Roommate Reflection.....

Now that we are roomie free I've been thinking back over the random characters we've (I've) had live in our home over the last 4 years......And friends there have been some doozies.

Lets start out with the roommate who just left one day.....seriously picked up his stuff, locked his key in the room and never came back.  Damon was his name, I don't remember the last name.......  He didn't come out of his room on a regular basis so it took a few days for us to realize that he hadn't been around for a while.  We carded into the room and found it empty! 

There was Tara, who moved to KC for a guy and then ended up moving back to CO when she realized that long distance was one thing, but really being around each other all the time was a different matter! 

We had A and D, the kookiest of them all I think.  A and D are a pagan couple who liked showering together, naked camping and working at the KC Ren Fest.  They lived with us for about 2.5 years before they moved into their own place.  While they lived with us my house was blessed with sage on a few occasions, and I was almost bitten by their dog a few times. Good times.

Nicole was another one, she was great up until she left one day and didn't come back.  Major perk of her was she worked as a box office manager at a local comedy club and we got TONS of free tickets!  She got a new boyfriend, lost her job (and her ability to pay rent?) but the good news is that we got a queen sized mattress out of the deal bc she couldn't move that on her own! She had a boyfriend at one point we called the ninja who broke one of my flower boxes trying to show her how he could sneak into our house, and she had another friend plow his car into our front yard.  She was a keeper.

R was one of the last roommates, and probably one of my favorites.  Not weird and strange, paid rent on time and pretty much stayed in his room.  That my friends is my ideal roommate!

Todd I've left for last because frankly I have no words.  Todd was a 45 year old divorcee who travelled a lot for work.  As a result he wanted a room and not an apt mainly for storing his stuff.  This all sounds great so far right?  Well Todd got a woman preggers who lived up North was around less than we'd thought.  Also sounding great, which it was until it was time for him to leave.......and he just kind of didn't for a while. When he finally left he took Spencer's prized possession, a signed poster of the NCAA 2008 championship shot signed by the starters and Coach Self.  Charges were filed, poster was not found.  Many angry facebook posts ensued and now we get his delinquent child support notices.......

There are several others but those are the ones who stick out as the random ones....

Is it any wonder I am ready to have our house to ourselves?  Lesson to be learned, craigslist can be a scary place to find a roommate, but frankly you can get a TON of stories out of it!