It’s not that the sound of water running through the gutters & drains keeps me awake at night. In fact, it’s usually quite an aid to somnolence. However… last night’s rain was just light enough to only keep a somewhat-steady drip coming out of the drains.

Somewhat.

Drip drip drip drip drip drip drip … drip drip drip … drip drip drip drip drip … drip … drip drip drip drip … drip drip drip drip … drip drip … drip drip drip …

It wouldn’t have been a problem had it simply managed to keep the beat steady! Instead… quite the opposite. I had to get up and read for a couple of hours until the dripping stopped. (Which means I’m running on about four, maybe five hours of accumulated sleep today. WHEE.)