Housing Circles

As the sun pours in though the patio window and the invisible birds sing in the trees, my mind tumbles with the half remembered things about yesterday's arguments. In the background, Lost season 1, episode 8 is on TV as I desperately try to catch my brother up in watching it. Like yesterday though, its a battle I already know I've lost....There have been many problems with getting a house for next year. I need a place to stay in the town next to my uni as I can't get back into halls and I live an hour and a half way, I don't drive and so would have to deal with public transport or pool all my money into driving lessons and a car ext. I thought things were at last working out when the two boys agreed to join us. But clearly I was counting my eggs before they hatched -no Easter pun there!-because one of the boys started a fight over the rooms. He wanted everyone to draw from a hat for the rooms as we did in the beginning but since then the two other girls switched rooms. So much of yesterday was spent fighting about this and there was no way I was giving up. I love my room, its the one I wanted from the very start and by some chance of Fate I drew it from the hat the first time around. So there was just no way I was going to risk it again. The others were also unhappy with this and then things got worse, there was talk of him and one of the girls leaving and there was also the fact that he claimed the landlord had told him that if anyone else pulled out he was going to really find another group to live there. So I once again became the peace maker of my friends and we at last come to an agreement about it; if he could have the garage for his car then he'd let this go. So it was agreed and I closed the book on another battle. Now I'm praying nothing else goes wrong because really I don't think I'll be able to win another fight. I've not the strength in me to do so and I must focus on my work now to make sure I pass my first year. At least I'm getting somewhere with it. 2 essays down, 2 more to go, a presentation that first must be an essay and then revising for my exam. I'm glad of the work though, its keeping me busy during the three weeks I've got off now. Also I'm looking forward to the more warmer weather now....it might bring me some better luck because really I've been having alot of bad luck lately.