Mundane?

Two things for today. For most of the time since I've returned from Europe my toilet has been "gurgling." I finally got around to calling the property manger and getting a work order put in, but then not much happened. This morning I decided that if no one had contacted me that I would stop at the office and see the status of my work order. The sound has been annoying enough that I've been up in the night pulling the bathroom door shut. Wouldn't you know!?! This morning just after my shower when I was wrapped up only in a towel with a toothbrush in my mouth, someone began knocking on the door. I told him he would have to wait a bit. I went to work with the bathroom occupied by maintenance workers. This evening in the garage one was cleaning up the floor after taking out all the recycling for this week. He stopped me to say that a gasket needed replacement. Finally silence again!

And perhaps also mundane -- today I committed to working one more academic year. Right now we are without a contract, and probably won't have one by the date of October 1 when I would have to put in a letter. So I'm going to wait to see what the retirement options are in the new contract we get. I'm doing so much course revision for spring semester that I want to stay around and teach some of those classes!