Diary of Dehydration

Saturday 24 November 20h00
As is usual in Grahamstown, the power unexpectedly went off. So much for studying tonight. At least I have the light from my laptop for a few minutes; I wish it would last longer than ten minutes though. Early bed time I suppose.

Sunday 25 November 07h00 
The power has returned but water in res appears to have been switched off. Luckily I have a full kettle of water so I can still make tea! There's still loads of water in the geyser (well, my hot tap is working anyway) and I have a 5l of drinking water in the fridge. No worries. In the mean time, I'll give myself a quick scrub in the sink.

15h00
Arrived at Prince Alfred for a study session with a friend and discovered that they still had water. Made use of their bathroom, seeing as I had the opportunity.

19h00
Still no water. Girls in res apparently can't be bothered to go next door to use the bathrooms so the residence is starting to smell somewhat bad. I'm heading over to my boyfriend's place to use his shower and wash my hair; apparently it's only our residence that has no water. Typical.

Monday 26 November 05h30
Woke up early to prepare for my exam today and found that - surprise surprise - there is still no water. Being the resourceful cookie that I am, I boiled my kettle and once again had a quick wash in my sink. Dying to pee, but the toilet on my floor appears to be filled almost to the brim with used toilet paper. This is becoming drastic.

08h00
Arrived at Eden Grove for my exam and found that they still had water. I could finally use the toilet. THANK THE POPE.

12h30
17 hours without water. This plague of water-less-ness appears to have spread to several other residences as well as half the library bathrooms (seriously, why only half?) and a few digs. Boyfriend no longer has water so I can't shower there. I ma becoming concerned. And smelly.

13h00 UPDATE!
I just tried my tap!
...still no water. Sigh.