The day that finally ended...

Yesterday was supposed to be a great day. A friend of mine was coming from a village outside of Athens to help me pass out literature in our neighborhood. The day started good, as I got up early and prepared myself for the day ahead.

For the past few days, we have noticed some discoloration of the celeing in our bathroom. Two days before, I had checked for water in the little cubby hole above the bathroom (this is our storage place as well as the location of our hot water heater). There was no water up there. When my friend arrived at the house, he noticed the celeing and upon futher examination, we found our storage space full of water!! Needless to say, we were not able to go pass out any literature because we were trying to clean up the mess. Fortunately, the only casualities were two small bags.

The next step is..."how do we get this fixed?" Our landlord lives in Astoria, New York. The time that we found the water was about 11:00 am here in Greece which is 4:00 am in New York. So, we waited for two hours and woke him up with the news. He then called his mother, who lives in Greece and takes care of the property in his absence. Currently, she's on vacation and is set to return on Friday! Nothing can be done before she returns...so, we're in sort of a bind.

To complicate things further, my parents and my grandma will arrive here in Greece next Tuesday! My landlord assured me that the work will be done by Monday, the question is, "Which Monday?" We'll see.

Our DSL was down all day yesterday and so we did not have the chance to open any email all day. We used the chance to get ready for our company. Late last night (actually early this morning), we finally were able to connect and we found out that my health insurance (Christian Care Medi-Share--if you are considering them...DON'T) will not cover a doctor bill that I had in March! So, I spent a long time online shopping for new insurance.

Needless to say, I was glad to finally go to bed at 3:45 am this morning. I guess this day kind of represents just how unpredictable life is.

Adam