Journal Entry #1:
On August 3rd, two girls were assigned to the apartment that my roommate and I were living in. The four of us had never met before move in day and I was nervous things would not work out. As soon as we were all settled in, I decided that we should set some rules starting with the temperature of the apartment. The four of us agreed that the apartment should be a maximum of 75 degrees and a minimum of 72 degrees. A few weeks after living together, I noticed that the air conditioning had been left on at 77 degrees. This sparked the first conflict in our unit. As it turns out, one of the new roommates had been changing the air conditioning without telling or asking the rest of us. I approached her and asked if she was responsible …show more content…
Although we talk everyday via texting, phone calls, and video chats there is still an issue of miscommunication. Julie is off at New York University and is having a great time. However, sometimes when she goes out with her friends and drinks too much she ends up calling me late at night complaining about our friendship. She never addresses these issues with me when she is sober and only yells at me when she is drunk. I was hesitant to address these issues with Julie because it could hurt our friendship and she may not want to talk to me anymore. On October 3rd, Julie called me six times in the middle of the night and I slept through her calls. She left me rude voicemails that I had to listen to when I woke up the next morning. I decided I could not handle her drunk habits anymore and something needed to be done. I avoided talking to her the next day so I could gather my thoughts before speaking to her. On October 5th, I decided to call her when she got out of class to let her know how hurt I was about the voicemails. We had a long talk about the issue and I was pacing my bedroom during the entire phone call. I hated confrontation with her because she was my best friend. By the time I was finished talking, she did not have much to say other than she was sorry for hurting my feelings. She said that at the time, she thought I would take it as a joke and that it would not happen again. I accepted her apology and was glad …show more content…
Cody is always invited to family gatherings and treated as if he were family. While dating, he has built an exceptional relationship with my cousin who has two children. Cody adores the boys very much and showers them with gifts whenever he can. It makes me very happy knowing he gets along so well with my family and how much the boys look up to him. However, Cody has become inseparable with the boys over the past few months and is always going out of his way to ask if we can babysit. Since they are my cousins, it is up to me to make the arrangements. It has almost become a daily request that Cody ask me to call my cousin to babysit on a Friday or Saturday night. For me, these two nights are my nights to do homework, hang out with my friends, or have a quiet night in. I do not like feeling pressured to see my family because I feel I should see them as I please or when I have the time. I understand that he likes to spend time with them, but sometimes I wish he felt that strongly about having a date night or spending time with jut me. While I have told him repeatedly how I feel, we had a long talk about this issue on November 1st. The conversation started off as neutral but quickly escalated into a heated debate. He argued that I should be seeing my cousins more often and he is just trying to help. At this point, I was not mad at him because I could see that he never meant to cause
On August 3rd, two girls were assigned to the apartment that my roommate and I were living in. The four of us had never met before move in day and I was nervous things would not work out. As soon as we were all settled in, I decided that we should set some rules starting with the temperature of the apartment. The four of us agreed that the apartment should be a maximum of 75 degrees and a minimum of 72 degrees. A few weeks after living together, I noticed that the air conditioning had been left on at 77 degrees. This sparked the first conflict in our unit. As it turns out, one of the new roommates had been changing the air conditioning without telling or asking the rest of us. I approached her and asked if she was responsible …show more content…
Although we talk everyday via texting, phone calls, and video chats there is still an issue of miscommunication. Julie is off at New York University and is having a great time. However, sometimes when she goes out with her friends and drinks too much she ends up calling me late at night complaining about our friendship. She never addresses these issues with me when she is sober and only yells at me when she is drunk. I was hesitant to address these issues with Julie because it could hurt our friendship and she may not want to talk to me anymore. On October 3rd, Julie called me six times in the middle of the night and I slept through her calls. She left me rude voicemails that I had to listen to when I woke up the next morning. I decided I could not handle her drunk habits anymore and something needed to be done. I avoided talking to her the next day so I could gather my thoughts before speaking to her. On October 5th, I decided to call her when she got out of class to let her know how hurt I was about the voicemails. We had a long talk about the issue and I was pacing my bedroom during the entire phone call. I hated confrontation with her because she was my best friend. By the time I was finished talking, she did not have much to say other than she was sorry for hurting my feelings. She said that at the time, she thought I would take it as a joke and that it would not happen again. I accepted her apology and was glad …show more content…
Cody is always invited to family gatherings and treated as if he were family. While dating, he has built an exceptional relationship with my cousin who has two children. Cody adores the boys very much and showers them with gifts whenever he can. It makes me very happy knowing he gets along so well with my family and how much the boys look up to him. However, Cody has become inseparable with the boys over the past few months and is always going out of his way to ask if we can babysit. Since they are my cousins, it is up to me to make the arrangements. It has almost become a daily request that Cody ask me to call my cousin to babysit on a Friday or Saturday night. For me, these two nights are my nights to do homework, hang out with my friends, or have a quiet night in. I do not like feeling pressured to see my family because I feel I should see them as I please or when I have the time. I understand that he likes to spend time with them, but sometimes I wish he felt that strongly about having a date night or spending time with jut me. While I have told him repeatedly how I feel, we had a long talk about this issue on November 1st. The conversation started off as neutral but quickly escalated into a heated debate. He argued that I should be seeing my cousins more often and he is just trying to help. At this point, I was not mad at him because I could see that he never meant to cause