15 things

things i love about living alone:

a while back, i heard someone say that living alone is one of the most dangerous things you will do. not in the sense of physical danger: i live in a gated complex and lock my doors; but more of the effects of not having to deal with people. i have lived alone since june 15. and i have loved every minute. here’s the list of some of my favorite features of the last few months:

1. not feeling bad when it’s late at night and i get home and want to cook food and watch tv. there’s no one to wake up!
2. leaving random stuff all over the house (purses, books, dirty laundry, dishes, grapes, papers…)
3. breaking out into song. whatever i want, whenever i want.
4. watching whatever i want on tv whenever i want to, at any volume.
5. getting dressed in any room, at any time.
6. letting the dirty dishes pile up until there are no clean dishes. same goes for piles of laundry until i have no clean clothes left.
7. the only stuff on the counter/couch/floor is my stuff and it is there because i want it there.
8. as soon as my most recent roommate left, the obnoxious knick knacks were gone and the loud wind chime put away.
9. 5 words : because. i. feel. like. it.
10. peace and quiet. all the time.
11. i am in charge of getting the mail! every time i go to the box, i say, today could be the day when i receive the envelope that will change my life. hasn’t happened yet, but it has compelled me to go get the mail when i got home really late and didn’t really want to walk all the way to the mailbox.
12. when preparing to move again, you can throw half full boxes/suitcases all over the place.
13. i put only stuff i deemed worthy (trace & jade’s artwork) on the refrigerator.
14. no one tempts me by buying ice cream and putting it in the freezer.
15. i don’t have to be nice to my roommate’s cat if she is not here to protect it.

tomorrow i will depart from this glorious bubble of aloneness and go to china, where i will be introduced to a new roommate. and we will have to share a bathroom. wish her luck…