Living Alone

Scene: A corner in my 'hood late on a Friday night. Actors include: Me, one of my girlfriends, and my guy friend who is about to move. I ask Guy Friend how the apartment search is going.

Guy Friend: Good, just a little stressful. I want a roommate because being around people energizes me. It's hard to find the right roommate though.
Girl Friend (who lives alone, a block away from me): Hey, there is nothing wrong with eating Chinese alone in bed on a Friday night! That is what I was doing until Jay Girl called.

Awkward silence followed by nervous laughter.

Girl Friend: Jay Girl and I can live right next door to each other. That would be the ideal.
Jay Girl: What's wrong with a block?!

Group: Ohhh... snap!

So Girl Friend and I can run over to each other's apartment if we want to hang out but then when we want to be alone, we are. I didn't mean to snap at her, though! Next door would be cool, too. But living with people definitely does not energize me. My little home sweet home is where I go to re-charge after all the peeps out there exhaust me. In a good way.