Roommates - SL

I had plenty of them --they'd come and go just like anything else in the Army.

SL was from California. She was quite a beautiful young lady --had even done some modeling. In my very humble opinion though, she wore much too much makeup--hid all that beautiful porcelain skin under layers of foundation. She was a slob beyond your normal slobs. She hardly ever did laundry and in fact, I think her clothes only got washed when they'd had enough and would walk themselves into the washer. It wasn't uncommon to see her picking clothes off of the floor and smelling them to see if they were still "wearable". She tried too hard at being fashion forward and so often she just looked like she was over accessorized or overly done or something. As far as soldiering goes --she was always a mess. Her long brown locks, which had to be pinned up above the collar, were always tumbling down out of their bobby pins looking nothing short of a spider web. She never ironed her uniform and polishing her boots was just unheard of. She was slow to get promoted. She drove a lot and ran errands a lot --that's really all I remember her doing. She had a boyfriend and they dated almost the entire time we were in Germany --I think he broke up with her just before he (or she) left. SL was funny and crazy. She was sweet as ever and would do anything for you and give to you anything she had. She used to cook on her iron (lord knows she wasn't using it to iron clothes). She would make grilled cheese, bacon, eggs, toast --just about anything that wasn't too soupy. I'll never forget one time I walked into the room and there she sat holding her iron upside down with bread on it. I asked what she was doing and she said, "Making breakfast." SL was a bit of an air-head and it was comical sometimes to see the light bulb go off in her head sometimes. She often had music playing and never ever got the lyrics right --but she sang what she thought they were. Sometimes I couldn't help but bust out laughing. She never talked much about her family except occasionally about her mom. I always found that quite odd --when people didn't talk insistently about their families, like I did. SL and the Army seemed like an unlikely pair and me and our other roommates often wondered how she even got through basic training. SL and I got along quite well. We never had any disagreements except for occasionally when her area got messy beyond what I could bear to look at, I'd tell her she needed to straighten up and she'd just roll her eyes and in her Valley Girl way say, "Yeah, I know. You guys must hate me!" I never hated SL.

SL ADORED her boyfriend and I think had hopes of marrying him but their 2 year relationship went sour when it was time for them to leave. I don't remember what ever happened to SL because after I moved out the the barracks I rarely saw her anymore. I have a vague recollection of her going off to a new duty station --but that I can't be sure of.

As far as roommates go, she was one of my favorites. She kept us all quite entertained.