What a horrible time for heat and hot water to go out. You and I have the same type of luck.

Seems like it, but at least it got fixed pretty fast, so we didn't have to suffer in the cold. The shower is a different matter. God, I don't even want to remember how it felt to be left with soap on my skin 😖

Good for you though maintaining such a positive outlook and it shows in these beautiful flowers.

I've learnt this a long time ago. There's a Romanian saying: "pain must be forgotten, not cultivated" and it is true. Some people like to make an elephant out of an ant, multiply the amplitude of something, which is not good. I tend to move forward and put it behind me, if it is sorted. Feels better.