So one of the top 5 questions people would ask me before I left was, “have you found a place to live yet?”  Welp, I’ve already found and kind of lived in three places actually…it’s been a bit of a fiasco. 

So the first offer for a room came from the 2 aforementioned Kiwi dudes in my previous entry.  Right off the bat the guy asks me “Are you a big partier?  Because that’s kind of a requirement”.  Apparently they work “hospo hours”, get off work at 2 or 3 am, and can typically be expected to be getting super high and drunk and having jam sessions in the living room until 7 am.  But the guys are really nice and seem to have a genuine interest in helping me get settled into Qtown.  I show up the next day and as I’m moving my stuff in they’re like “oh…by the way… our girlfriends are moving in in a couple of weeks.”  So the roommate count goes from 3 to 5 and yes, there is only one bathroom.  So I move my stuff back out a few hours later.  No hard feelings from them though, they still had me over for dinner and drinks later that day.

Fortunately (or unfortunately), I get hooked up almost immediately with another place.  Right in town, on top of a hill, nice views, decent apt.  Here’s the catch: it’s with this old Indian couple.  I’m thinking, I can do this, I’ll just have to try that much harder to meet people but maybe it’s better than sharing a bathroom with 5? 

A couple days go by…shit, I made a mistake. I fucking hate this.  The Indian couple is nice but there’s no one my age to talk to at home and they keep the house freezing ass cold.  It’s so cold I don’t even want to brush my teeth or take a shower or cook dinner (I’ve virtually stopped eating if you can believe it). My room is like a tiny prison cell (albeit a warm, toasty tiny prison cell).  So I’m like, I gotta get out of here!!

Fast forward to present day (24 hrs later).  The boys from the first apt have been sweet enough to let me know that I am always welcome to go and live with them, but they’re pretty far out of town and there’s still the “over max capacity” problem there.  Fortunately I’ve found another place!  Also 2 guys, one is from Colorado and one is an Aussie. 

Heading over there now.  May this be the end of my housing headaches!