One of the amazing things about living in Old Lynn is that we get our own bathrooms and showers; we don’t have to travel down the hall to use the community restrooms like students do in three of the other dorms. I think we are very fortunate for that; I’m not particularly fond of public restrooms, no matter how clean. However, this positive aspect has recently become somewhat negative…

Lack of toilet paper can be an issue. Since we have a private bathroom, the school does not provide toilet paper like they do for the community bathrooms (which I believe is kind of unfair; we do pay the same price for our rooms. But-can’t have everything!). We have to fend for ourselves in that respect. All year, Aly, Kaileigh, and I have had a nice rotation plan going on. One person buys toilet paper, then the next, then the next, then we start over again. But, since Kaileigh and I do not have cars, getting toilet paper can sometimes be difficult. Usually, we can catch a ride with someone to Walmart or CVS or we will give someone money to pick it up for us (not that that worked out so well last time; I asked Sam to get us some toilet paper and he comes back with paper towels). As of now, it’s Kaileigh’s turn to buy toilet paper and–well–she hasn’t been doing such a great job of procuring it. In fact, we’ve run out. Fortunately, though, we have not yet been stranded on the toilet without it. Until she gets a chance to get some more toilet paper for us, we have been taking miles of toilet paper from a bathroom downstairs outside the gym. It’s not very soft, but it gets the job done.