Water Problems
I came home from the office a few weeks ago and realized that when I had unplugged the fridg to plug in the oven. There is one outlet for everything in the kitchen - oven, coffee maker, fridg. ( we are SO spoiled in other countries) I forgot to plug my fridg back in, so something had melted all over my floor. (Un) Fortunately I couldn't get my Internet to work on my laptop at the office so I came home to work online for a while today, so it was only unplugged about 4 hours.
More Water Problems
I wouldn't have been so bothered, but just last week I had piled up the dirty dishes in my sink so I could wash them when the water came back on at 6:30am. But I didn't scrape the plates well enough, so when the water did come back on and before I was awake, the food scraps had plugged up the drain and the drippy (heavy euphemism used here) faucet flooded my sink and the floor. I am wondering when the downstairs neighbors will be pounding on my door. And some of you know, my place flooded a few weeks later.
How much Water do I need?
I remembered that I had no clean underwear, so I put everything to soak in soapy water while I was gone today. They I worked late and got home right after the water was turned off until 9pm, so I can't rinse them and hang them in my makeshift clothesline in my 'front hall.' So I will rinse and hang later. They probably need a little extra soaking anyways. My landlady, Lali, who is fabulous, did a load for me in her new washer over the weekend, but I figured I should do my own underwear.
And the three shirts I hung outside on the clothesline on my balcony are still wet because it rained while I was at work. Oh well, they probably need to air out some more anyhow. But how do I keep the bird poop off my clean clothes? There must be an old wive's tip. Any suggestions? Now I just keep them on the line a few hours, then bring them in to finish drying on the beds.
But I'm home now, listening to Nora Jones, and have some left over recently defrosted food on the counter so I'm set :-) My bina is warm, the balcony inviting and I have lots of sunlight and the neighborhood here is amazing. It feels like those neighborhoods in NYC in the 60s - everyone around, caring for one another. The kids are all playing outside, even 3 year olds. No one worries about them getting kidnapped or hurt. The kids all take turns playing in the soccer/basketball court. All ages share and I don't hear anyone ever fighting over space. The women are sitting out on the bench chatting. The guys are playing backgammon on the picnic tables. I know it is going to get REALLY hot here this summer, but I'm taking it a day at a time. Happy Spring!
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| View from my balcony. Those are mountains behind the building. |
