Ack

Written 10/9:

           Some days, things go my way.  For example, on Friday, I found out that the internet company will try to come back on Monday (rather than weeks from now) to install internet in our apartments.  I also learned that we are getting bonuses for travel to Zenica next week, and Italy later then month.  And I was recommended for teaching a master class or two in the music academy.  So lots of good news at once! 

            Yesterday, things didn’t really go my way.  L  Nothing too terrible happened, but we had some issues with the water in our apartment.  Late in the morning, the water went out.  I was relieved when I stopped by Matt and Tim’s apartment downstairs and the water problem seemed to be throughout the building, and not just in our apartment.  The water came back on in the afternoon, but had a weird rubbery smell and taste.  Sara and I carried on, getting work done and having a normal day.  It helped that I was fasting for Yom Kippur, so not having water didn’t really matter, since I wasn’t trying to cook anything anyway.

            After breaking fast, I suggested to Tim, Matt, and Sara, that we go into town for a drink.  (It was Saturday night and I didn’t want to be bored.)  Matt was a little shaken up because he had just been a tram accident!  Nothing major, but his tram derailed, and everyone had to get off and walk to another station.  (Poor Matt has terrible luck with trains.  He and Sara had to evacuate a train a few weeks ago because something was burning.  Also, when he got back from Germany this week, he was pick-pocketed on the tram! Fortunately, there was no cash in his wallet, so someone dumped it in a cemetery. A Good Samaritan found it, noticed Alisa’s business card in it, and called her.  So Matt got his wallet back almost as soon as he noticed it was missing.)

Anyway, right before we were about to leave for drinks in Ilidza, Sara noticed that, “our washing machine is leaking”. It turns out that the washing machine wasn’t leaking, but a pipe right above it was dripping.  It was just dripping a little, so I put a bowl under the leak. Matt and Tim took a look at the pipe, and noticed that the leak had to do with a certain screw.  Tim tried to turn it, but the screw was stripped so we had water spraying every where!  Yikes.

            After quite a to-do, and help from Tim, Matt, Morena, and Admir, the leak was plugged.  We went out for drinks, finally, but everyone was a little cranky after all the commotion.

So far, things are back to normal and the water is starting to smell and taste okay again.  Fingers crossed.