Shoshe - new windows!

We got new windows yesterday! It was particularly exciting because we'd been told that we wouldn't be getting them. Also, on our old windows, everything that wasn't glass was metal, meaning that there was a direct thermal contact from the outside (which last year got down to about -22C) to our attempting-to-be-cosy apartment. So the double-glazed glass part wasn't horribly cold, but the frame sure was. The new ones have plastic frames and extra-wide double glazing.

Mostly though, it's nice to not be offended by my windows' very existence. Who the fuck makes windows that have a direct thermal contact to the outside?! In a town where it gets down to -22C?!

YL- holes in walls

Rainwater -> leaks through window frame & brick work -> wet carpet -> stress -> large holes in walls -> ? fix when it stops raining-> ? end of 1 year of leaking windows.

Metaphorical walls are crumbling too. That's not good. Sigh.

Yen Li - it's raining. Yes!

Ok strange things are happening with my phone. I got Anna's text msg at 2am but without any fanfare. Judging from the content, it could only have been sent HOURS ago. Stupid telephone.

But! Good news. It is raining. Nay pouring and I am on standby in case the window does leak right at the bottom bit next to the carpet. I've already had multiple episodes 6mx3m of wet soggy carpet requiring effort/stress/upset since last Sept. Hopefully the hole in the wall was worth making to fix the leak. Well IF it is indeed fixed. Time shall tell. Rain, Rain my pretty!