Ok, so here's the story. Our friend's lease was coming up in June and he had no place to go. He was planning on couch hopping for the summer until he figured out where to go. We, the ever so helpful friends had a second bedroom we were using for the snakes and rats. Come live with us, we said. We won't charge you too much in rent and you can take the second bedroom. We will just move everything downstairs into the living room. He agreed. Then his friend comes to visit. Friend asks if his friend can stay for a while. We agree. This then turns into a stay for a year deal. Oy!

So friends move in and bring with them 3 ferrets. They also find a stray and say "Can we keep him?" Sure why not. *bangs head on wall* <-This was fine then, but now the cat just annoys me. Everything was fine and dandy for the first month or two. Then the problems start. I get down on my hands and knees and scrub the upstairs bathroom spotless. Its beautiful and smells wonderful. Two days later, my roommate cuts second roommates hair in upstairs bathroom and leaves a mess. Does not clean it for 2-3 days! We are talking hair in my sink! When he does finally clean it, he does a HalfA** job.

Oh did I mention that said roommate gave his car to his mother because he didn't want anything to do with his mother...who owned the car. So, he began asking us for rides at 5am in the morning. This was fine at first, but then it just got old. I used to be a morning person, but now not so much. Oh, did I mention they also use my cat food and cat litter for their cat without saying so much as thankyou? *bangs head on wall a second time* I have told them once before that the AC has to stay at 75, since I have snakes and fish. This is a good temperature. Not too hot for the mammals, not to cold for the reptiles. This morning we wake up and someone has turned the AC down to 65. The thermometer I keep in the living room with the reptiles reads 63. I was about to punch someone in the face.

They let their ferrets poop on the carpet upstairs! They let their cat out into the main part of the apartment where my dog is, after we asked them not to. (When the dog first came home, the cat scratched him above his eye. There was a lot of blood. We were not happy...neither was the dog). They also bring in a new ferret without even sending me a text while I'm at work to say "Hey is it ok if we bring in a new ferret." Nope, instead they show up after I get off work with the ferret with them. I was pissed.

So, we are in a bit of a dilemma. Do we talk to them, make them angry (they will get angry or very upset with us, which will make things worse)? Do we kick them out? Find new roommates? Keep it just the two of us? We want to be good friends but I feel we are being taken advantage of. If I want to go around cleaning up after someone, I'll have a damn child. If I want to leave stuff around and not clean, that is my choice. Its my house. I'm on the lease, I pay the majority of the rent. (they say they shouldn't have to pay equal shares of the rent because OUR snakes and rats are in the living room which is community space. Might I mention the snakes and rats were moved down there so that they would have a fricken place to live!)

Ugh! I just don't know what to do. *bangs head on wall a third time*