So, at spring orientation, they told us incoming freshman that we would be getting our roommate info in the first couple of weeks in June. Well, it's been June for a couple of weeks and I've been religiously checking the mailbox for that coveted info. Needless to say, I've been annoying everyone in my family with this undying need to know who I will be sharing a room with for the next year. And this morning, my roommate info FINALLY came.
So, I'm sitting on the couch, ripping into the envelope marked IMPORTANT HOUSING INFORMATION with shaking fingers--my sister seated right next to me ripping into hers. I pulled out the litle sheet that said, Roomate's Name: [insert roommate's name here]. I stared at it, tangible horror mingled with disappointment rising in my throat. On that paper that I've been waiting three weeks for, that I've been dreading and pining for for days now it stated my roommates name. I looked to my twin, and realized that my roommate was sitting right next to me. Yes, after all these days of waiting, driving my family crazy, coming up with the worst roommate scenarios possible and....I'm paired with my twin sister. Now, this is the question we get EVERY SINGLE EFFING TIME someone finds out we're going to the same college. "Oooh, that's so cool! Are you guys going to room together?" My generally response is, "No. Hell no. Not in a million, billion years. Been there, done that, lived in the same house with her for 18 years, shared a womb with her before that. I want my own roommate, my own room." Her response is generally the same, only a smidge nicer because she's the 'nice twin'.
Anyways, we have now stepped into the Twilight Zone where our college apparently paired us as roommates WITHOUT realizing we are twins. The same last name and phone number apparently wasn't a tip off there. Anyways, needless to say after showing the paper to my mom and being disappointed nearly to the point of tears she told me to calm down, don't get upset and call housing. Of course I whipped out my cell phone and dialed the number. The housing director was really understanding and surprised to find out that they had paired twins together without realizing it and she said that we could hopefully get new roommates. Of course, now this means that I have to wait another week or so before I find out. As if I wasn't going mad before. Now, I still have to wait.
The only good thing--and now with the possibility of changing roommates this might be taken away, too--is I was placed in the dorm that I wanted. There were two buildings that I requested one was next to the dining hall and near the fitness center and the other is beside the English building. Currently, with the sucky roommate situation I'm in the dorm by the dining hall. I have a feeling that's subject to change now. All I ask is that I'm not in the dorm that's all the way across campus from the food and the English department. But, as of right now, if it would remedy the disappointment about not getting a roommate other than the person I've shared everything with since day one, I would live in the dorm all the way across campus.
Geez, I'm just...so upset. I mean, I never thought this would happen. I was so excited when my dad handed me the envelope with my housing and then it was just such a shock and upset to not be paired with someone new, someone different. I hope that the director of housing can find us both new roommates and soon. I don't know how much longer I can wait... This sucks. I'm sorry I'm whining at you guys, but I just had to get that off my chest. Hopefully within the next week I'll be posting a new update excited about my new roommate. And I guess...if they can't change us, at least I didn't get a horrible roommate right off the bat. I know that we didn't want to live together but at least we know we can. We'd probably kill each other but at least we didn't get paired with some creeper who never leaves the room and goes through all your stuff... [I'm trying to look at the bright side...]
