I love the winter. However I have not had heat or hot water for the last 3 days – awesome!! Right? Terrific. This is what happens when you live in a glorified slum. It has been the coldest week of the winter, and I’ve had zero heat. Zero hot water. I’ve been showering at the gym, and sleeping in a cocoon of blankets and layers. The problem is being worked on – as we speak – but I am keeping fingers crossed. I want to go home tonight, open my door, and feel warmth emanating from within. I do not want to be faced with an arctic blast in my own foyer.
Last night, I finally just invited myself over to Flynn’s and slept there, because I caught a glimpse of myself in the mirror at around 8 pm … and suddenly I really saw the craziness of my situation. I was wearing the Nana – which is basically a large fleece BAG with holes for wrists and ankles, a scarf wrapped around my neck – and pulled up over my mouth, also a fleece hat pulled down over my ears, fur gloves, a fleece blanket draped over my shoulders like a squaw … and lastly: I could see my breath. In my bedroom. I got one glimpse of myself in this getup and suddenly thought; Enough.
Took a cab down to Flynn’s, whose apartment is actually uncomfortably warm – you start to feel like a lizard in the Galapagos Islands if you stay there too long … but it was heaven to me. Also the trickling feng shui-ish rock fountain in his living room was unbelievably peaceful. I felt like a happy purring little cat, reveling in the heat, and the hot tea, and my skin thawing out and feeling soft and rosy again, as opposed to pale and CAKED IN ICE. “Hey, man. I know it’s 9 pm … but can I come over? And can I stay over? And can I stay over tomorrow night if it’s still not fixed?”
I actually just got a call to tell me that the problem is fixed – it was some boiler problem … so. Fingers crossed. Little teeny icy fingers crossed.
“There must be some Toros…”
Brilliant. I wonder how many people will get that.
hahaha I thought it was funnier without the FIRST part of the phrase, which would give away the joke. tee hee
I got it.
(Dude. Anna Nicole. What the fuck?)
I knew you would, Lisa.
Just heard about Smith…isn’t that weird?
I know – so weird. I can’t say I’m surprised – but still. It’s such a trainwreck, and that little newborn … Such a mess.
I had a landlord who wouldn’t run the heat for more than an hour or two per day because he lived there and didn’t want to pay his share of the utilities. I had to sleep in a sleeping back in my bed along with full covers. It was quite wack.
I hope that your boiler is fixed soon!
Nightfly – wow. Now THAT’S a slumlord. That’s horrible!!
There has, typically, been problems with the boiler – I live in an old building – but day-um. It sucks!!
Toros–I got it! That cheer pops into my head at the oddest times.
Sorry about the double cimment above, i am having some problems with my internet (!!!!) That totally sucks about your heat- but good thinking to go to Flynn’s. Our pipes froze in the laundry room, so Tom is currently defrosting them so we can catch up on five days of laundry. In the meantime, I had a very resistant case of pinkeye, and Ceileidh had swim practice daily, so we had EXTRA towels. ewwwww.
Best post title ever. I hear clapping and stomping in my head.