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The new roommate finally showed up yesterday. Moving in with his parents. Rather quick and brief without much of a time to talk. He then went out to dinner with his folks and after dinner came by to grab his tooth brush and tooth paste. It appeared as though he was going to stay with his folks for the night at what I would assume was their hotel room. A bird leaving the nest for the first time.

A random bout of insomnia hit this morning as I was laying in bed, first hard to fall to sleep, and then once asleep I woke up three hours later without the ability to fall back to sleep. Mind going places it hasn’t gone in months, but as well as nowhere. Blank but awake. Needless to say I did my laundry so I can have a nice white shirt to wear for the first day of class. None of the grey stains on the collar and cuffs. Even did some ironing. Gonna look fuckin’ class for class.

It seems that every time that I don’t get my needed sleep for the night I get this odd empty feeling in my stomach that travels up to the back of my throat. Jitters. A sense of cold.

While out at the café getting some Earl Grey the new roommate came by and packed up leaving a message saying he found another place. Perhaps it is the sleep deprivation, but I feel a bit rejected. It is somewhat awesome that I will probably get the apartment to myself for this semester, but even still it can be nice to have someone to come home to and just have some bullshit conversation with. Meh.
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