Hotashi

Today I officially signed my moving out papers and gave in my keys. This marks the end of my five years living in Waterloo. Surprisingly I’m not that sad…a little sad but it wasn’t like last year when I finished undergrad. Maybe because this time I wasn’t saying goodbye to my very close roommates who over four years had become my sisters. This year I had stupid roommates so I wasn’t that upset to leave my apartment or say goodbye to them. It’s not that I hope I’ll never see them again; I just don’t care if I don’t. And on one last rant about the roommates, the emotionally needy one (roommate #2) left a bunch of her stuff behind for me to throw out before my inspection. Thankfully I cleaned up that shit and got my $120 back. Honestly though, she shouldn’t deserve her deposit money back. I wish I could get it as compensation for living with a socially awkward weirdo.

I’m a little sad to leave the city, but I’m also looking forward to eventually living in downtown Toronto with Jack. We won’t move in together until we’re married, but at least I have something to look forward to. In the meantime I’ll be living at home with my parents. *groan*

Goodbye Waterloo. I shall miss thee…ish.

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I think I mentioned previously that I’ve moved back to Waterloo until the end of August to work on my research. Well here I am living in my three-bedroom student apartment all alone. Ok that’s a lie - my hamster is with me too…and two house plants. But I’m pretty much alone since Tokki sleeps for the majority of my awake time and the plants are just plants. Jack came up this weekend and we hung out for a few days (long weekend) but other than that the place has been empty.

For the time I have been alone it has been weird getting into a pattern of living alone. Having people live with you definitely shapes your habits. For instance, when my two stupid roommates lived here with me I would try avoid going outside my room when I knew they were out there. Why? Because if I wasn’t asked really stupid questions I would get sucked into a socially awkward, brainless and/or ridiculously boring conversation. And then there is also the issues with rotting food. Personally, I like to avoid that.

Now that I’m here alone I’ve been wondering how to conduct myself. For instance, is it still inappropriate to not close the door when you’re on the can? Nobody is there so is it a big deal? Should I let my dishes pile up until I feel like washing them since I won’t be inconveniencing anyone? Can I take up all the room in the fridge without seeming like a hog? I know some of the answers might seem straight forward but since I’ve always had to share my space with other people, I have never had to question when such social norms are null. Null or nullified? Anyway, it’s weird. I took a piss with the door open…it felt so wrong.

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Ok, so this is my third rant post in a row. I swear my life isn’t this miserable. I just get more enthusiastic to post when I’m angry. =P

My roommates are stupid. Really, really stupid. If you haven’t been following my previous posts about them then I’ll sum them up in a few sentences. I didn’t want to talk about them in great detail before, but I really need to know that I’m not crazy and they really are as stupid as I think they are.

Roommate #1: A 21 year old first-year university student who has never lived away from home and has been completely sheltered from the world. She didn’t realize that she was attending a different university than she thought she was until I corrected her three times (there are two universities in our city and they are down the street from each other). She also willingly believed that we get spagetti from spagetti trees after a professor showed a fake documentary on spagetti trees to get students to question what they are being taught. Clearly she missed the point. Did I mention she’s sheltered? Oh yes, and when the person living above us was having bed-banging sex she asked me what the sound was and why people keep jumping upstairs. Yes, she really is 21 years old. She also does not understand the importance of proper hygiene because 1) she keeps her toothbrush sitting in a puddle of water on the counter, 2) she tries to reuse one-time-use mop heads to clean the floor (with water, not with any bleach product) and 3) she has the tendency to let things rot for over a week and not notice despite the OBVIOUS smell. She also likes to make comments about “all” Chinese people, such as how they smell and how there aren’t any differences between them and Japanese people. Yes, she really said that and didn’t even show any remorse when I told her that her statement was offensive and far from the truth. So yes, that is roommate number one.

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I’ve been really busy with school lately. I had a mini breakdown and an anxiety attack last week. The stress has been really getting to me. Easter couldn’t have come at a better time, really. I went home this weekend to spend time with my family and relax. Church didn’t have the same effect like it had in the past, but it was good to be back. The message of Easter is always something that I need to cherish and remind myself of. And I’ve realized that I have been forgetting that my value does not lie anywhere but in God. I guess I’ve been trying to gain validation through completing my Masters, conducting my own research, and in other places. These accomplishments are a nice pat on the back, but day by day I am feeling less satisfied and more burdened. Things that once excited me now make me cringe. So I am now going to try to make a conscious effort to just do my best for Jesus and not care about impressing anyone else. Life is more enjoyable that way.

Just to add in something random, I am really hungry but whenever I walk out of my room into the kitchen I can smell the bag of garbage still waiting to be thrown out. I lose my appetite immediately, but I’m so hungry. Why can’t people do their chores on time? >_>

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I went to Ottawa this past weekend with some of my fellow grad students. It was a lot of fun. I finally got to go inside the Parliament Buildings and the Peace Tower, which were both super cool. I had my heart set on signing up to receive the flag that’s flown on the Peace Tower but apparently I can do that online. WTF! I waited all this time to go to Ottawa just to find that out?! So annoyed! Plus, the waiting list has increased from two years to five. ARGH! Anyway, I took a lot of cool shots which my FB friends can enjoy once I upload them. =)

One thing that did suck though was that Sunday (which is the day we travelled back) I fell sick and I felt completely crappy today. I was supposed to work on my presentation tomorrow but I just couldn’t function. I currently have a slight fever and have lost my voice. *sigh* I hate getting sick, especially this year. Before when I got sick I could always count on my roommates to be there for me. Now I have nobody. It’s quite depressing actually. It’s times like these when I get homesick…not for my family home, but for my roomie home.

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