The first thing we checked this morning was our hot water status. It’s not good news. Judy adjusts her morning routine to reduce the amount of time she has to spend in a cold shower. Ugh! The one “positive” out of this is that she’s away early, and doesn’t have any taxi issues.
I plan my morning around the UHN management office opening so I can get our hot water account paid up. As I’m leaving the building, heading to the office, I decided to check the bulletin board in the downstairs lobby for any notice that might indicate a hot water issue. I found a notice with times and dates corresponding with our lack of hot water, and deduce our problem is “building-wide”, and not just our apartment and our account. If I’ve figured out the note, the hot water should be back on tonight around 8:00 pm. I go back in and recheck our meters. I think I’ve figured out we still have quite a bit of money on them. The pool is also out of hot water, and since I can’t shower at home today, I opted out of swimming (it doesn’t take much to discourage me from exercise).
The “hot water notification” bulletin
Our ayi shows up around 12:30, and I take off for the table tennis park around 1:00. It’s a beautiful day, with little wind. Someone posed me for a picture last week at the park. I didn’t know what was happening, but played along. When I arrive today, the park superintendent hurried away and came back with a printed copy of the photo that was taken, giving me a copy. It gave me a chance to take my picture with him.
My “posed” picture. I guess the poster in the background was to help prove where I was?
This is the guy who helps me out at the table tennis park. He’s constantly finding someone to play with me. He’s been a huge help!
The remainder of my time at the park was spent getting pounded by 5 different people. I hadn’t played any of these players before. No matter how much I think I’m improving, I still haven’t played anyone I felt sure I could beat. There are so many styles and spins coming at me, at least my speed of adjustment and spin recognition is faster.
When I get home at 4:30, I put together the soup for the evening. Judy gets home at 5:30, well before dinner is ready. I was not expecting her quite so early. Sure enough, around 8:00 pm, we checked, and had hot water (or at least warm). Tomorrow morning should be much better.