Then, last night, I'd put my pot pie in the oven and was getting ready for a nice relaxing evening. I used the bathroom and flushed the toilet. After the flush though, I heard the one sound that nobody ever likes to hear ... The sound of water hitting the floor. I kind of went into panic mode for a second, and wasn't sure what to do. I've never had a toilet overflow in an apartment before, and considering that I didn't know anyone, and didn't have numbers to call off the top of my head, I just didn't know what to do. I ran across the hall and knocked on the door of the people across from me. It was a lady and her kids. The lady didn't really speak English, so I was trying to explain the problem, and I didn't think she was getting it. She was talking to one of her kids in, I believe, Spanish, and I had no idea what was going on. It turned out that they were just trying to figure out what to do., One of the kids came over and looked at the mess, which by this time had completely filled my bathroom and had started to get onto my brand new carpet. Then the lady came in and switched off my valve. They also called management for me. Within about 15 minutes, management was there. They cleaned up the water, and gave me a temporary fix for the toilet. They had to come back today to fix it completely, but at least it was useable in the mean time. As I told
It's a different way of life up here, and I need to really adjust my way of thinking. I still love walking around outside and hearing the relative silence and the peacefulness of everything around me. I really am liking it here, and each day it only seems to get better. There were times when I didn't know if this was going to happen, but I'm so glad that it finally did.