I had hoped to put down about half of what my ex gave me on the house but, now, I'm glad I held onto it for the moment.
Monday night, I realised that my furnace had died. I wasn't able to get through to the people who schedule the technicians until late Tuesday morning. Wednesday (Christmas Eve), the technician came. He hasn't seen one of these furnaces for about fifteen years. Apparently, it was on borrowed time. Tuesday afternoon I shopped for a new furnace. There was a possibility that I could have had it installed today, but they would have been here by eight if it was happening today ... so I guess it's tomorrow. That's okay, too, because I still have some large boxes to move before the installers get here.
Unfortunately, because of all the kafuffle involved with the furnace on Wednesday, I was awake during the day and unable to attend my planned holiday celebrations in the evening before going to work. I needed to sleep instead.
Yesterday, I went to see my Godkids and give them their gifts. They are so wonderful and I love them all so much. They gave me a lovely scarf in blues and greens. It's long and thin, so it can be folded widthwise and still be long enough to pull the ends through the loop -- as is the current fashion.
So, here I sit at my computer, huddled in my duvet, eating the last of my latest tortiere experiments. I have a heater going in the 'furnace' room, to keep the pipes from freezing in the two bathrooms and laundry room. Upstairs, I have the oven on with the door open while I'm here, but turn it off before I go out.
All in all, not a great week, but the visit with the kids more than made up for everything else.
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