11-22-11

I think today’s date is cool.

We had to kick our roommate out. I actually feel really bad about the whole situation but we did what we had to. Jonathan came home one day and found Colby eating a large pile of something. He called the roommate in to ask him what it was and he told him that it was liver and onions. First of all, we never told him he could feed our dogs anything without permission. He has no idea what their dietary needs are, if they have have any allergies, etc…Second, onions are not good for dogs at all. They’re not always necessarily as bad as, say, chocolate. But they can make a dog very sick and can be fatal in some instances.

That wasn’t the whole reason we asked him to leave. He also lied about how much Colby had ate at first, out of his own self-concern. We found out he had been feedin the dogs on a frequent basis, gave them a lot of really rich meat, vegetables…all without ever asking!

He did a lot of little, stupid things but had never done anything in the past that would have made us ask him to leave. Just frustrating little things, like never making sure the front door was actually latched when he left (when I have a little kitten who does not go outside, and my dogs are frequently inside!), knocking the shower doors off every time he took a shower, letting food rot in the sink…twice he threw our bathroom soap away with no explanation…just really weird stuff.

I feel bad because his parents came to talk to us as they were picking him up. They wanted to be sure we knew that he had not had any ill intention, which we both fully knew. I felt like we were talking to the parents of a 10 year old boy. It seemed like it wasn’t the first time they’ve had to rescue him from life, basically. I always felt like something was a little off about him, though I’m not sure exactly what. I know he wasn’t a bad person. He just didn’t seem to…understand a lot of things.

Our friend might take the extra room, or we might try to swing the rent on our on. I don’t want to live with strangers again…it makes life awkward and uncomfortable. I never felt comfortable just sitting on the couch in my pj’s watching tv. I love that after I undress for my shower I can go get the towel I forgot without having to get dressed all over again. It’s just all better.

I have one more day of work and then Thanksgiving with my family! This is the very first Thanksgiving I’ve ever spent with my brother and sister. I can’t wait to see my family and hang out, get some snuggle time in with my baby nephew (who is 5 months old! I haven’t seen him since September, he’s going to be huge), and eat lots of food.

I’ll return with pictures after that.