Roommate question

mziggy
Tue, 10 Feb 2015 05:29:47 +0000

I’m having some issues with my new roommate(assigned over winter break). She says that if she’s getting up to go to an 8am I should have to wake up too, because “normal” sleeping hours are over. She wakes me up by generally being noisy. For example, blow drying her hair in the room, slamming doors, and facetiming her barking dog. She also has to sleep in Complete darkness. I can’t even have a one lightbulb lamp on to finish my homework without her getting upset. The frustrating part about this is that she is not willing to compromise at all, because she says I wake her up at night. She is an insanely light sleeper. I can’t tiptoe out of the room to brush my teeth without waking her up. I would go to the lounge to study until I can go to bed, but she rejected that too, because my getting into bed wakes her up. I don’t know what to do. I have talked to my RA and he basically thinks we should bw able to talk it out (I did schedule a mediation session, because it’s required before changing rooms) I’m very sleep deprived and frustrated at this point. Any advice would be much appreciated!