I’ve been stuck at home for days.  Outside is a wintry mess and inside is the Sewage Saga, ongoing.  The latest episode features an added electrical circuit problem involving the (new) disposal unit and (never-used) dishwasher full of backed-up disposal water.  Still waiting for maintenance to get back to it.  I guess this is as good an excuse as any to be snowed-in.  It could be worse.

Out the window everything is gray and white, including the sky.  It’s like a B&W TV with one channel…The Twilight Zone.  I keep the shades drawn to keep it less cold in here, with the heat turned way down.  I still have a few basic provisions so I’m not starving, but also not getting the usual exercise.  I pretty much live on my laptop or phone so I’m not totally out of touch.  I “window shop” the online cyber sales for a few Chanukah gifts I can afford.  My jungle keeps me company.  I can get the sleep I need, when the Bigfoots (feet?) above me aren’t crashing and banging.  Not a bad existence while in solitary.