Bad Night
Most nights since I've moved here, I've fallen asleep right away and slept peacefully and deeply throughout the night. Last night - and I acknowledge the severe obnoxiousness of complaining of such a "problem" - my air conditioner was making such horrid noises, while OFF, that I could not sleep. It alternately sounded like someone was knocking loudly on a door and like someone was axing down a large tree. I ultimately turned it on simply to drown out the noise, but at that point the banging was so loud that it overwhelmed the sound of my already loud air conditioner. I don't mind steady street noise. But I don't like it when it sounds like someone is deliberately assaulting my room.
Again, I realize how obnoxious that is. It might be some peculiar status of a graduate student where one can shift a conversation from, "God, I can't afford to go out," to "God, my air conditioning is so loud." I'm not really complaining, I'm just noting that I got very little sleep last night. Also, I found two bites on my inner thigh. These were different because they itched. I never told any of you this, but a few days ago I saw a menacing spider in my room. I killed it, brutally, with roach spray, and then watched it die in pain. I'm going to try to forget about this again, so please don't comment on it.
Again, I realize how obnoxious that is. It might be some peculiar status of a graduate student where one can shift a conversation from, "God, I can't afford to go out," to "God, my air conditioning is so loud." I'm not really complaining, I'm just noting that I got very little sleep last night. Also, I found two bites on my inner thigh. These were different because they itched. I never told any of you this, but a few days ago I saw a menacing spider in my room. I killed it, brutally, with roach spray, and then watched it die in pain. I'm going to try to forget about this again, so please don't comment on it.