A Creepy Home Coming!

Well, first you need to know that I came home from the city much later than usual tonight. After work I went to the office of the Baha'i International Community at the UN where there was a dinner where many of the Baha'i's working at the UN were able to meet and visit with one another. It was nice to meet other Baha'i's that work here at the UN. The woman that heads the BIC office lived for 15 years in the town we will be moving to, so she offered me lots of information. Anyway, it was a nice evening, but I didn't leave to head home until about 9:15. My commute home was uneventful, I listened to a podcast and worked a sudoku puzzle on the train ride home.

When I got to my apartment I stopped at the mailboxes where there were flyers indicating a water emergency in the building. Apparently a water main broke near the building and the water was shutoff in the building at some point during the day. I didn't think much of it and assumed the water must be back on by now. When I got up to my apartment I opened the door to find the light on and I could hear water running. Quite a creepy feeling. I walked into the apartment and into the bathroom where the water was running in the bathtub but the shower curtain was closed. I slowly pulled back the curtain to find the water on full blast and the bottom of the tub covered in black sludge...gross!

Once I got over the initial shock, I remembered that today was the day the cleaning people were scheduled to clean my apartment. The cleaners are provided by my rental agency...since it's just me, there is no reason for me to pay extra for that service, but since it's included, I do enjoy it! Given the water notice, apparently the water must have gotten turned off while the cleaners were cleaning my tub. For whatever reason, they must have forgotten to turn the faucet off. So, I spent the next 15 minutes attempting to clean out the bathtub. It isn't great, but it will do.

Other than that, my day was pretty uneventful. I had lunch with my "buddy" from the UN. She was assigned to me to be a sort of a mentor with regard to the UN system. She came into the UN through the same channel as me so knows the ropes. We had a very nice lunch and some great conversation!