Just Another Average Day in My New Life

Yesterday went approximately like so:

6:25 am - Wake up to the sound of the fire alarm screaming through the whole building.

6:26 am - Drag myself out of bed and down the stairs to sit in the cold with the other residents of this lovely building.

6:34 am - Walk back up to the third floor with the full intention of going back to sleep.

6:36 am - Enter my dorm to find two police.

6:37 am - Hear the news that it was one of my very own beloved roommates who caused the alarm to go off. Apparently she was straightening her hair too close to the alarm. Whatev.

6:38 am - Enter my bed to sleep the morning away.

7:45 am - Wake up to the sound of my cell phone alarm. Get up. Get ready. Go to institute. Do whatever.

12:25 pm - Eat lunch. Write my weekly letter.

1:15 pm - Walk down the street and buy an ice cream cone.

2:07 pm - Sit on the couch to watch my roomie make some grilled cheese.

2:10 pm - Fire alarm goes off. Again. Uh, could it be the burned grilled cheese?

2:11 pm - Evacuate. Again.

2:17 pm - Walk up to the third floor. Again.

2:19 pm - Enter the dorm to find two police.

2:19 pm - Jk there were no police. This time.

2:56 pm - In walks another roommate carrying this precious piece of paper:

3:00 pm - Realization sets in: Tomorrow is when the RA is coming to check our cleaning which we haven't done. But the water is being shut off. So we have to clean tonight.

3:01 pm - Decide to clean later.

5:45 pm - Go downstairs to check the availability status of the laundry room. 100% free. Sweet!

5:46 pm - Go back upstairs to get my stash of towels that need washing.

5:50 pm - Return to the laundry room to find that in the five minutes I was gone, BOTH washers were taken. Great.

5:52 pm - Go back upstairs to wait an hour.

6:47 pm - Head downstairs with towels in hand. Washers free. Fill one with towels. Spend five minutes figuring out how to work the dang machine. Figure it out. Sweet. Sit at the table to wait for the 42 min cycle to run through.

7:36 pm - There's a problem.

My towels are done. They need a dryer.

The dryer is full of someone else's clothes.

7:39 pm - Put the basket on top of the dryer to good use by putting these clothes in it.

7:41 pm - Put my towels in the dryer and sit back for another 42 min cycle. Use my time wisely.

8:32 pm - Hike back up to my room.

8:39 pm - Begin CLEANING. Somehow I was put in charge of all the jobs we don't have cleaning supplies for, including (among other things):

Kitchen. No broom. Sweep with paper towel.

Bathroom. No broom. Sweep with paper towel.

No toilet brush. Clean with bare hand.

9:30 pm - Done cleaning. Goodnight.