The boiler is working.
The radiators are radiating.
Steam is filling our apartment.
Outside is colder than, (as Tom Waits once said) "the ticket-taker's smile at the Ivar theater."
It's a battle of elements just to keep our bodies warm.
We survive as a result of a war.
And that's just one of a million tiny wars that make up a life.
Viva la resistance!