Rub a dub dub...
Current or future employers may not want to read this, but I'm not sure if I would describe myself as a natural-born problem solver (although my performance yesterday during Jeopardy and Wheel of Fortune would indicate otherwise). Sometimes, I don't want to jump right in there and fix things. Sometimes, I want to sit back and see how things play out.
Like our bathtub, for example, which is right now filled with about 8 inches of soapy water from my last shower, which I took yesterday at 4 pm. I'm under the impression that when the water CAN go down the drain, it WILL go down the drain. Why do we as humans feel this need to force the water to adhere to our standard of behavior? Sometimes, it is in the nature of water to just sit there.
But really, that stuff is disgusting. I offered to call the super, but like people insist we need to change our dependency on foreign oil, David is adamant that we change our dependency on our foreign landlord, so I put away my cell phone and watched him shove a wire hanger down the drain for 30 minutes.
18 hours later the bathtub is still filled with cloudy water, and I'm deciding to make my move. A secret phone call to Ra'Shede The Super and a secret trip to Rite Aid for some Liquid Plumber.
if it makes you feel any better, i wake up each morning to the blasting alarm of the mexican who sleeps in the apartment next to mine, roosters crowing incessantly, and my first grade student, sarah, knocking on the door to remind me that we do, in fact, have school.