this apartment SUCKS

I HATE my new living situation. It's been 10 days, and I am ready to move out.

Although the two roommates that pay rent here are nice people, my lifestyle is completely incompatible with theirs. And I swear the one boyfriend must live here. He is ALWAYS here. The one roommate and her boyfriend sit in front of the television in the living room ALL the time. She has the smallest room, but honestly, she uses the most space in this apartment. It just doesn't seem fair.

I knew she was a smoker, too, but I was told she doesn't smoke in the apartment. Yeah, she doesn't smoke her cigarettes here, but they definitely are smoking SOMETHING. The apartment reeks of smoke, and I'm afraid I will start smelling like the apartment.

And...I knew she had a daughter that would visit every other Saturday. Lo and behold, I came home last night and found THREE children sleeping in the living room. THREE CHILDREN.

The other roommate decided, just before I moved in, to get a DOG. It's a little annoying, but it is honestly the least of my worries.

I know I need to talk with my new roommates, and I am trying to figure out how to talk to them without sounding like a total bitch. They have both been living here for four years so obviously this is home for them. It is not for me.

Did I mention I came home tonight with three children watching TV while in bed (the futon), paper plates and pots and pans filled with uneaten food in the kitchen, and a bathroom filled with towels and little girl underwear?

Oh, and I share walls with someone who plays loud thumping music until past 2 a.m. I think it might be from the adjacent building, but I can't be sure, which makes it all the more difficult to know what to do about it.

I have no motivation to finish unpacking. I am upset with the girl who used to live here. She wasn't being up front about everything, not to mention she left the room in FILTHY condition. I am soooo ready to move to Brooklyn now. It's too bad I have to wait until September for the studio apartment to be available. I am all the more upset at my last roommate for kicking me out. So not cool.

I hope to NEVER have to live with roommates again!!