What a way to start a day!
I must have done something bad, because its only 11 minutes past 8am and already at least 3 things have gone wrong.Let me give you a brief overview of how my morning routine should go:
alarm goes off at 6.20
alarm goes off at 6.25
alarm goes off at 6.30 and up I jump fresh as a daisy and head to the shower
head back to room at 6.50 and get dressed do all kind of morning things like surf the net and put make up on.
Leave house at 7.15
Nearly always manage to grab a seat on the Picidilly line at 7.20
Reach work at 7.45/50, the day begins and all is great.
Here is what happened this morning:
alarm goes off at 6.20
alarm goes off at 6.25
Alarm goes off at 6.30 and I jump up fresh as a daisy and head to the shower
every thing is going to plan at 6.58 I head down to the kitchen to collect my Tuna and pasta. It smells funny, I instantly know that its not good to eat feel very sad and throw it in the bin. Then I hear a drip, drip, drip. I automatically look to the sink in case I didn't turn the tap enough. No, its not that I turn around and see water dripping from the ceiling under where the bath tub is. Its a very quick drip and for a few seconds i just stand there trying to understand what is happening. Then it starts to pour...i'm talking a river or water falling from the ceiling. 'CINDYYYYYYYYY!!' I scream. 'CINDYYYYYYYY TURN OFF THE SHOWER NOWWWWWWWWW!'
the waters still falling. I run up the stairs bang on the bathroom door. An annoyed shout greets me 'whadoyawant' She says.
'TURN OFF THE SHOWER NOW, THE WATER IS COMING THROUGH THE CEILING'
I hear her sigh and know in her head she is saying 'Bladdy hell'
Run downstairs and look for a big bowl or bucket. Kay my other housemate comes out of her room naked except for her quilt 'Whats going on?' by now I'm nearly hyperventilating. 'Look!' i point at the ceiling.
Kay then launches in her speech of how we have told the landlord about this many times (which we have), Cindy comes down and informs us that she doesnt care and she is still taking her shower.
I dont get it, why cant she just wash in the sink? she has a wash cloth and hot water. but she is adamant that she is shower, i tell her that when she falls through the ceiling and the landlord gets pissed because she still used it, then I'm not getting involved.
all this happened in about the space of 6 minutes, I run out of the house at 7.16 shouting that I will call the landlord from work at 9am.
Get to the station to find that due to a signal failure at Arnos Grove there is severe delays and part suspensions. I squeeze my self on the platform and wait 7 mins for a train. Then something good happenens. The train that pulls into the platform isnt trying to reinact the chewing gum advert with the little alien pressed against the glass. It is infact completely empty. Woo Hoo. So maybe today will be ok after all. Except for the fact that yes, I have got a seat and yes the train is empty now, but since there are more stations, busier stations after mine all with people who have been waiting perhaps longer then I was, perhaps this euphoria wont last.
Gold star for me for figuring that out.
It's so easy to be squashed even when you are sitting down. Anyway, then I managed to majorly embaress myself. There was a lady infront of me and she was quite large, but she was also wearing a top that didnt quite cover her tummy and the tummy looked like it was holding a baby. I wasn't sure at first, but then I was, so being the kind stranger I am, I offered her my seat, she gave me a look of slight annoyance and declined. I then managed to get another look and realised that no, she wasn't preggers, she was just fat. The guy next to me kept looking and laughing for the rest of the journey.
So anyway, I managed to get to work for 7.55 and have some cereal, but wow was it dramatic getting to this point. I need to go back to bed for a while, but no I cant not least because I'm at work, but because I also have to phone my blasted landlord.
The day can only get better I guess.
Will be in touch soon.
posted by Luv_lee @ Thursday, August 17, 2006
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