icicles in my window

Not outside, but actually in. I swear! All right, fine. There is a fine sheen of iced condensation frosting over the inside of the window that refuses to dissipate even with the electric heater on.

We have been without central heating since LAST FRIDAY. While the landlords have been (half-heartedly) trying to find us a boiler engineer, I have been swaddled in as many layers, barring the actual snowpants but including the tassley ear-flap hat and fingerless mitts, of a small Canadian child about to exit into a Newfoundland blizzard. At the turn of the last century. I currently have a hot water bottle strapped to my thighs and a continual supply of steaming mugs of tea and I am still cold.

I have weathered much fiercer temperatures -- I have been in the midst of ice storms and blizzards and mid-winter hailstorms with hail stones the size of canteloupes, but they were OUTSIDE!!

I should be working feverishly on editing a paper, which is due to be published shortly (yay!), but 'feverishly' is impossible when my internal organs are all trying to huddle for warmth. I might give up all together and bake some more of these:

Actually, that's a rather spiffing idea. Mmmm, warm mincy kitchen!

Comments

[WalterKnitty]

My first apartment was in an old mansion that had been turned into apartments. The winter I lived there was the coldest winter in a very long time. My parents could not remember it being that cold. Minus 50 with the wind chill. I had a quarter inch of ice on the inside of my windows. I lived on the second floor. There was one thermostat, located on the 3rd floor. Take care of yourself and remember, a good hot shower might help you thaw out. You can use your oven for heat too. If you turn the broiler on, or turn the oven on a high heat, it will help.

[Robynn]

Oh you poor, poor thing! What astonishingly awful timing. Our house has a fully functioning boiler and I'm STILL in multiple layers of clothing, including fingerless mitts. (Elfbaby is bundled up like a little Eskimo.) Definitely the only thing to do is to bake as much as possible - how else can you possibly have any hope of warmth!