This week didn't turn out to be quite as restful as I was anticipating after the last couple of lovely and busy weeks. Wednesday morning just before my shower, I discovered we had no hot water. The water heater kept setting off the breaker. Jim tried an easy fix, but it didn't work. He ordered a new hot water heater, which won't get here until next Thursday (the 11th). So by that time we'll have been eight days without hot water.
But even among frustrations, there are blessings. Here are a few I'm sharing with Susanne at Living to Tell the Story. Please feel free to join in!
1. Provisions. Though it's frustrating and inconvenient not to have hot water, we have options. We have a tiny shower in the RV. And Jim set up a camp shower he'd gotten some time ago in one bathroom. It's not as warm as a normal shower, but it's tolerable. We have disposable plates and utensils. I can warm up water to wash dishes the old-fashioned way. The laundry was caught up, but I use mostly cold water for that, anyway. I'm aware that many places in the world don't have clean water, much less running water in the house or hot water. I try to remind myself of these things when I start feeling grumbly.
2. More family time. Jeremy left for RI Monday morning, so we had the whole weekend still for the family to do things together. He made a wonderful halel chicken and rice dish on Saturday. One year when he came to us by train, he found a food truck at one of his stopovers and had some, then went home to look up how to make it.
Jesse had us over Friday night for some amazing nachos.
After church Sunday, we all went out to one of our favorite restaurants.
3. Fun games. We often play Jackbox games via Apple TV. Timothy can play some of them, and what he doesn't play, he watches while playing something else on his iPad. He also got Uno Attack this year, which includes a little machine that makes funny noises and spits out anywhere from 0 to a handful of cards.
Then Jeremy brought a game he had received as a white elephant gift: Poetry for Neanderthals. At first it sounded a little weird---you choose a card and have to describe it with one-syllable words so your team guesses it. If you mess up and say a two-syllable word or say the word on the card, someone from the other team gets to bop you with an inflatable "No" stick. It turned out to be so much fun and had us all laughing.
4. A handy husband. I'm so thankful Jim's knows or can easily figure out how to fix many things.
5. Antibiotics. I have a couple of wounds on one leg that got infected. I finally got in to see the doctor yesterday, so I'm hoping the medicine kicks in soon.
That's our week! How was yours?
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