“It's beginning to feel a lot like Winter,
Everywhere I go,
Take a look at the women and men,
In their fur coats again,
With scarves and hats, a scurrying to and fro.
It's beginning to feel a lot like Winter,
My feet are frozen before they touch the floor,
But the greatest thing for me is the day yet to be......
When they finally turn on the radiators!!!”
It has been fairly cold the last few days, with highs around 41. And I've been wondering, "When are they going to turn on the heat?" I know this probably doesn't make much sense to most of you, but everything is still government operated here. I remember visiting friends in the Eastern side of Ukraine for New Years 2005 and the power went off for two days. The answer was simple: the official in charge of paying the electric bill for the city had gone on vacation and forgotten to pay Moscow, which controls the electricity. So Moscow simply blacked out the entire city. On the Eastern side of Ukraine where my brother's family lives, their heat was turned on October 15th, but ours isn't turned on until around Nov. 1st. Yesterday evening I received e-mails and texts from co-workers telling me they had heat, but I went to bed with three quilts and a blanket on and woke to a rather chilly apartment and cold radiators. But three hours later I touched one of the radiators and realized that it actually felt slightly warm. I've heard that the radiators are so efficient that I'll soon be complaining of the heat, but for now, I'll just be grateful for a little warmth in here. brrr.
Everywhere I go,
Take a look at the women and men,
In their fur coats again,
With scarves and hats, a scurrying to and fro.
It's beginning to feel a lot like Winter,
My feet are frozen before they touch the floor,
But the greatest thing for me is the day yet to be......
When they finally turn on the radiators!!!”
It has been fairly cold the last few days, with highs around 41. And I've been wondering, "When are they going to turn on the heat?" I know this probably doesn't make much sense to most of you, but everything is still government operated here. I remember visiting friends in the Eastern side of Ukraine for New Years 2005 and the power went off for two days. The answer was simple: the official in charge of paying the electric bill for the city had gone on vacation and forgotten to pay Moscow, which controls the electricity. So Moscow simply blacked out the entire city. On the Eastern side of Ukraine where my brother's family lives, their heat was turned on October 15th, but ours isn't turned on until around Nov. 1st. Yesterday evening I received e-mails and texts from co-workers telling me they had heat, but I went to bed with three quilts and a blanket on and woke to a rather chilly apartment and cold radiators. But three hours later I touched one of the radiators and realized that it actually felt slightly warm. I've heard that the radiators are so efficient that I'll soon be complaining of the heat, but for now, I'll just be grateful for a little warmth in here. brrr.
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