I would first and foremost like to apologize to my few readers for not posting in the past month. I had planned on journaling, essentially, on my journey through being a first-time homeowner. That, however, fell through the cracks the second that I moved in and began filling the place with furniture. And with my final semester of school starting today, I wanted to make sure that I didn't lose the one outlet that I have. So, I'm back. And hopefully I will be able to keep myself to posting, at the very least, once a week.
So that was the apologies portion of this post.
Now for the woes.
So, as none of you know, the condo I moved into was built in 1986. It has had at least two previous owners before me and none of them seemed inclined to update anything. The windows are original and so is the heating and air system. So, what does that naturally mean for me? A lighter wallet. I have whistling windows that don't hold out the cold and I have a heating system that should have been dismantled about a decade ago. In the last two weeks, I have met with 3 window guys and signed a contract with one. (If anyone is interested, I'll go through the process of that and why I chose who I chose as well as the price, in another post.) Then yesterday, I had someone come in to look at the heating system. And what happens? Well, first the pilot light goes out. Shocker. He gets permission to light it from his boss but neither of us smokes and seeing as I don't have a bbq, I don't have one of those red and black lighters. So, as he's trying to figure something out, he realizes that the gas is no longer running through. And guess what that means. That's right, folks! It's January 20th and my heat has just stopped running. Oh, and I'm in New Jersey where we currently, as I am writing this, are expecting a good 10 inches of snowfall between now and tomorrow morning. So yes, I'm sitting here in jeans and sweat pants, two pairs of socks, a sweater, and under a blanket curled up as much as possible in the dead of winter. Luckily, I received a Keurig as a house warming present so I've got all the hot drinks a person could need. Especially the oh so wonderful Swiss Miss hot chocolate. G-d I love that stuff. But back to the fun part of all this. It's 10am, they have been working since 9, and will probably be here until 4 or 5. Someone shoot me now. Oh, and my condo is all open so I can't even go to the other side of the thing to get away from the noise.
Well....this is going to be a fun day...
