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No Power!

It was super hot out today! Which didn't work out well for me when the power decided to go out on me. Mom you would have been miserable. Apparently you can't have more than 3 things on at a time. I had the washer and dryer both on at the same time and I guess that was too much for this poor apartment. Not good on a hot day because that means no AC! I had just come back from my walk too and so I was overheated from that and to come back to a hot house, oh not cool. Literally. (See what I did there, Findley's/Fabrizio's I know you'll appreciate that one) 

Ok so I knew we have things on the wall that have something to do with something but the problem is A. I know very little if anything about these things and B. Everything is in Italian.
So I pull out my phone and started translating all the boxes we have on the walls so I could figure out which one had to do with the power. I was super nervous because one also has to do with the alarm system and I didn't want to touch that one at all. I had messaged Kyle to tell him the problem but didn't hear back for a while. When he finally got back to me he walked me through what I needed to do. 

So these switches were good, they were all on and even when I turned them off the back on nothing happened.


It was this guy that was the problem. Kyle knew instantly when I sent him a picture of it, the switch on the bottom was down. I didn't even see that, I was just trying to figure out what the screen said for about 30 minutes then why it was red and what would happen if I pushed that button. No thought went through my mind about the switch at the bottom, but also I didn't want to do anything wrong and have him come home to a broken box. 




 And let there be light! That switch was the problem. I guess having the washer and dryer on at the same time was too much. 



Later that night while making dinner, I decided it was a good idea to chop my finger instead of the garlic  I was chopping. That wasn't good at all, and of course we don't have bandaids so Kyle fashioned this beauty. Fancy huh?


Also because I was injured and helpless, Kyle had to do the dishes which was nice. I got to sit back and relax and watch him attempt cleaning. It was quite entertaining and very nice to just sit there too. The cut was pretty deep and got all the way into my nail too, I won't show a photo of that (mainly because I would never take a picture of something like that, and didn't) but you get the idea. I'm also not one for blood so sitting was a really good idea for me.








 Mae

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