Continued from the last entry...
[LAST PARAGRAPH - The power was turned on early the next morning (2:00 a.m.) which delighted us (it doesn't take much) only to be turned off again by 8 a.m. and lasting the rest of the day. It was pretty miserable that morning...we tried to get things done, but with no heat whatsoever and whatever candles availble being used at a pretty quck rate, we had no choice but to quit and...]
...call for help. Which we did - to the international office on the main campus. I must have sounded pretty pathetic, i know i looked it, so they took pity on us and put us up at some guest flats they have on the main campus. Hooray!!! We were very excited (me mostly) since we'd heard that there'd been heating there, and it was confirmed by other teachers.
So, that night...be turned the aircon on to the "heating" option, only to learn that the guestrooms didn't have that available. It was once again a miserable night! I couldn't get the chills to leave my body and i lay there for hours, just shaking, while poor S. tried desperately to do everything in his power to keep me warm. It was a very long night...
Things are a bit better now. The weather did warm up for a couple days, although it's a bit colder again. We've bought several hot water bottles and are wearing a few layers of clothing. We'll have to leave the "guestroom" tomorrow and return to our flat. We still have all that unpacking and cleaning to do, but we're off to a good start. (We went back a couple days ago and cleaned the balcony - it looked lovely when we left it) We're pondering swapping flats to one downstairs, haven't fully decided yet. We're to take a look at it sometime next week, so we'll see...
Classes start Monday. I had a meeting with my department to get the textbooks and schedules...it was a short meeting, since they had neither. Ahhh...it's good to be back =D So, i'm supposed to start day after tomorrow, but i don't know where, when and how...
Tune in to find out how i pulled it off, or IF i did...
