I usually forget when I am not in Florida that cold water can be really cold.

Ack, I have a one-on-one I forgot about.

Minnesota cold water stays cold all year long. When I was growing up in Cleveland, OH there was usually a period of late summer when the cold water was more luke-warm. And of course in AZ there was the money saving trick of turning the heating element in the water heater off during summer months so you could use the water from the hot tap for cold water, and the quite warm water from the cold tap for hot. That only really worked if your water heater tank was in the insulated, air-conditioned part of your home.

Cass, this terrible thing that happened to your family, I can't begin to imagine the pain and stress. But please know that your urge to come here for solace and any help we can give, it's a good thing. Don't worry that there is a time limit or expiration date on belonging here. We understand that life gets in the way of posting regularly, sometimes a person has to concentrate their attentions elsewhere. We drift in, we drift out, we drift back, we drift forth. I think we're like the Jets (only with less animosity to the Sharks, Ysinging&dancingMV ) - Once a Buffista, always a Buffista.

The water in our bathroom sinks is set to scalding, and the soap is very drying and smells horrible. It's hard to time proper handwashing with avoiding getting burnt.

Idly looking at houses in the new location, and boy, there's a lot of barn and barn-adjacent decoration.

Ugh, and pools. Why does everyone have a pool?

Why does everyone have a pool?

So you can have a cabana boy?

and boy, there's a lot of barn and barn-adjacent decoration.

I think you're supposed to say "boy howdy" now.

Dallas is not anymore Boy Howdy-ish than Houston.

The job was in TX? I have friends in real estate in the McKinney area if that is at all helpful to you.