Rain Reality

So, reality of student life... Well I’ll give you reality:

Zero seven hundred hours this morning I became gradually aware of a persistent thumping noise in my right ear. As I slowly came round to consciousness, realising I was not back in a sub tropical rainforest in southern Uganda again, but in fact lying in my single bed (and that takes some getting used to after 14 years in a double bed let me tell you) in the wonderful surrounds of the student accommodation of UCCA, Farnham.

‘Singing in the rain’ I was not. I rapidly realised the dripping in my ear was not the sole source of my troubles; after lifting my head from an increasingly sodden pillow it became apparent that emergency evacuation was required! Multiple infiltrations above my bed were quickly turning my mattress into an absorbent for the internal rainfall. On the upside at least I was awake early enough to get a shower before the water went off at around 8am.

Now this was not the first time I had this unwanted watery intrusion. Back in November it had started bouncing off my keyboard as I was working into the night (as students do) on a dissertation. After reporting it to the caretaker (or porter as they’re called here) on night duty I thought no more about it. Until about four weeks ago at 2am when I was woken by water splashing on my pillow. Sleep was abandoned and again the update was passed on to the caretaker. With yesterday’s forecast of doom and gloom all I had was hope, that the storms would hold off long enough to get some water free sleep.
As I look out the window now, my thoughts again turn to the chances of a dry night??

I had planned a slightly lighter introduction…to tell you a bit about how I ended up as a not so stereotypical student, but that will have to wait…rain reality was more pressing.

A note to Heavenly’s post below: Trust me, you don’t want to be living on campus, the leak free alternative is the better one. Cheaper it may be but cheerful doesn’t come into the description.