Nobody Likes a Grump

As many people know, having to live with a suitemate can be challenging in that one has to become more accustomed to living habits, more specifically: sleeping habits. Leslie and I are very different people when it comes to sleeping. She likes to go to bed early and wake up early, while I like to go to bed late and wake up late. She's a morning person, and I can honestly say that I despise the morning. In fact, I despise waking up in the morning so much that I take out my grumpiness on Leslie. Becaues of my grumpiness, her feelings are often hurt, which is why it is important to have a meeting with one's suitemates/roommates on the subject of Morning Routines.

Because Leslie and I have radically different sleeping schedules and morning personalities, I felt it was important to sit down and talk to her about how we should interact in the mornings. This is a useful thing to do for anybody with a roommate and/or suitemate. Here are our morning rules:

1) If we are both in the bathroom early in the morning, we do not talk to each other. I have made this rule because 99.9% of the time when someone talks to me in the morning have an ugly attitude and hurt feelings. If she does not wish to have hurt feelings, she should not talk to me in the morning, plain and simple. If you are a grumpy morning person like me living with a chirping morning bird, this rule will probably do you some good.

2) Do not play music in the morning unless you have head phones. One morning I woke up and walked to the bathroom to start my morning routine when suddenly I heard some loud music coming from Leslie's room. When I first wake up, I do not like to hear loud noises, light or smiling faces. I have established this rule because the sound of music early in the morning triggors ultimate grumpiness, and I knew Leslie would be better off knowing that it is one of my biggest morning pet peeves.



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3) Never ever come in my room to make sure I'm awake for class. I am not in grade school anymore, I do not need my mother coming in to rudely wake me up for school. If I miss class due to oversleeping, it is certainly always going to be my fault. Waking up and going to class on my own is a part of learning independence.

These three rules are critical to having a somewhat pleasant morning with me, and these rules also apply to the other "non-morning" people. When Leslie follows these morning rules, nobody's feelings get hurt, because nobody likes a grump!