Just thought you all would want to know...I jinxed my good luck. Got up to take a shower...NO HOT WATER. Figures. Also, no heat. And, even better, two hours later we went from having no hot water to NO WATER AT ALL. Doesn't help that last night was the coldest it has been since I got here. Thunderstorm now, snow in the forecast! Of course the one time it decides to snow in Florence is the one night that the heat is broken. Now all of this would be fine if I had some extra blankets or clothes to pile on. But no such luck on the blankets. And clothes? Well, I haven't done the wash in about 3 weeks due to the lack of hot water...every time I go to put anything in the washing machine...it won't run. I don't think I have really ever missed doing my laundry until now. So in the mean time, the cold water is back. Perhaps I will be attempting another ladle shower. Good thing the stove still works.
OH P.S. I completely forgot to mention yesterday that I went to the Olympic Village in Barcelona from the 1992 games. The stadium/track, pool, and baseball field were all being used, but it was really cool to see all the monuments built there. There was a "walk of fame" of sorts--just a bunch of plaques of different athletes' footprints, all in their shoes. Lance Armstrong has super tiny feet, and Roger Federer has huge feet! And it was funny to see all the different types of shoes for different sports. It's so strange to think that those games happened 16 years ago...it makes me feel old.
