I arrived after the first pot had been made but was still warm; we had Dosti Tea because Eldri is visiting for now. (I am about halfway through RRR; we chatted a little about that and some about other Bollywood & Telegu movies.)

Had a second pot of Dosti and then Bone Daddy. Both very nice.

The day was scattered. Our place had been without hot water or gas for several days - the day after the election, our building caught fire (or rather, a nearby fire spread to us), and while it was put out fairly quickly, they shut off the power afterward (2 hrs) and then shut off the gas to check the lines for leaks.

...They finally did the inspection to get it back on Saturday at about 9pm. We have gas to the stove, and hot water now. We don't have a heater, because they turned on the heater to check it and said OH FUCK NO that is not the shape those flames should be. We are capping that off and putting it on the repair list.

(I am unsurprised; I have long suspected problems with the heater. But it's very frustrating because it's only recently turned cold at night.)

Anyway. Tea club meeting was a bit morose and tense, as would be expected. We don't want to talk politics but it's hard to think of anything else.