Me and my roomates, we stay up until 4. We cross paths in the living room where we play a video game, sit at the table by the heater and stare out the bay windows where all the fields are black. Me and Chad sleep until 3 in the afternoon. No one ever goes to class. We hardly ever fix a healthy dinner. Two days ago Chad and I found an ax and shovel on the rotting back porch and tried to pull up the locust weed/trees where we're going to plant the garden. Their roots are too thick and wide. Chad found a walkway all through the backyard that was buried. We dug part of it up. It was still overcast outside.

Last night there was an inch of standing water in Lexie's bathroom. Another leak found us. We've turned the water off and no one really cares. Lexie is going to use his year as a plumber's assistant to repair it, maybe. Our last bill from the plumber sits on the coffee table.

It won't stop raining. Everywhere in the house is dark, we don't turn on the lights. We all listen to our own music. I like living here.