The room between us(London,
2023.2.2-2023.3.4)
Thursday, Feb 2
7:37 pm
I got home and prepare to cook dinner.My roommate had already finished eating. The rubbish bags in the kitchen are apparently full.She had moved the living room bin underneath but not removed the top bag.
This is something I usually do, and tonight I leave it here.
11:47 pm
My roommate had taken a shower and was asleep.
She always goes to bed with the lights off in he room by 10pm,
while I go to bed near dawn.
When I wake up to start facing the day,
she is always sitting upright at her desk
in the living room, looking like the day is coming to an end.
I had just finished using the toilet and was about to wash my hands
when I saw the panties thrown in the sink,
has she forgotten to wash them or had she washed them and forgotten to dry them?
From the way they had been rubbed they looked like they had at least been washed, and I wasn't sure if they had been washed or forgotten halfway through the wash.
But how do I wash my hands now and how do I wash up later to try to avoid contaminating her panties?
Friday, Feb 3
12:46 pm
Got up and my roommate had left. The rubbish bag that had been filled was still hanging there, with an extra egg shell,
and I tried to throw in another egg shell and some tomato skins on top.
6:21 pm
Back at home, the already filled rubbish bag
has still not been taken down.
My roommate has already eaten dinner and is sitting at her desk. The rubbish bin in the living room is put back by the sofa after she has used it. I remove the rubbish bags from the kitchen and replace them with new ones.
Saturday, Feb 4
2:36 am
Out of the room again to go to the toilet,
no light on, tripped on the way.
Went to turn on the light
and saw it was the slippers on the door
of my roommate's room,
two pairs, one summer and one winter,
and I don't quite understand what she was doing to use them
so that they were here every day, between her room and the hallway of the toilet.
Landlord brought new tenants to the house this evening, I wasn't home and my roommate opened the door for them.
Got a message from my roommate outside that the landlord said it was too messy and asked us to tidy up our house.
10:54 pm
I got home and entered the door and stepped on something. After crouching down for a moment to identify it,
it appeared to be two parts of a sponge?
My roommate had fallen asleep and the sponge and her shoes were magically facing the same way.
10:57 pm
Went to the living room with the intention of putting the camera back in the camera bag. Opened the camera bag on the couch and there was a lipstick inside, probably dropped out of the bag of the roommate next to me.
11:13 pm
I went to the kitchen to prepare hot milk. See that the rubbish bag I replaced was filled again and not removed. The roommate put a new rubbish bag directly on top.
Sunday, Feb 5
00:17 am
Went to the toilet. Saw the stain on the toilet.
It should be her herbs, she has to soak her feet every few days and
this happens when she pours the foot wash into the toilet,
but she doesn't seem to notice and often leaves them here until they dry.
The paper was used up.
I went to the storeroom and got a new roll to put outside.I used to leave them there
without throwing the paper rolls away.
Monday, Feb 6
Tuesday, Feb 7
Wednesday, Feb 8
Thursday, Feb 9
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Saturday, Mar 4Tuesday, Feb 7
Wednesday, Feb 8
Thursday, Feb 9
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11:46 am
A friend came over to help me move in the morning. I washed up two packets of cereal and baked the rest of the mashed potatoes for us, finished the milk and coconut milk
and threw them all in the rubbish bag together.
My roommate is still not home and I'm the only one using the rubbish bags these days.
I took the rubbish bag with me before I left home.
The toilet roll was also used up and the one left
over from the previous roll was siphoned off by my roommate this morning.