On Monday we had almost no hot water, thus my morning shower could best be described as “on the cool side of lukewarm.”

On Tuesday we had no hot water whatsoever (owing to electrical problems in the basement/garage), thus the house was chilly (for the first time in all the years I’ve lived there) and my “shower” consisted of “dunking my head under cold water and washing other parts as quickly as possible.”

This morning we had some hot water, resulting in another “cool side of lukewarm” bathing experience.

At this point? What I want most for Christmas is to bathe under properly-hot water. It’s sad how low our expectations become, isn’t it?