And boom goes the avocado

Last Thursday was the first night I spent in my new home for the next few months. After another long day, culminating with me dragging my suitcase into my new place, I crashed on the only piece of furniture I had - the bed.

Now first nights in new places are always a bit strange. But this one was one of the more bizarre ones I've had. As I was beginning to drift off to the sound of chirping crickets, I heard a crack and a thud. Suddenly I was fully awake again. I froze for a while, thought about getting up to investigate, but tiredness decided against it. A few more minutes passed, once again I was in that magical semi-conscious state close to lala land when I was awoken by the same noise. And again I decided to ignore it. This cycle repeated itself a couple of more times until finally I entered those dreamy few minutes of sleep. BOOM! On the roof right above my head. I jumped up like a jack in the box. "What the pribbling-idle-headed giglet* is that"? Then it dawned on me; there is an avocado tree outside my window, and as we're in the  season the noise was falling avocados; one of which hit the roof above me!

After that little anecdote might be wondering where on earth I'm staying. I'll reveal that next time round...

*replace with a four letter expletive of your choice....