Funny Story Recently Remembered

I was chatting with my dear friend Suzi when I realized that there's funny story from when I moved into my flat that I neglected to include here for your reading enjoyment. I shall recount it now.

The morning after moving in, I am thrilled to take my first shower in my new home and it's gonna be a nice, practically scalding hot shower, just how I like it! But the water won't get warm. I wait, patiently, but expectantly, but it still doesn't get hot after about five minutes. I already had a small list of things to mention to the building manager (no door on the freezer in my frig/freezer unit, this drawer is broken, what's that light switch go to, etc.) so I add "no hot water" to the list and go on with my day. (I would rather be stinky than have a miserable, cold shower. At least that day. I didn't want to feel like lock-jaw was setting in just to feel clean.)

When I get home later, my building manager had stopped in and left a note explaining stuff he'd checked, stuff he'd fixed, and stuff he'd get to later. On the list was an explanation of the mysterious light switch that has a red light above it: it controls the water heater! Two problems solved at once. (Although I hadn't made the connection, it made sense because the wall heaters all have a switch next to them in order to get them going.)

Later in the week, after I have purchased some kitchen supplies and when I decide to finally cook in my apartment, I pull out a frozen egg and put it in the pan to defrost. It's an electric range, with which I am relatively unfamiliar, so I put it on low and figure by the time it heats up, my egg might be defrosted. I keep checking it and it's slowly melting, but it isn't cooking very fast. Actually, it's not cooking at all because the range isn't getting warm. Another thing to add to the list! And then I notice a switch on the wall behind the range. This one doesn't have a light attached, but I think there may be a trend here. Sure enough, I flip the switch and the light next to the burner icon is illuminated. I cook my egg and eat it and then go turn on the water heater so I have hot water with which to wash my dirty dishes.

**For those wondering about why I had frozen eggs, it's not part of any fear that I won't be able to have children someday. When my mini fridge doesn't have a cover over the freezer section, the entire refrigerator drops to the temperature of the freezer, even on the lowest setting. So all my produce, eggs, cheese, butter....everything froze. The produce was ruined, but the eggs, butter, and cheese seemed to hold on. Of course, now that I have a door over the freezer area, I still find stuff freezes if I put it on the first or second shelf. Actually, anything in there is likely to freeze; I'm still figuring out how to work that out. (Mick, you're otter pops and ice cream would be perfect over here!)