alas

This morning at 6:07am, Hilary boarded a bus for the Central Bus Station and should be nearing Eilat right about now. It was great to have a visitor! It's proof that I can be hospitable when I want to, I guess.

This morning was slightly hectic. Apparently my roommate was woken up at 5am for the past 2 days in a row. (Hilary had to get up early on Sunday for church and today to catch the bus.) Personally, I think the problem centers on the fact that my roommate's room is right next to the bathroom, so if the toilet is flushed, she can theoretically hear it. There have been times when I've had to answer nature's call at 3am and have been afraid to flush. Srsly. But I do, because I don't want to get a talk about bathroom cleanliness...that would be bad.

So to make up for all of that, I made sure to wash (most of) my dishes and take out the trash. I also had to "organize" my room (throw all the clothes laying around in my suitcase and put Hilary's bedding in my laundry bag) because my roommate is having someone come to look at the apartment, for after I leave. The person is arriving "around 6 or 7", so in case that's before I get home, at least the room is presentable. I do need to properly organize things, though. Blech. At least it won't take long.

I think my roommate and I get along well. I think there might be some things that I do that annoy her, I'm not sure. I should probably vaccuum and take out the trash more often. I feel like things build up, and it's difficult to bring them up. At any rate, I'm only here for 3 more weeks.

I should clarify. It's not an uncomfortable living situation, and I do like my roommate. I just feel bad. I mean, it is her apartment. I'm paying rent for 11 weeks, but it's her apartment.

I think living with Amital and Lauren this upcoming year will go a lot smoother. Amital and I shared a room freshman year and a kitchen freshman and sophomore years. This won't be that different. And Lauren is cool and easygoing, so things should work out well.

Today when I got to work (a few minutes after 10...I was proud of myself), I was afraid that I would get crap for skipping yesterday/not telling the editor I wasn't coming in. As far as I'm concerned, it's not their job to babysit the interns, and I've never missed for non work-related things. It turns out that there were no stories yesterday, so I missed nothing. (Dead Sea/etc. post to come!)

Today, the head intern/editor liaison came in to tell us that the editor wants us to pitch 2 "solid" stories to him per day, that for the number of interns, not enough content is being produced. Frankly, I think they should have accepted at least 5 fewer interns. (Hopefully that doesn't mean I'd be out of an internship...I was accepted on New Years Day.) So I pitched a story and have a brief (250-300 words) to write.

Which is what I've been working on today.