Roommate Problems

We only had roommates in the dorms for 3 weeks before they all left for break. Since we are on a different schedule than them, they had one week of studying for finals, and then two weeks of finals while we were with them. I must say though, those were the longest 3 weeks of my life. Tanzanian people are SO loud. There is absolutely no respect for anyone else in terms of being quiet. The first week wasn’t too bad. Aside from being loud and constantly being on the phone, for the most part I was able to sleep through it. The next two weeks though were awful. One night during the middle of the night, my room light just randomly turned on. I thought that maybe one of my roommates had gotten up to go to the bathroom and needed to find something. After a while though, the light didn’t go out. I rolled over to see what was going on and I found Pendo sitting at the desk studying. I looked at my phone and it was 3 in the morning. I was very confused and also very upset because it’s really hard to sleep with the light on. Also, I am not the happiest of people to wake up when I’m tired. I get very grumpy. I thought that maybe she had an 8 AM exam and had gotten up early to study. However, this was not the case. When I got up at 7:30 to get ready for class, she was getting back into bed! I was so confused. I thought maybe this was a one time, random thing, but as soon as we got to class Julia told me that her roommate had done the same thing! This event of turning the light on at 3 in the morning continued for the next 2 weeks. I was exhausted all the time. When the weekend came, all I could do was sleep. I ended up getting a little sick from the lack of sleep. I had many of the symptoms of malaria including extreme fatigue, nausea, headaches, and a fever so I went and got tested. Luckily I didn’t have it! I knew then that I must’ve just been feeling sick from the lack of sleep. As horrible as it sounds, I was so happy when all of my roommates left. It wasn’t that I didn’t like my roommates; I was just tired of having them. I wasn’t able to unpack while they were here, so every time I wanted something I had to get it out of my suitcase. It’s also very annoying having everything you do be watched! I felt like they were always staring at me, which got old real fast. It was nice when they left to be able to sleep on my own schedule and unpack. Although the dorms are very empty, it’s nice to have some piece and quiet in a very loud country.