Living The Off Grid Life?

                                           Everyday is a brand new day,
                                            everyday is a journey.


His gain is loss; for he that wrongs his friend
Wrongs himself more, and ever has about
A silent court and jury, and himself
The prisoner at the bar, ever condemned.

—Alfred Tennyson.

Well, here we are day three and still no hot water. I guess the hot water heater went out and the association purchased a new one for the building. It arrived yesterday on a truck, one of the largest hot water heaters I have seen. We become very excited when it comes to brand new things, don't we? I drove off to work, imagining the nice, hot shower I was planning on taking when I returned home.

Of course, that's not what happened. Came home and still no hot water. No note or any kind of message from the association as to what was happening. Well, surely when we wake up tomorrow it will all be fixed. Yeah, right. The morning came and so did at least three trucks carrying the maintenance men. Again, they labored and labored, still no hot water. Obviously, there is a serious problem here.

So what can one do in this situation? Well, we go back to basics, that's what! We took the largest stock pot we had and started boiling water in it. Then we did the same with the tea kettle. Carried both into the shower and enjoyed a good ole off grid shower. Worked just fine. In fact, that pot of water and tea kettle was just the right amount. We really do waste water when we shower. . . . the modern way.

Dishes were piling up, so the kettle goes to work once again and viola, off grid dishes. Pretty soon we might do some off grid laundry, too. You never know. The funny thing was that Emily wasn't put off about any of it. Her reply? One has to do what one has to do. Life goes on, folks. It doesn't stop, because one doesn't have hot water. We still have to go to work, pay bills, make supper and basically exist. It made me feel quite secure knowing that if anything were to happen to me, she would be fine. She could survive and adapt to whatever life threw her way. Oh, by the way, they did finally get it working and we didn't have to do off grid toilet!

Have a blessed day everyone.