Room Exchange

So you get your own room over the winter, which is an amazing luxury since over the summer I had three roomies (all were wonderful and I thank God for that blessing). Now I wanted to stay in my current room to cut down on moving. Why move when you don’t have too? But seniority trumps want. Based on your amount of time on the ice you get more pull. Since I’m new, no points, no seniority, hence I get moved. My room 208, is on a quiet corner, with a window and easy access to the Gerbil Gym. What else do you need and as you can see it is popular, so I was shuffled out to a smaller inner room in building 155 (the main building so I didn’t have to move far). My new room 219, was a two person room and I had no idea they existed in this building. After arranging the furniture in as fung shi way as possible, I’d made peace with my living quarters and was content. I had a couch, tv, cable, a bed and two wardrobes to store all my stuff. I didn’t need anything else. Although I did miss my window, being able to see out and watch the changing of time, my new room was quiet - With the exception of the wind storm vent, that continually blew. It was like living in a tornado, but at least it was consistent and often drowned out all the noise. There were times the hallway was quieter, but its like the washer going when you take a nap, you get used to it, and if it were to stop you’d wake up.

So I lived in 219 for up to two weeks and like I said, I’d made peace with my room, I was content, but for reasons unbeknownst to me, God gifted a blessing. My old room opened back up. It’s occupant wanting to move to the party hallway, and also out of a dead zone for wireless, offered it back to me now strings attached. I was shocked. I’d get my window back and everyone would be happy. Still, I hesitated. I liked my new room, I knew what the neighbors were like, I knew what to expect. I had no idea what had changed in the corner with new people at 208. Still, the draw of the window, and now a real work out space won out and I moved again. Twice in two weeks. I’m not settled back into my new/old room and I can look out the window to my hearts content. I've got more space than I know what to do with, but I’ve made sure to keep my stuff in the same compartments so I don’t expand and end up with more stuff at the end of winter. I have to remember I’m sending most of this stuff home and that can get expensive.