I wake her up when I get up at night (which doesn't happen often - usually when I'm stressed) and have to...ummm...relieve myself. Dang! When I gotta go...

Before there are any snide comments about me being a "grown woman" complaining about this on a public forum, ya know, sometimes you just have to let it out. And, believe me, she's heard all of this. She just doesn't get it. She actually said that she wants me to go in my room and not come out or make any noise during quiet hours (10 PM to 8 AM).

Whew! Thanks for "listening"!!