Why you should feel sorry for me:
1. I am wearing long underwear.
2. Under two other pairs of pants.
3. I've had to roll my hospital-like bed away from the wall, so as to fashion a place for the space heater which will hopefully save my life.
4. I've been staying at work late just to have heat.
5. I've been falling asleep at work because it's warm enough to sleep there.
6. I would light out heater but I'm scared of blowing up the house.
7. On account of because lighting it involves dropping a match into a gas filled hole beneath the house.
8. I really do live on the prairie.
9. The spacer heater belongs to my neighbor E who stopped by last night after seeing me mostly naked through her upstairs apartment. "I noticed you guys don't have curtains up yet so I wanted to help and bring you some sheets. Also are you warm enough?" Apparently, she also saw the layering process begin. When I explained our heater woes she ran back upstairs and got her extra space heater.
10. The one and only time our heater worked was because our other neighbor A came over and lit it for us. He also vacuumed out the vent so the dust wouldn't burn and showed me how a hot water heater works. The pity part? Well, we made him brownies to thank him. When we delivered them he announced he was diabetic.
Comments
Aw, I'm sure A appreciated the gesture. It's almost like when the Hogan's offered cookies to their Jewish neighbors and had a whole episode learning about the meaning of kosher.
Posted by: Emily | February 1, 2007 12:04 AM
I read your Pioneer Days post and all the butter churning made me think of the time(s) I tried (with friends) to make butter out of the coffee creamers they have at restaurants...
Anyway, I'm sorry for 1-10...I didn't know that we had prairies in La Mirada? Or are you not in La Mirada anymore?
Posted by: Lisa O | February 1, 2007 12:52 AM
I would not be a happy camper if I was freezing like that either. OK- I feel sorry for you!!
Posted by: Krystyn | February 1, 2007 11:53 AM
Emily, yeah, after he turned down the brownies we learned all about diabetes.
Lisa, you know, I think that cream thing actually works. You just have to shake it fast enough. I always got bored. I'm still in the area, just at a new place.
Krystyn, thanks! I was a little warmer last night. I think it was all the pity.
Posted by: Abigail | February 1, 2007 12:04 PM
The good news? Summer is coming!
Hey, call the management company. If the heater went out, that means you are inhaling gas. Also, if you "light up" you'll probably also "blow up!"
Posted by: Sally | February 1, 2007 4:28 PM
Oh Sal, don't worry, I made sure to turn the "gas key" to off. It doesn't stop the "do I smell gas or is that my imaginiation" nightmares but you can only hope for so much.
Posted by: Abigail | February 1, 2007 4:33 PM
Hang in there ... be thankful for your above-par neighbor-folks! This is LIfe On the Prairie, eh?
I suggest taking lots of slippers to work so you can wear them while napping.
Posted by: Em | February 1, 2007 5:27 PM
They might (I've never had enough patience either) if they're NOT non-dairy... I've never felt so cheated.
Posted by: Lisa O | February 1, 2007 11:16 PM
Em, I am thankful for my neighbors, they're really great. I hope they don't judge us for not have curtains yet still.
Lisa, good call on the non-dairy. Man, it's like that time someone convinced me that if you swallow gum it sticks to your heart. Whitney Lyons told me that. I hope she finds this by googling her name.
Posted by: Abigail | February 2, 2007 11:06 AM
You don't have a t.v to view your home team in the Super Bowl?
GO BEARS!!!!
Posted by: sally | February 4, 2007 12:35 PM
And your Bears lost.
That's cause to feel sorry for you.
Of course, you were probably the only person who had a home team IN the SuperBowl - which gives you lots of points.
Posted by: sally | February 4, 2007 9:48 PM