WARNING!

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4. Thanks. I'm warm enough, though I don't have the plumbing under control at all.

The one thing I take any comfort in is the fact that they're all pvc pipes, not copper, so they're less likely to burst. My nerves are really shot to hell and back, but I'm definitely not going anywhere until this is over one way or another. Not for more than an hour or two anyway. And I sleep with one eye open. When I'm not bawling. If I survive, however, my perspective on life will be much better. It's like banging your head on a brick wall - feels so good when you stop.

It will be several days before the trap thaws itself, and the cold water faucets in the kitchen and the downstairs half bath are still blocked. 48 hours of heat on them didn't produce anything. This is almost as stressful as having to listen to Faux News at somebody else's house, which happened too often when I did private duty nursing. I always tried to take night shifts because the tv's weren't usually on. That's one reason my nerves have never fully recovered. How people can swallow that poison mystifies me.

Hey, look at that! Time for my xanax! See ya later!