Had to get that out there right at the top, given my penchant for breaking bones. So, fear not, friends and family, everything me-related is working fine and dandy! Apart from this nasty head-cold that had me inhaling steam from a cup of hot water with a bar towel over my head as a last-ditch attempt to survive work this evening. (hey, you gotta do...&etc)
But everything else appears to be broken. First it was the Vodaphone cell tower. Apparently all the sleet/snow/wind we had earlier this week had knocked it out (....as if this weather was surprising? we are in Scotland, after all. You'd think they'd have like, a back-up plan in place, or something. But no.) Luckily that was back up and running within a couple days, so I'm no longer cut off from the universe.
Meanwhile, the heating in my flat totally quit working. Then they came to fix it. And it quit working the next day. And okay. I'm all about celebrating Easter! You know I am! But I'm a little concerned that The Man (ie, the property managers for my flat) are going to let us freeze to death while they enjoy their holiday weekend!
Additionally, the hot water stopped working properly today as well (1/3 of a tub will not be sufficient, even for a person small as I am), and I spilled an entire glass of red wine down my trousers today. I do not want to smell like red wine upon arriving to work tomorrow.
But here's what I came to in my 10 minutes break this evening. Sure, everything's kiiinda broken right now. Admittedly a pain. And I've certainly some other less tangible, ragged bits and pieces floatin' around my life too, of course (Honestly, who hasn't?). But it's Good Friday, for goodness sake--so all I can really say is, thank God for the broken things.
I like the message of this post...so what if hot water heaters are broken...at least you aren't :)
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