infrastructure repairs

i worried about the house burning down before; now it's flooding six floors below because of something wrong with my plumbing --- more than one water heater has broken in the building in the last year and it's a huge mess for a lot of people --- i got a new one now, plus i remodeled the kitchen sink and replaced the innards of the toilet

i thought i had major problems when i emptied out the utility closet so the plumber could get at the water heater and discovered what i thought was a leak in the cast-iron waste line that runs through the closet --- after 24 hours wondering if my entire unit had been contaminated with somebody else's sewage, building maintenance, with photographic evidence in hand, told me it was air-conditioning condensation from the slothful neighbor above who is apparently not familiar with the basics of home maintenance ---

we feel fresh now