When it Rains

I live in a sorority. I'm not a real sorority girl, though. I feel like stereotypical sororities in California only exist south of Bakersfield. In my sorority we are forced to move out of our rooms every semester, meaning twice as much migration of all your earthly belongings. Since January I have been living in a room at the end of the hallway with 5 other girls. The room is shaped like an "L" and tall wardrobes provide us not only our closet space, but also privacy by splitting up the room. My bed is located at the corner of the L, with wardrobes on either side of me. It's pretty exclusive and private. Very narrow and skinny. My own little matchbox. My own personal nook.

Today I woke up in my nook and rain was spattering violently against my window. I sat up in bed for a while, enjoying the rainstorm from my front row view all the while being warm and cozy in bed with my Potterhill quilt. I am going to miss my nook when I move out again in a month... It is the closest I will get to having a single in this house.



A single would be ideal. I feel like my roommates don't get me. Last week I fell asleep, curled up on the foot of my bed when two of them came in and started talking. I can deal with talking usually but Roommate A's voice oftentimes morphs into a shriek when she gets excited. Or nervous. Or she has just eaten lunch/coffee/chocolate/sugar of any kind. I was drifting in and out of sleep the way their conversation lost and gained decibels. During one of A's louder and more excited exchanges, I impulsively wailed "Be quieeettttt!" whiney and still in my dreamlike state. A&B immediately stopped talking, obviously taken aback.

Later, A informed me that if I wished for them to stop talking, I should use my words, "Could you please quiet down?" "Do you mind talking a little softer?" She also told me I should probably text B and apologize to her as well. Whatever. They have been so awkward around me since then.



And I've said I'm a perfectionist, right? This trait of mine pertains to my closet as well. My left closet is where I keep all my nice T-shirts, tank tops and going out shirts. They are color coded. Black on the left, brown, purple, dark blue, blue, light blue, turquoise, light green, green, dark green, yellow, orange, pink, magenta (I don't own any red), grey, off-whites, whites, and then finally some 3/4 length sweaters. My right closet I have my color coded dresses, and then color coded sweaters, zip-up sweatshirts, jackets and coats. :/