central heating is suprisingly necessary

paul and i just spent 4 days in a house with no heat. our landlord, who fancies himself a mechanic, tried to fix it on friday instead of calling a real mechanic, so we had to wait the whole weekend to get someone to actually fix it. luckily mechanics work on john chilembwe day, so it was alright. the landlord brought over the loudest industrial heater thing, which runs on paraffin and electricity, to heat the house while we waited. it blows out 200 degree heat for 2 minutes and the house is roasting, but then for some reason, when it goes off, the house instantly goes back to 50 degrees. i don't get it. my dog, lilly, was petrified of the thing, so we tried not to use it much. at night it kept us awake and made us afraid of burning the house down, so we didn't use it then either. but after days of walking around bundled in blankets (you guys know how i feel about being cold) a guy came and fixed it yesterday.
in other news, at my school, the seniors are doing a fundraiser for prom. it is cleverly called 'stop the bop'. the idea is that they will play 'mmm bop' in between all classes, at lunch, before and after school, until people donate $1000. then they will stop. it makes it so that song is stuck in my head all day long and it also reminds me of matt's hanson shirt.
that's all for me. i should get back to doing something that looks a little more like working.

hugs and kisses - jess