We had a Dickensian Christmas with no heating or hot water when the boiler broke down on Christmas Eve. We huddled in one room all Christmas day then heated up water on the stove to make a bath of a couple of inches and took turns taking a quick dip.
On the 26th, I sent a 'can anyone help me' text to my friends. Immediately I had calls with suggestions for how to get a boiler fixed when no one is back at work until January the 2nd, and a neighbour came over with portable heaters and an offer to let us take a shower at his house later today.
Now is having friends like that a wonderful Christmas gift or what?
2 comments:
Oh my goodness. I am worried god is punishing you for all these blog posts about religion lately. ;-)
You are welcome to shower at my place too (I wish I wasn't over an hour away). You are lucky to have such wonderful friends nearby.
I hope by now you're all toasty and warm!
Lisa
I didn't think about God punishing me for my anti-religious posting but the timing was right, so maybe you're right. On the other hand, he could have really got me if he'd wanted to -- maybe losing the heat was just a warning?
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