Eric hated the rain. And rain was what it did in July in Auckland. And in May and June and August and September too. Sometimes Eric found himself wondering why he was in this damp, isolated little nation in the South Pacific. Of course the reason was clear, graduate school cost half as much here as it did in the US. But knowing the answer didn’t stop him from asking himself that question everytime it rained like this.
It was nearly 10PM and he was finally done at the lab. These twelve hour days were killers, but Eric had only one more semester left to finish his work. He had resolved himself to spending the winter months locked away in his lab until he made some kind of breakthrough. If only he knew what he was waiting for.
