Tanis lost her job!
But it's not what you think. First, an overview of the last few days:
The last day of 2008, I woke up to a very chilly house. I climbed out of bed, quickly grabbed my robe, stumbled over to the thermostat and stared at it. It was supposed to be 68, and it was 62. I poked a few buttons, and it wasn't until I turned the furnace off and on that it finally kicked on. It made the usual heating sounds, and then just stopped without blowing hot air. Being that I was working my holiday shifts, it wasn't until this afternoon I finally got around to taking a look. My furnace has diagnostic LEDs on it that blink different error codes, like a printer - only you don't have to get the ladder from the garage to climb into your dusty, fluff-filled attic and lie on your back at a weird angle to watch your printer (if you do, you might want to consider relocating it).
Tanis, my always lovely assistant, was at the thermostat waiting for my instructions - of course, we didn't grab our walkie-talkies, so it went a little like this: "Okay, go!" "What?" "Turn it on!" "Okay! - The heat too?" "Yeah!" "What?" "Heat!" "Okay!" The furnace starts up, and I contort myself into an unusually uncomfortable position to watch the little LED lights. Everything is just fine, and it's been working great all night - but I expect the worse, so the ladder is sitting in the other room until I have to climb up there again.
Tanis caused the next problem. She started a load of laundry earlier today, which included a maroon-colored blanket (you know where this is going). I went to switch loads, and all the whites (which were mostly mine) are now pink. And not that "if you look in the right light it looks a little pink" - no, it's "holy crap, why are you wearing pink clothes!" As you would expect, I asked Tanis for her resignation from laundry duty, and she immediately gave it.
Then, a bit of karma revenge, I'm sure, I walked out into the living room cleaning my glasses, and they fell apart! The frame broke at a joint around the lens. I tried oculus reparo with no luck, so I ended up soldering it back together. I guess it's a good thing that I have an eye appointment on the 6th.
Here's hoping my weekend goes just a little smoother!
