My pipes didn't freeze

[tylik]

The rule, as I understood it, was to leave the faucet dripping so that your pipes didn't freeze. I think I didn't really understand this rule. This morning, when I turned the water on, the faucet coughed once and then proceeded to release a trickle. The pipes are clearly not frozen solid, but they are partially frozen, enough that there's no way I can take a shower (I kind of count on the shower to warm up the muscles in my back in the mornings, though I'm doing okay, all things considering) and that making my breakfast cereal involved putting a measuring cup under the trickle and then washing my face and brushing my teeth while it filled.

Perhaps I should have left more of a trickle going overnight.

On the upside, the cold water, which was rather tepid over the summer, is now really, really cold.

(Woot! The trickle from the faucet just increased to almost half normal volume! Okay, I'm taking a shower when I get back from my morning appt.)