Day 71: Important Life Lessons Halfway Through my Trip

It’s been awhile since I’ve written something up here, but in my defense not much has been happening. I’ll be doing an update more geared towards my future plans after the weekend, but for now I want to talk about an issue near and dear to my heart. Having Roommates.

Having a roommate in college is something I am now very much prepared for. I will go so far as to say that, for whoever is stuck sharing a room with me next year, the phrase “hosing lottery” will suddenly make a great deal of sense. I’m not saying that I am some perfect, godlike human being who is both smart and fun to hang out with, but I am saying that I have learned several things that make having me as a roommate, metaphorically, a prize. All of the following lessons I have learned from my wonderful French housemate Chris:

1. For starters, I will never use another person’s toiletries, because I am not a smelly Frenchman.

2. I will never leave the scraps of an entire roast chicken sitting out over night, and then giggle like a stupid Frenchman when confronted about my mess the next morning.I won’t simply ignore the horde of tiny flies that take up residence in our kitchen after said chicken incident, simply because I am French and used to wallowing in filth.

3. I won’t simply ignore the horde of tiny flies that take up residence in our kitchen after said chicken incident, simply because I am French and used to wallowing in filth.

4. I will let you know if I happen to have a lady friend over at night, instead of letting you walk in on us, because I am courteous and not some rude French person.

5. Most importantly, I will never, ever, ever, be French.

These lessons may seem oddly specific, but I find that they are incredibly important rules to follow for anyone wishing to be a good roommate for another person

(Authors Note: I am in no way shape or form seriously disparaging the French people as a whole, merely one person who happens to be French, and somehow meets every single stereotype of the French I as an American have ever known)