Just one thing after another
This has been a challenging and busy few weeks. My landlord has always been resistant to buying me a decent faucet for the shower. I finally decided that I would buy one myself. Roma eagerly replaced it but in the process we saw that the hot water pipe was rusted through. Roma bought the parts for me and we waited for the repairman to come. He did come and told us what we actually needed to buy. Then I realized how much it would cost and decided at that point I needed to go through my landlords. It was their water pipe and responsibility. They came the next day. (All this time we were without hot water and shower.) The repairman was emphatic about the quality of the pipe and my landlord looked and said that he couldn’t find it. So yet another day went by. The landlord gave the repairman the money to buy the pipe and supplies but another day went by without repairs. Then I heard that the repairman and my landlord were arguing over the cost of the pipes. The repairman said that he needed 60 more greven to finish buying the supplies and my landlord said that was too much. (Actually for the quality of pipes it was normal.) So another day went by. Finally the next day the landlord bought his cheap pipes and came and fixed it himself. The way that he fixed it, it is difficult to put the tiles back up so I just have plastic taped over the exposed areas. So far, so good.
Also during this escapade, I was trying to connect to the university to show an English film in the English classes. We did finally connect and now we have an open door to continue with them.
Also during this time my cell phone recharger died. I went and bought another one and 3 days later that one died. I need a new cell phone so I decided that it was ridiculous to keep patching up the old one so I am waiting for the opportunity to get another one. I was a little resistant to start buying a cell phone in the first place, feeling like I didn’t need it. But Roma had one and I decided to get one to keep in touch with him. Now I am thinking how inconvenient it is to be without a cell phone.
Also in all this time, an opportunity came for me to have someone to leave the country with to get our visa registration validated so we made a quick trip to
Hungary.
Also in the last few weeks I started a bible study with a lady from church. It is going well. We meet in a corner booth in McDonald’s because it is a more central location for both of us. Actually it is working out fine. I come early and buy lunch and work my way around to the most private tables. So far it has worked out.
