The good news first, I guess.  I got a call from the guy who is installing the fiberoptic broadband.  I have not been surprised that they didn’t get it installed before Christmas as promised.  The weather has simply been too cold to work outdoors.  (Not that IT people habitually keep deadlines in any case.) Now they have stretched the cable, and will install the indoors part tomorrow between 7AM and 8AM.  I told him I’m just leaving the door unlocked.  (It is not like there is a lot to steal – a couple space heaters and stacks of used clothes.)

In other fairly good news, the weather is milder.  It is still -3 or so outside, but that’s a huge step from the double-digit minus degrees we had.  And it is supposed to rise to zero the day after tomorrow.  (Then again, it has been supposed to do that for a few days now.)  It has actually been zero or a little above during the day, although it cools a little with the night.

The bad news are not really news at all.  As expected, the thawing of the water pipes showed at least some of them to be broken.  Probably more as more of them thaw.  The toilet is cracked and the bathroom floor was flooded from that.  There is water on the washroom floor too,  and in that room there is no other explanation than a broken pipe.  Although it is just a pool, not a fountain or anything.  So perhaps the breakage is relatively minor.  Even so, it is more likely than not that the floors of the washroom and bathroom will have to be broken up to replace some or all of the water pipes (and hopefully insulate them better this time).  The question is whether it amounts to thousands or tens of thousands, and of course who is going to pay.

Anyway, despite the high-speed internet, it is a good bet I won’t be moving in this weekend.  If ever.