I have officially reached the half-way mark of my final year of training. It was topped off by the heat going out. So, backing up. I moved in with LOML in March 2017. His house was built in 1932, and then had an oil furnace placed at the beginning of the 2000s. The oil furnace is wonderful, but the frigidly cold weather finally got to it. Around 7:30 last night, I realized cold air was blowing out of the vents. So LOML went to look and couldn't get it started. We got lucky that the oil company was able to get a technician out around 9, and they changed the filter and the sprayer. Finally, they figured out that the line from the oil tank that is outside the house to the furnace underneath the house was blocked due to frozen condensation. We finally had heat back by about 10:30. I find it interesting that LOML and I time our freak outs pretty well. LOML tends to be pretty calm when I'm panicked, and last night LOML was really upset about the heat being out. Meanwhile, I was getting things ready for us to tuck in and have everything we needed for the night in case we didn't get heat back and had to turn the water to the house off to prevent the pipes from freezing. I'm glad we did get the heat back, though. Much more enjoyable than living in a cold house for a few days. Especially when the high for the next couple days is 30.
As for self-care, yesterday, I did some of one of my exercise videos. It was cut short due to the heat issue. I also listened to my meditation music to go to bed. Today, I redid yesterday's video, and will be getting into bed and reading once I finish this post. Tomorrow, I may work on some knitting that needs to be finished for a friend's baby (that was supposed to be a baby shower present and is now becoming a first birthday present). I also want to start looking for quotes to paint on canvases to put in my office. Finally, another self-care activity will be working on some prompts for writing which may become more helpful in the future than simply ideas for blog posts. More to come on that nugget, later...
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