Last night, I heard one of my roommates crying while talking on the phone. She made several subsequent phone calls which led me to the assumption that a family member had died. To say that my roommates and I are not close is an understatement, however I'm still a human so this morning when I saw her getting ready to go home I hugged her and told her I was sorry for her loss. It turns out her grandfather had died. I just realized that every year I've been in college, I've had a roommate that had a family member die between March-April. I'm starting to think I'm a bad omen. My boyfriend is going to be my roommate next school year and I'm pretty close with his immediate and extended family so fingers crossed this trend doesn't continue.