boiler

Feb 04, 2008 - 07:41 AM PST

I should have known it would happen, I have been happily thinking all of the time, and especially recently, about how my boiler has worked the whole 3 and a half years I have been here. (Ive had about most of the other things happen, that can happen in a flat... interesting in a foreign country where you dont really know your neighbours that well...) I think yesterday was one of those times... so you guessed it already... I came home and no hot water when i tried to do the washing up... so observed my reaction in one of these situations... bit of a mini panic... half look at the boiler and try and work out if it might be the pilot light, but cant see much from looking underneath, then i think ok i need help... i can hear that the builders are still here in the house and so ran up to see where they are working, and then got scared so ran down again and decided to listen out for them coming downstairs as they must be due to finish... this happened fairly soon and so went and got one... he kindly came and took one look and then said he didnt want to do anything as gas is dangerous and he has a diff boiler at home...next plan was try the neighbour who has helped with things like with changing the light bulbs on the very high ceilings (i can do it in england) knowing he is not home from work yet... son is there and ask and he says at about 5 he will be home...

so ok... yes im waiting until then... if its something he cant fix then i guess will ask him if he knows anyone to phone, i aready go to the well i am sure it is harder to fix and he does not suggest anyone as well they are a turkish family and mostly do things betweem themselve... (I dont mean that in a bad way, but like help each other... I know he would help me if he can, but..) and then of course think it will be expensive to call someone out... especially in the evening...

my colleague is coming around any minute now and she will have a look too i guess, but she lives in a different area and so wont know a plumber here... of course when i came home i wanted to tidy up a bit more for her and start sorting through the rest of the things ill be giving away at the weekend... i have advertised a jumble sale on facebook to ppl there who are in vienna... (I am interested to see who comes as i have not seen a lot of ppl for a long time here... my own fault as well of course, but i just have that feeling that it will be a bit ironic as the thought of there being something to take away for free will probably be reason for those ppl to get in touch with me again! Ill keep the blog informed...

Mind you, to get back to the point, well i then came on here of course and was talking a bit witha friend through messenger, but as shes in england there is not much she can do he he... i then thought ok try and tidy a bit, put the food away you bought.. some was for my colleague so i can offer a snack and i even got some roses to brighten myself and the flat up, and well i couldnt find the scissors to cut the stems and so that made me also a bit frustrated and so i didnt even do that until just now when i stubbornly used the secaturs (cant spell) which are better, but was stubborn because I want to know where the scissors are as i was sure they were just on the work top....

its all very silly and pathetic, but its just a little bit more about how one of the sides of my brain works when i get in these situations... its like i dont know what a 'normal' person would do. I do have one part of me that is chuckling a bit because of course i see the boiler and maybe even the scissors as another lesson to myself... like sorting out the boiler will make me grow stronger or something like that... and the scissors are well another reminder that i should not get so worked up about things not being where i think they should be... but at the same time these lesson type things are a bit annoying... I know the situation will pass and is not even that serious....

Was also thinking about the comuting thing which will prob be what i do when if i work for my odl work and live with my sister as well she wants to live in the north of london and i will be working in the south... if there is a really nice little connection or simple connection then i will be pleased... i guess i wait and see until i start worrying about that.... one good thing... i went to the skin doctor today and everything with my moles was fine The only thing she said, well asked was 'Could it be that you have put on weight since the last time?' great i thought!