"the adventure of the crazy roommates"

this adventure, starring Rebecca and Hillary -2 seemingly silly girls-, started off with the decision by the 5 women of the house to finally paint the bedrooms of the house they'd been living in for the last 4 months. after priming one housemate's room and helping to paint the other 2 housemates' room and patiently waiting for the right day (ie. Monday), the roomies' time had finally come. they would embark on their goal: to paint their room (as shown below) in...

ONE DAY!

on Saturday, R&H had taken down their bunkbeds, moved much of their furniture and belongings out of the room into the already catastrophically messy living room and kitchen, and spackled the many holes in the walls, among other things. crazy times. the roommates proceeded to sleep in the livingroom that night, amid their said belongings and perhaps all of the material possessions of the people of the house, for too many nights.

after taking a Sabbath on Sunday, early Monday AM found the roommies cutting in, painting one coat of primer and 2 coats of their fabulous paint choices. yes, it sounds simple and even elementary, but anyone who has ever attempted such a feat knows that there is much much more involved in this process.

tensions DO arise and paint fights ARE had.

but really, besides learning how to backroll after painting a dark color onto a wall (since dark colors of paint are often thinner) to help it set and figuring out the best way to cut in or how to get paint out of the carpet, often, other more important lessons are learned. such as, being patient with your roommate when she needs to just take a break and how to be ok with life (and painting) not being perfect and how to love your roommate at the end of the day, no matter how frustrated you are that you didn't get it all finished in one day...


contrary to urban myth, Rebecca and Hillary did survive the ordeal and are quite happy to report that their room is finished! by Wednesday evening, the new beds and mattresses were placed in the freshly painted room, and both roommates were moving in in their own ways, Hillary by putting her pictures on the wall and Rebecca by moving everything in and putting it in its proper place. the roommates are very glad to be done with this adventure and don't hope to look at wet paint again for a while. they are enjoying their transformed room and making it their own once again. they look forward to unveiling it at a party in the near future! pictures of the finished room and its proud owners will follow at a later date.