plumbing disasters - part umpteenth and then some :/

I took today off, because I have a leaking pipe underneath my kitchen sink. It's been leaking for a while, actually, but very slowly, drop by drop, so I just placed a bucket underneath and kept checking it every few hours. And usually there was very little water in it. However, last night, after I washed the dishes, it started trickling down in earnest. I emptied the bucket right before I went to bed, around 11 p.m. Then I woke up around 4 a.m. to use the bathroom, and went to check - and it was almost full!... Of course there was no way to properly go to sleep again, since I realized I would have to call maintenance and stay home to wait for the plumber.:/ I sort of dozed on and off more or less until eight, then got up and made the necessary calls. And waited. And waited. And guess what? Nobody showed up. It's past 7 p.m. now, and I don't think they will. And the leak is getting worse. It takes much less than 5 hours for the bucket to fill up. How on earth am I going to sleep tonight?... I guess I can empty my garbage can and use it instead of the bucket - it is much bigger, and should give me a good few hours. But I probably won't be able to sleep very well anyway. And I haven't been sleeping very well since last weekend (through no lack of trying, I might add). I just have this dull, wandering headache that keeps moving from one part of my skull to another. Plus, I don't want to be taking another day off tomorrow, wasting my sparse vacation time on this nonsense.:/ But what choice do I have? I am a slave to the bucket right now... *headdesk*