The Life of a Mathematician

Ha! I updated again!

Last night when we got home, Jeremy and I discovered that our bathroom ceiling was leaking again. Last time the maintenance people determined that it was caused by the neighbors upstairs overflowing their bathtub. It leaked more rapidly this time, so I was a bit concerned that it might continue and felt justified in calling the emergency after-hours maintenance phone number. You're only supposed to call it if there's an emergency, which would probably make some sense if anyone was around to answer it. However, all it actually does is connect you to the emergency after-hours maintenance answering machine, where you can leave a message, after which they will get back to you within a week. Fortunately, the ceiling stopped leaking after a while, but there is a small hole in it now and a larger soggy area.