Housing Dilemna

[the_wanlorn]

 
Internets, I need help. First off, background info:

Month+ before school: "Hi, I'm bringing my rats!" "Cool, we're bringing booze!" "Cool."

Two days before I move in: "Yeah, we talked, and no rats." "Okay. Also, no booze." "...wot..." "*shrug*" "Fine."

School starts: "*brings booze*" "*brings rats*"

End of Semester: "We know you have rats. Get rid of them." "Okay. Get rid of your booze." "...wot..." "It's only fair."

New Semester Starts: "*brings booze*" "*brings rats and photographs booze*"

Obviously, rats = me, booze = roommates.

So, the question: Do I try to move off-campus right now?

Pros: Less stressful in the pet department. Also less stressful in the general living-with-people-I-hate department.

Cons: I'd still be paying for my room here at school, since the deadline for getting a refund has passed. Also, I'll probably have more stress come July when I'm not working a full-time job anymore.

That's what I got. What do you guys have?
 

Comments

[katienichol [journalfen.net]]

I'd probably stay since you're already paying for it, but keep looking around and save for a deposit.

What do your roommates have against rats, anyway? I just don't get how they would be inconvenienced by having them there.

[the_wanlorn [journalfen.net]]

"It's against the rules!"

I honestly don't know. I would say it's the thought of rats in the same apartment as them. Which I get, but dude, I keep them in my single bedroom and keep my door shut and locked at all times. The only reason that they knew I had rats at all was that I got a nasty cold and couldn't smell when I needed to clean their cages, so they started to be able to smell them.

Jesus my rats pee a lot. You're supposed to be able to go 5 days without the cage starting to smell bad like that, and I can't go 3.

[katienichol [journalfen.net]]

I had two cats in my apartment even though they weren't allowed, so I can't really comment on the rule violation. I'm willing to bet the booze would be a bigger problem (i.e. noise complaints, poss. property damage) depending on their habits. It sucks that they can't just adopt a "live and let live" attitude as long as the cages are kept clean.

I don't even want to think of how much time I've spent cleaning litterboxes and steam cleaning furniture the cats decided to piss on when they were mad.

[the_wanlorn [journalfen.net]]

Yeah! That was part of my argument, that okay sure, having pets could get me kicked out of on-campus housing for good. but it wasn't going ot get me in trouble with the cops, which Y HELO THAR UNDERAGE DRINKING.

[tehrin [journalfen.net]]

I say try to tough it out. If it gets to be too big of a problem, ask a friend to take care of the ratties until school gets out.

[missdaisy [journalfen.net]]

Can you sublet your dorm space? Maybe one of the parting friends of your boozy roommates?

Otherwise, if you can reasonably afford to lose the $ and really are unhappy, well, sometimes it's money well spent to be happy.

[princessdot [journalfen.net]]

Stay. And then gaslight them =D I have all sorts of tips for when I did it to my miserable dormie!