Styling the water pipes

While I wasn't aware that water pipes had hair, let alone needed to be styled irst thing in the morning in the coldest day of the year, so far... I did happen to have an extra hair dryer that I don't care too much about.

I woke up, a little over an hour ago, to LOUD, SCARY banging noises coming from the general area of my bedroom closet. (Right next to the bedroom closet is the hot water tank).

Chris and his Dad were outside (poor frozen guys) trying to figure out which pipes were frozen...

Then they came and got a hair dryer from me to try to thaw the pipes, which we still don't know which ones are frozen... so it was little better than futile.

As a result of waking up earlier than expected (by about 4 hours) and the sheer way I woke up, I am not feeling well. The jolt of adrenaline from being semi terrified is making me feel sick, and plus lack of sleep with the pills I am taking (prescribed...) I feel really sick.

I think it's either time to switch pills, or actively work on coming off of them. The side effects are getting noticeable more often. Or maybe I am just screwing up my sleep patterns too much...

Either way, not feeling well for no reason that you can really deal with, SUCKS.

And that's me today.

Plus the way I woke up has gotten me so tensed I keep clenching my jaw... not only does that hurt but I am getting a head ache. No matter how much I try to relax and focus on not clenching, it ends up happening.

Meh. Such is life.

So, yeah... That's me today. How are you? How freaking cold is it where you are?

If you say anything warmer than -20 (ahem, CELSIUS), I may not be held responsible for my own actions (jealousy, envy...)

It got to -33 ish Celsius, which is... hold on... about -27.4 Fahrenheit.

Which doesn't seem so bad.


Here's the last nine hours, according to the weather network.

What does "dew point" mean? Cause those numbers aren't friendly, either...

I want to hibernate. I am all for snow, and wintry driving conditions, and starting your car to warm up a few minutes before you leave the house, and I can deal with the lower fuel mileage, but this is ridiculous.

I can't remember the last time I experienced temperatures that felt this cold... (Meaning of course that it may have been colder, but that I probably wasn't outside for it).

And everyone was saying it would be a mild winter. Yeah, in California...

I have to go, and try to sleep some more, I am feeling worse.

So, yeah.

Anybody got any ideas on how to fix frozen water pipes that you don't know where the problem is?

(I forgot to mention, we have heat wrap around most of the pipes, and it's been plugged in since the beginning of winter... So the whole freezing thing is a bit of a piss off)

:) Blaine