@gingerw I am so glad your heat is back. I don't know how you managed for that long. I get pretty cranky if we lose it for more than a day in a snowstorm. Frequent drives to DD for coffee and simply to be in the warm car sustain me.
When we lose heat we lose our water too because we have a well, so no water, no flushing, etc. Is where you are rural enough to not have town water?
JK