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How to be a good roommate

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So whether you live with one person or five, there are unspoken rules that all roommates should follow. Here are the ones I think is the most important. Tell your roommates when you're sick. No one wants to get sick, let alone because your roommate never told you they were contagious. If you know you are sick you are obligated to tell your roommates. You don't have to make a big deal about it just send a text and maybe put a bottle of sanitizing wipes  where everyone can use it. I do not want to get sick because you aren't kind enough to give me a heads up, especially around exam time.                                          Clean up after yourself. Your apartment should not be an embarrassment to you and your roommates. If you share a space it should be relatively clean five out of seven days a week. Of course there are times that can be overlooked-such as a ...

My Apartment

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Apartment Life So… I have moved into an apartment! It’s not the largest, but I love it. From a previous post you can read about all of the crazy nerves I had about coming here, but you guys honestly there was no need. So my four bed room two bath came with the basics, washer-dryer combo, a refrigerator/ freezer, dish washer, as well as a coffee table, 4 bar stools, a couch and an arm chair. When I came the walls seemed a terrifying shade of white and the rooms where drab. Slowly we are getting the apartment to a place that we like. We hung a tapestry where a TV is meant to be, we hung pictures, fabric, signs and of course a ton of candles. This place is beginning to feel more and more like home so with subtle changes we are covering those annoying white walls and making it a fun inviting place for my friends and me.    So this is the island, we wrapped it with fairy lights and it brightened up the apartment a lot. ...