As I have mentioned before, we really like our new apartment. It's homey, it's comfortable, and it's a little quirky.
We have had some issues with the plumbing since we moved in. Nothing too major, but remember the incident with the police, and that whenever we shower, our floor collects considerably large puddles? Also, our kitchen sink faucet was bordering on inoperable. I kept telling Huzz that one day when I'm doing dishes, the handle was going to bust off and slightly cloudy big K water would be spraying everywhere.
Well, since Huzz spends the majority of his time working from home now, he has the time to be available for such things to get fixed. We decided to keep the shower situation on the down low, as we still aren't too keen on having our bathroom ripped apart while we are living here. Because in the big K, a job is rarely actually finished.
Our lovely Landlord, who speaks no English brought a plumber with him, who also spoke fluent Russian only, and they decided that instead of fixing the kitchen faucet, that they would actually replace it. I am still shocked about this! I was fully expecting them to fix the faucet, which would work fine for a few days (more like hours) and then probably bust off, like I had predicted.
Anyway, the new faucet works fantastic! Get this guys, it turns on and off with little effort at all. And, I can regulate the temperature! It brings washing dishes to a whole new level! I know, I know, I'm spoiled. But seriously, you know you're learning something about yourself when you feel spoiled because your kitchen faucet turns hot and cold water on and off. It's the little things.
I just have to keep thinking when I do turn the water on because it is hooked up backwards. Hot is to the right and is color-coded with the blue dial. And now that I think about it, in the three apartments we have lived in here in the big K, all of the kitchen faucets have been hooked up backwards. Is this what happens when you live on the other side of the world? Did Blue switch to meaning Hot?
It will be interesting to see if when we get back to the States, if I am actually used to the hot being to the right!
2 comments:
Id be the duffer who would never get it and constantly have burnt hands. But wow a working tap that must be a thrill!!
Beth, I have a question. Do you think the people of K want their society to change to a more western culture? If they do, do they not want some of the things of western culture? And what would those things be?
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