Still No Gas

I've been waiting to update the blog.  I was hoping to be able to report that our gas service has been restored to our apartment, but still no gas.  There were two men here today who looked at the furnace/water heater and stove, talked with the landlady and signed some papers.  Then they said the gas meter will be installed either Friday (tomorrow) or Monday.  We were hoping it would be today, but what's another few days after eight weeks?

We are very thankful, though, that doing without gas service has not been a hardship.  It's been more of an inconvenience than anything.  We do have a space heater that keeps the living room between 66 and 68 degrees, and when the sun shines through the window, it can get up to 70 degrees.  We have an electric hot plate with two burners on which we can heat water for what my mother used to call "spit baths," that is bathing in a "spit" of water.  We can cook on the hot plate, in the crock pot or the microwave.  So, we are not suffering, just not enjoying some luxuries we usually take for granted.

We are looking forward to regular heat and hot water, though.  We'll keep you posted.