dorm life

i found myself and an unidentifiable friend getting all moved in to our dorm room. she was a grad student in a library/information studies program and i a librarian. there were three beds in the room but we were hoping we'd get to keep the whole place to ourselves.

i asked the dorm staff person if there was a curfew, but thankfully there was not. i was thinking how hard it would be, as a professional, to have a curfew.

well, before long, another grad student showed up and took the third bed. we were disappointed, but we had each chosen the best two spots in the room and so she just had to settle for what was left. well, apparently this was not just a three person room because soon enough a fourth roomie appeared! there was much furniture rearranging and my bed, which had been in a prime location, was now over near the door. i complained loudly but finally gave up and went to sleep on it.

i awoke in the middle of the night (we had left on many lights and they were bothering me) to find a 5th person had moved in and was sleeping on the floor! i was outraged and perplexed. it turned out that there was another bed tucked away in the corner and so i told him to get off the floor and into the bed.

all the while i was looking for my cats who i had snuck into the dorm and was now afraid would be discovered and evicted.