Were I clever about such things, I'd write a little script to put on my page to show exactly how many hours and days I have been without heat.

The electrician - who left a message last evening saying he was going out of town this afternoon for the weekend, but could come "real early" this morning - never showed. And I called and left a message for HIM last night saying "I will be ready starting at 6 am. Come any time or call."

No call
No arrival.

I decided at 10:15 that I couldn't shirk MY responsibilities, so I called and left yet another message saying I was not cancelling my class in the absence of any information as to whether he was on his way or not, and came over here.

You would think someone would have the minimal decency to call and say either "sorry, I can't come" or "I'm delayed, but I'm on my way."

At least the heat is on in my building. I may be making up a bedroll and sleeping on my office floor this weekend.

I also called the furnace guy back, and left a message basically saying "if you can find an electrician, any electrician, who can come out this afternoon or Friday, let me know and I will be home."

On top of all this, I get an e-mail from a former student about a friend of mine who's now on bedrest (and whose husband has some family to-dos to take care of) asking me to cook for them.

Of course, person that I am, I said yes.

at least, if I bring the food to their house, their house will be warm.

At this rate, I'm wondering if I'll have heat by the time my parents come for Thanksgiving. Or maybe I should just say "screw having a furnace" and rely on sweaters and fingerless mitts and my stupid little electric heater for the whole winter. I'm just that fed up at dealing with workmen and with having to totally rearrange my life to fit theirs.

I did knit some on the vest front while waiting, but I may have to rip it out as the gauge is tighter than the rest of the vest.

I'm trying to think "happy thoughts" but not with much success.