The plumber/electrician (they seem to do both here) came this afternoon to check out the HWS and stove, neither of which appeared to be working. I had been nagging Arturo since I moved in about the lack of hot water, wimp that I am. I've washed my hair once in cold water and I'm hoping not to have to do it again.
So there's good news, and there's bad news. Let's start with the bad.
The HWS is caput. Whoever installed it turned it on I think without turning on the water tap. Or maybe that it's been heating and heating with no-one to use it. Whatever - "La resistencia" has died. The 2 alternatives now are to send it away for guarantee or buy a new one. I made it quite clear that it wouldn't be me buying a new one. The plumber phoned Arturo, and I think the outcome was that Arturo would need to contact the developer to get his permission to replace it. Either way, I can't see me having hot water for a few days yet, although the plumber did promise to contact me again tomorrow. Is this starting to sound like Italy again??
2 lots of good news - I now have a tradesman contact which will be useful when I find the ceiling fans I want to have installed. I can also get the kitchen light switch moved to a more convenient place rather than having to squeeze past the fridge (my fault for buying a large fridge).
The stove is now working perfectly, and I even cooked dinner tonight. And the fridge is now humming away happily, complete with a bottle of Lambrusco which I hoed into at dinner - the first wine since I've been here. There is a fast freeze option, so I put the bottle direct from the supermarket bag into the freezer and by the time I put away the rest of the groceries and cooked my steak it was pleasantly chilled. It's looking a little bare at the moment, but it won't be long before I get it stocked up.
Today I bought an expresso machine, cutlery, glasses and coffee mugs. I still need more sharp knives and some good wine glasses, but for the end of day 4 I'm very pleased with my progress. Tomorrow I'm aiming to start back to yoga. Now if I can just conquer this jetlag and get to sleep before 3am! It's probably not helping that my list of 5000 things to do keeps spinning around my head, and when my body finally stops my mind starts to plan and prioritize. Maybe some more of that Lambrusco might be just the trick......
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