I’m living at the fraternity house this summer. It’s the last time I will ever live in a fraternity house, so I’m really trying to enjoy the perks, like having my friends all over the place, but I’m not enjoying some of the drawbacks. I have been asked to serve on the board for our house corporation, which is the group that actually owns the house. They charge our room and board and pay for maintenance and upkeep and things like that. Now, I am among those that help make those decisions. I attended my first meeting last friday.

I learned that our boiler is about 25 years old, and one of the alumni said that he was hoping it would last a couple more years before we would have to replace it. Well, three days after making that statement, our boiler has died. That means that our showers and sinks and toilets in an older part of the house do not work. Luckily, the bathroom by my bedroom is working just fine, but I’m most upset that our laundry facilities won’t work.

I’m going on a trip on Friday, and I was planning on doing my laundry tonight so that it can all be clean and packed for my trip. Now, I have a pile of dirty clothes and nowhere to wash them. At the fraternity, it’s only fifty cents to wash and fifty cents to dry, and I know I won’t be able to find it that cheap anywhere else. Now I’ve decided to drive to my parents’ house tonight and do my laundry there. Then I’ll either drive back in the morning or when I finish my laundry tonight. It’s about an hour and a half long drive, so it’s not that big of a deal, just kind of annoying.