I am down over a pound since the Monday of Thanksgiving, and down two pounds since Thanksgiving morning. Usually it’s the opposite trend.
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I’m currently listening to my son singing in the shower. He isn’t a good singer and is wasting lots of water, but he is happy, healthy, and working on life’s goals.
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Maybe he could pay the water bill while working on those goals.
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Eh, water is cheap… how about the gas or electric bill (however the water is heated)?
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Our water bill is far higher than gas or electric.
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Wow. We pay $900/yr for water, $3,000/yr for electric, and $1,200/yr for gas.
Yesterday I emailed 5 city council members, asking them to vote no on a stupid proposal. I was surprised to be directly contacted by one of them and by the staffer for another. Sounds like opposition may have killed it.
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The climate here helps. We’re probably $2000ish water, $300ish each gas and electric (we have solar).
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Seriously? I pay probably quintuple for power what I pay for water. And I have solar panels.
Water scarcity does affect some states -
We probably have a lot more sunny days down here. And usually we’re in a drought. So opposite problems I guess.
Oh I knew it was a problem. I didn’t realize that translated into materially higher prices. (In fact I recall learning that failure to charge prices reflecting the true cost was exacerbating the problem.)
You’re salty group. 
Anyway, it seems I spoke too soon. He woke me at 4am, complaining of abdominal pain. He spent quite a bit more time in the shower with multiple trips under the hot water, trying to get the pain to ease, with mixed success. I finally took him to urgent care when they opened, who then referred us to the emergency clinic for a CT scan. Naturally, he improved while at urgent care, went to class in his pajamas and slides for his end of quarter group presentation, and felt nearly back to normal by the time we got to the emergency clinic. Based off of symptoms, lab work, and imaging, the speculation was that he might have passed a kidney stone, but there’s nothing requiring intervention at the moment, which is a happy thought, indeed. And he got to experience what to do in an urgent medical situation without having to figure it all out while solo and writhing in pain.
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I’ve passed kidneys stones. The experience is…memorable.
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I had the “pleasure” of passing a kidney stone once. While it wasn’t close to the worst pain I’ve ever had, I definitely wanted drugs for it.
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I got my spouse a patio heater thats fired by wood pellets for christmas. They like sitting on our deck, and the unit is pretty cool looking.
Yesterday they were shopping in the US. When they came back they were raving about this pellet patio heater they had seen.
Score.
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It might not have many needles left after all these years, but it is the thought that counts.
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I slept 10.5 hours last night and I couldn’t feel better.
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