The Little Things

Our apartment was a lot cheaper than all the others. It was much bigger too. But things like hot water in the shower sometimes are worth the extra expense. This place has been outfitted with solar panels, which may sound great to many. However, the weather has been cloudy, cold and rainy for most of the past two months. Know what that means? NO HOT WATER!!! We let the water run for 30 min. or more hoping it will warm up but, nope. We are going to have to install water heaters at our own expense. The landlord came yesterday to talk to us about it and we discovered that when they installed the plumbing, they did not install a water access valve inside the apartment that we could connect to. So, there is only one kind of water heater we can use. Its a tank that mounts on the wall and plugs into the outlet and the shower tap. He said he would look into prices and installation and get back to us. So we have to start saving for that. Always something! How are we getting along with no hot water, you ask? The same way we did with no washing machine, roughing it! We boil water on the stove for dishes and baths. We haul the stock pot and the kettle into the bathroom, stand at the sink or in the shower and take a bird bath. The water can be as hot as we like! Our water bill should be miniscule too. At least we can escape to our little office with the heater and stay nice and toasty. We have since abandoned the living room, taking the smaller couch with us. Here, surrounded by books, our computers and a wall covered with friends, we spend our quiet time in the evening and any other chance we get, like now. I can't wait for warmer weather! We went out this morning but during lunch, the sky fell and we scurried back to our hole, soaking wet. We ride scooters remember.

mandachino

"Whether the weather be fine, Whether the weather be not, Whether the weather be cold, Whether the weather be hot, We'll weather the weather, Whatever the weather, Whether we like it or not"-Unknown