Neal Wilson ✅ @neal@social.typica.us

This failure of leadership means that education, training, and professional development resources are no longer considered core to the association's mission. What activities are now considered part of the mission? The hell if I know.

Apparently another meeting happened where the issues I raised while resigning from a committee were discussed (heatedly I'm told). I had previously shared my thoughts on an acceptable way forward. Others also had ideas that I would have considered acceptable first steps. Association leadership decided to go a different route that completely fails to address the fundamental problems. If that turns out to be true then I'm still out and next year I'll let my memberships lapse.

Good news: a small amount of pipe thawed to get water flowing in the house.
Bad news: it flowed out of the side of the pipe and across the basement.

This was caught right away. Valve is closed, but the plumber can't fix anything until the water department shuts things off at the main on Monday. That means I'll be living on microwave food and the cat will keep getting bottled water over the weekend.

Cat is enjoying her bottled water while I wait for my pipes to thaw.

I think the cat was just on top of a heat vent. Her right side is warmer than her left side.

warming with the cat. it's like chilling, but with heat.

Some maintenance work is going on at the shop while it's closed. I'll grab some bottled water for the cat.

At the shop so a wholesale customer can pick up their coffee, but we're not really open. It took a little coaxing to get the car engine to start. Hopefully it'll start for the trip back home.

The cat has gotten bored of me and is now on the bed. The bedroom is the warmest room in the house (smaller windows, located directly above the furnace, lots of stuff that's good at holding in the heat).

Might also go in to use the bathroom. I'm out of toilet flushes at home until my pipes thaw.

It's warmed up to -15 (feels like -19). It looks like snow this evening and then warming above 0 tomorrow morning. I might need to leave the house to let a wholesale customer pick up their coffee, but they've got my mobile number and will let me know. Freight company with my next coffee shipment also isn't delivering today due to cold, rescheduled for tomorrow.

Pipes at home are still frozen but the espresso machine has water.

The cat likes when I stay home.

It's -20 out now. At least it's not expected to get any colder than that.

Pipes froze at the shop. Not really any point to opening if we can't serve drinks so I get another day off.

-16. Adding another blanket.

Despite my best efforts, all the pipes in the house are now frozen. So much for washing dishes. There's still plenty of water in the espresso machine and I have milk and juice available for drinking. The cat also has an adequate existing water supply and I could switch her to milk if needed.

Now it's -14. Expected to get colder still.

The cat is being an excellent heat thrower.

It's -9°F. -32°F with the windchill.