A good quality in a roommate is one that can inspire you to do something for the better. On Wednesday night, I knew that the next morning was going to be a very early one, but I also knew that I had a ton of homework to cram in before my Thursday set of classes. I told my roommate that I needed to stay awake until at least 12, something that doesn’t happen very often, considering my early weekly schedule. He told me, “No prob, I’ll make sure you stay awake.”
At around 10 o’clock, I started to feel extremely tired and started to rationalize with myself that I could skip my morning workout and get my homework done then, so that I could go to sleep now. I finally convinced myself that deviating from my original plan was a good idea, so I crawled into bed. Around 15 minutes later, my roommate walked in the room and saw me curled up in my bed. He turned on all of the lights in the room, turned the television up as loud as it would go, and started to play the, “THON dance” on his computer. It was by far the most obnoxious way to get someone out of bed I had ever encountered, so I took evasive maneuvers and pulled the covers over my head to try and hide from the bright lights and obnoxious lyrics of the, "THON dance," which happens to be my roommate new pump-up music. My roommate then began to flash the lights so many times I thought I was going to develop epilepsy. I finally jumped out of bed so that the madness would stop. He then calmly turned the t.v. volume down, returned to his desk, and began his work. A good roommate is one who will always keep his promises, even if that means forcing you to stay awake so that you will be prepared for the next day.
Well he's not a subtle person lol. At least your roommate cares, I'm pretty sure I wouldn't go through all of that to wake someone up.
ReplyDeleteWow he sure went to the extremes to make sure you were up. As much as that wake up call probably sucked, its definitely a funny story to be able to tell someone that something like that actually happened to you--usually you only hear of funny things like that in movies.
ReplyDeleteMy roommate was sick recently and it really was an experience for her since she had never been sick away from home before. Situations like these call for roommates. I agree with Ny, he's not exactly subtle but it worked.
ReplyDelete"My roommate then began to flash the lights so many times I thought I was going to develop epilepsy." hahaha you would.
ReplyDeleteLook on the bright side, now you have dozens of great stories to tell people about your days as a freashman
ReplyDeleteIt's a good thing that your roommate will help you out, though! I'd hope mine would do the same, albeit with a gentler approach.
ReplyDeleteI for one, would love to wake up to the 2011 THON line dance playing. He definitely sounds like a great roommate.
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