weird apartment related weekend

Weird weekend in Tel Aviv...

It rained all Friday, even coming down torrentially some times, and hailing.

Around 22:00 Friday night I realized that we didn't have running water. I went downstairs to see what was going on and found that the main water line to the building had exploded and a river of water was gushing out into the back of the building.

I tried to call the apartment manager and he didn't pick up. I tried to see if any of the neighbors were up, only one answered the door and didn't really have any ideas.

I called the city and they said that it was a private problem, not a municipal one, and suggested that I call a plumber. Some friends came over and we eventually found the main water line to the building and were able to shut it off.

The water ran and ran for hours though. It's a real shame. I wonder what kind of bill is going to come from this...

Today, Saturday, in the afternoon, some psycho guy walked into our third floor apartment as I was shaving my head. He had his shirt around his head and whispered in English and refused to leave. He then asked me to leave instead. I tried to get him to leave but he went into the living room and locked himself inside.

I dialed 100 to get the police but the number kept ringing busy and hanging up on me. Nice to know they're there when you need them...

I was standing with my head half-shaved, with the living room door locked, with the front door of the house open, and didn't really know what to do.

A police officer came upstairs, I guess they'd been looking for the guy?? I pointed them in the direction of the room and they said that they were going to break down the door. Eventually they figured out a way to open it without tearing it down completely, which was good. They took the psycho dude out of the living room and out of our apartment.

We're going to be locking the doors, even when we're home....

I just saw "into the wild" which was an interesting movie. I didn't really connect with the parental angst story line but I did with the rest of it. Glad to have finally caught it.

Anyway... weird weekend!