Not having made any new posts in recent times, perhaps I should give some updates.
Most importantly, my grandmother died of cancer on 2 November; the funeral was on Monday 6 November. Although it was of course a sad occasion, it was a good commemoration. It was nice that a lot of people came, to support the family.
Apart from that, not terribly much happened. For the past three days we've seen a lot of rain, after a long build-up of clouds. Typical Dutch November weather, I suppose.
Oh, and, rather annoyingly (understatement), I have drainage pipe problems in my room. It appears that when some people use water (not sure if it counts for all my housemates or just a few) water comes up in my sink, filled with soap, both through the main drain and the reserve one. As far as I know it hasn't flooded over yet, but it's still an incredible pain, particularly as there's regularly smells of Hades coming up, as well. And I can assure you (although probably not much assuring is needed) that sewer smells are AWFUL. Hence, I've stayed at my parents' while I'm trying to sort it out, but I've had difficulties even reaching the landlord. Yesterday his telephone was unreachable, and he hasn't replied to my email (sent on Friday) yet. Perhaps he just makes very long weekends.
I hope to go round there today and ask him about this, if the calling won't work today either, but it may be a little difficult as I have two different meetings filling up the entire afternoon and co-responsibility for dinner after that. Also, constant rain.
Bah!
Edit:
Things are going well. I called and the problem should be fixed; they externally drained the piping system on Friday, and when one of my neighbours still reported problems yesterday they came again this morning to fix it up good. Should all be fine now. Also, no more rain.
Yay!
