There WAS peace in this house

It was a quiet week in the homestead. No arguments, no muffled remarks under breath, and no avoided conflicts. Just peace and harmony. The fifth roommate was gone for a full week! The entire Atlantic Ocean was between us and her. And then she came back. And so peace is no more.

I am by no means an Eco-terrorist, but I certainly try and conserve energy and recycle when possible. I don't mind being a little cold if that means the heat can be left off. The weather had warmed up in DC the last week so the heater hasn't been on in about a week. Well fifth roommate comes home and decides she's cold and turns the heat on. I try and reason with her - tell her to put on a sweater and her space heater, but apparently that's not good enough.

It's not the heat that has got me riled up. It's just her. Whenever one of us engages in a disagreement with #5, it always ends up in an argument. She automatically goes on the defensive as if by disagreeing with her is a personal attack against her. She can't compromise - it always has to go her way regardless of the fact that she's outnumbered.

And Lord Almighty she wants to be a lawyer. I sure hope she doesn't want to PRACTICE law because I really don't see a judge warming up to whatever whiny and defensive tactics she would most likely engage.

She actually asked if I wanted her to freeze. If it means her mouth would've been frozen shut as well, then yes! She really needs to move to a warmer climate if she can't handle this. I mean, I'm from Arizona and I managed just fine. Granted it snowed where I went to college. But still. We set the temperature for 50 when we were sleeping and I don't think the thermostat was ever set higher than 68. I think that's quite reasonable...