This is not a math equation, this is a life equation. When you have six people living together for almost 4 months and then one of them leaves, a lot changes besides just the number.
My housemate Tricia has moved back home. She told us on a Tuesday and left the following Monday. She was too unhappy with her job and too tired of waiting for things to change.
At first I was really upset, because she's the one who was most like me: older than the others, didn't drink very much, quiet, really into spirituality... She was also a leader and facilitator. I was worried what would happen without her there -- would I feel left out and lonely? Would our community fall apart?
So far all it seems to have done is cause me to talk to everyone else more and hang out with them more and feel more connected to them than I did before. I still think the spirituality piece and the drinking issue will be challenges, but I think we're going to be fine, and I think my housemates are going to see me take on more of a leadership role than I have...
Things are really different around here.
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