Like most ordinary people (huge assumption here), I look forward to a nice refreshing shower after a hard workout. I had such a workout this morning, as I enjoyed my building's gym after my building-mates had left for work. Unfortunately, when I returned to my apartment and turned the knob to run the water, absolutely nothing happened. Oh, except for the hissing sound coming from the pipe. At first I wondered whether, after 5 days of being out of town, I had forgotten how to turn on the shower. I quickly turned to the sink and twisted the hot water knob. No water there either. I called the building manager and was told that there was a problem and the water had to be turned off. It would be back on in a few minutes, he assured me.
I waited thirty minutes and tried again. Still no luck. I got an email from Austin City Limits, announcing that their early bird 3-day passes for next year's festival were officially on sale. I clicked on "Buy Now" and was taken to a cyber "waiting room." I opened two more windows in my attempt to purchase an advance pass, all of which took me to the same waiting room. Finally, I refreshed the initial Buy Now window, and received the news that the advance passes were sold out. Fun morning, eh? All I can say is it's a good thing there was a Law & Order marathon on USA all day today. Oh, and for the record, Olivia Benson makes a WAY better detective than Dani Beck. [Additionally, upon imdb-ing Benson's alter ego Mariska Hargitay, I learned that she met her husband on the set of Law & Order. A useless bit of information that for some reason made me very happy.]
After five hours of waiting, I decided I could mask my sweaty exterior with perfume and a big sweatshirt, so I left my building for the first time all day. A Starbucks visit and grocery shop later, I returned to my building and was greeted by one of my fabulous doormen [no sarcasm there; I adore them] who remarked with a smile, "Your hot water has returned." Overjoyed, I practically ran to the elevator bank.
It was top 10 best shower of all time.
Tomorrow normal life resumes as I hope to make it out of the apartment sometime before 4pm.
"Olivia Benson makes a WAY better detective than Dani Beck"
ReplyDeleteWell you know how I feel about that. Not only is she a better detective, she's out of this world sexy and doesn't have a weird, sometimes accent.
Mariska's husband is in a lot of episodes of SVU. Keep an eye out for his name in the opening credits - he's ridiculously tall, dark, and handsome.
Now that you're back in NYC, maybe you'll come across them filming some time!
I actually did come across them filming a few months ago. Unfortunately, it was regular ol' Law & Order, not SVU. Oh well, at least I got to see Clueless's famous Elton all grown up.
ReplyDeleteHope you're enjoying London!