dependency on heating and hot water

It's interesting to experience how dependent we are on heating and hot water.
Our heating system broke down and we had to live a couple of days without hot water,followed by a few days without heating too.

Luckily the weather changed to high temperatures when it started to get really cold in the house, so all I had to do was open the windows and feel the hot air enter.

I'm not a person who can't face situations like a lack of hot water, but the children had a hard time adjusting.
We're no campers, so they didn't have to wash their hair under primitive conditions before.

I bet we've saved a lot of water this week.