1. house hunting is not for the faint of heart.

2. it’s full of action and adventure.
(you try navigating the streets of australia without a smartphone )

3. mystery and anticipation.
(will they respond to my email? will they like me? will I like them? What if I like them and they don’t like me?)

4. frustration and elation.
(I found the perfect one! ugh, it’s taken! WAIT, HERE’S ANOTHER ONE! UGH, THEY OWN A CAT.)

5. and a lot of weirdos.

6. seriously.

7. a lot..

8. AT FIRST THEY SEEM NORMAL. FRIENDL EVEN.
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9. THEY MIGHT CRACK A JOKE.

10. ASK YOU ABOUT YOUR JOB, YOUR HOBBIES.

11. GAUGE YOUR INTEREST IN THE ROOM, THE AREA, THE RENT.

12. AND JUST WHEN YOU THINK
YOU’VE DONE THE IMPOSSIBLE,
found the exception
to the rule

13. A GOOD OLE’ NORMAL ROOMMATE

14. Bam!

15. they let it slip. the crazy comes out.

16. “SO DO YOU LIKE FOOT MASSAGES?”
“WHAT SIZE ARE YOUR FEET?”
“ARE THEY TICKLISH?”
“DO YOU KEEP THEM WELL-GROOMED?”
(You think I’m joking. I’m not.)

17. run..

18. DON’T THINK. RUN.

19. FASTER.

20. FORGET MARATHONS,
THIS IS THE GETA A YOU’VE BEEN TRAINING FOR.
WY

21. RUN UNTIL YOU’RE SAFEL BACK IN FRONT OF YOUR COMPUTER
Y

22. WHERE WITH THE CLICK OF A BUTTON, YOU’RE BACK ONLINE

23. HUNTING DOWN YOUR NEXT potential roommate.
(fingers crossed)