It has been three days since I’ve had a shower.

It has been down to 5 degrees at night the last couple nights, and it hasn’t been over freezing for a couple days. We have no water in the house. At first we thought that it was because the pipes were frozen, despite our careful wrapping and insulating of them. Now it seems that the water in the tank is actually frozen. Not a big deal, but inconvenient.

At least it is sunny. And the house remains very warm. The temperature in the house in the morning has been in the low 60s (with no heat during the night).

I am mildly reassured by rumors that it has not been this cold here in 40 years and not at all reassured to know that everyone else’s pipes have frozen as well.

Postscript: Brad spent several hours de-icing the tank, and we have water again. We are hoping it warms up soon.