How Are We Surviving?

 Sometime back, not too long after we lost the electricity and the colder weather started to creep up on us that we are spending less time outside, I was asked, "how are we getting by without utilities for so long?"

Well, from 2019 to the present that we had lost the water and gas, we would get water from work, the laundromats, or from family and friends using cat litter containers (this is mainly for cleaning and flushing toilet) and purchase bottled water for drinking and cooking.

We had electricity at the time, so using an electric stove/burners and microwave helped a lot, as well as other electrical appliances.

But, when we lost that in August this year, we would go down to the park and use the outlets there and the grills for all of our cooking and charging. Plus, we purchase lanterns, streamer lights, and tons of batteries for our lighting within the apartment.

And as the cold weather started to change, we would go to a few local restaurants that allowed us to be there charging, using internet access, and having a hot meal (of course, we pay for). But, we recently purchased a propane heater and camp stove to do any cooking. Plus, a huge cooler and lots of ice (which we get every other day) to keep things cool til time to have (can only be at least a day or two).

So, that answers that question on how we are getting by, especially now that we are waiting on a response for a letter that we submitted. Let's see how that goes.