Tests and Water Leaks

Well, yesterday was the first day of class. What else but a math test on the first day? I'm pretty sure I passed, but they haven't posted the grades yet. I had about 30 pages to read for tomorrow, then a bunch more for Tuesday. It's not like last semester, when it was one class. It's two separate classes and there are separate reading assignments for each class. Talk about a bummer!
Monday night I was doing laundry and I noticed the water pressure was low. Then when I took a shower, it was low there, too. So I went to the basement, where it floods everytime it rains anyway, and it had been raining, so I paid no attention to the wet ground. I didn't see anything unusual. At 3 am I heard water when I went to the kitchen to get a drink, so I went back to the basement. There was about 4-6 inches of water that I had to wade through. I got a flashlight and there was water pouring in through the wall. So I went to the water meter and cut the water off. I thought the water heater was busted. The water heater is fine. We called a plumber, he cut the water off to the inside of the house and turned it back on at the meter. Wow! You should have seen the little red thingy spinning! Which means the leak was underground, probably under concrete. So we had to call somebody else to find the leak. He found it and dug it up. The pipe is corroded! Has a big hole in it! But...he's not a plumber, all he was doing was locating the leak. So now, we have to go ANOTHER night without water. The plumber will be here in the morning to fix the leak. So much for paying off my bedroom suite with my scholorship money! It cost $250 just to find the leak, and it's going to cost over $600 to fix it. I'll be glad when I start making good money and I won't have to put everything on credit cards. So maybe I'll get VA checks started coming back in and start paying on that bedroom suite. If I have a rich relative out there somewhere, and you just happen to read this, HELP!!! Have a wonderful day and I'll post again later...hopefully.