12 days too long

I'm so tired of feeling uncomfortable in my own home.  Paul's last day is April 30th, and it really can't come soon enough.  He thinks and has said that I'm a brain damaged loser who's never going to get along with any roommate.  The fact of the matter is that he's the only roommate I've had this much conflict with, and all my previous roommates have left for different reasons, none of which were their relationship with me.

I'm hosting Easter dinner at my house on Sunday, and I'm quite honestly a bit nervous about what he might do or say in front of people.  The last thing that I need is him deciding to sit on the couch and watch tv with his girlfriend during dinner, or him deciding that during dinner is a suitable time for him to have particulaly noisy sex with his girlfriend (who happens to be a very loud faker).

I'm definitely going to have to lay down some ground rules with my future roommates.  They're also a list of expectations that I have of myself as a roommate as well.  Here they are:

1. Lock the doors when you're leaving.  Unless I'm sitting on the couch and you can see from the sliding glass door that I'm home, don't leave through that door.  It needs to be kept locked.

2. Do not store trash on the patio.  I have a garbage can on the patio.  When the bag in there is full, the trash needs to be taken to the dumpster.

3. Recyclables need to be kept tidy.  I will provide a bin for recyclable storage, but when the bin is full, it needs to be taken to the blue box.  If you want to save and return bottles for refund, they must be kept tidy as well.  let me know, and we can start a bin for them also.

4. I will respect that when you have guests over, you would like to have a place to visit with them.  Do the same for me.  Please allow me and my guests use of the living room when I have guests over, and I'll do the same for you (clearly within reason).

5. Tidy up after yourself.  Kitchen and bathroom are shared areas and need to be kept clean.  A cleaning schedule will be set up for vacuuming, cleaning kitchen floors and cleaning the bathroom.  Don't let dishes pile up.  Wash pots and pans in sink, and put dirty dishes in the dishwasher.  Wipe down the counters and stove when you're done cooking.

6. Cleaning Schedule
1st of the month - I will vacuum and wash the kitchen floor, and you will clean the bathroom
15th of the month - You will vacuum and wash the kitchen floor, and I will clean the bathroom
The 1st and 15th are just guidelines... any time in and around those dates is acceptable.  If we spot clean between those dates, it should be good enough.  Also, you're responsible for your room, like I am for mine.

7.  If you have a problem with anything I do/have done, please approach me and let me know.  I'll do the same with you.  Let's not get on each other's nerves unnecessarily.