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l33tminion) wrote2021-02-28 11:16 am
l33tminion) wrote2021-02-28 11:16 am
Much Maintenance
So, in the last few weeks:
The washing machine broke. Fortunately, that was just a broken lid switch, which was a simple repair.
The furnace got stuck on. That also turned out to be a simple issue to repair (replacing a stuck 24V to AC relay), but expensive to get fixed promptly. While that's back working-ish, it has other ongoing issues that require repair soon, and it's old enough and it's gotten to "needs repair most years", and that probably pushes what should be done from "repair" to "replace". Which is a huge expense and disruption (at a time when "just get out of town for a weekend" isn't a solution to the latter). Hoping that can be pushed off at least a few weeks for milder weather. Next week still has nights below freezing, the following is warmer.
There were signs of mouse incursion in the house. Some remediation has been done, some still needs to be done, the situation seems improved maybe but is not obviously resolved.
So things are busy on the home front.
In other news, Magic Arena is one of the big sources of fun in my life now, and also an opportunity to resume the usual office MtG tournaments online. Which is great. Though a real danger to my sleep schedule.
The washing machine broke. Fortunately, that was just a broken lid switch, which was a simple repair.
The furnace got stuck on. That also turned out to be a simple issue to repair (replacing a stuck 24V to AC relay), but expensive to get fixed promptly. While that's back working-ish, it has other ongoing issues that require repair soon, and it's old enough and it's gotten to "needs repair most years", and that probably pushes what should be done from "repair" to "replace". Which is a huge expense and disruption (at a time when "just get out of town for a weekend" isn't a solution to the latter). Hoping that can be pushed off at least a few weeks for milder weather. Next week still has nights below freezing, the following is warmer.
There were signs of mouse incursion in the house. Some remediation has been done, some still needs to be done, the situation seems improved maybe but is not obviously resolved.
So things are busy on the home front.
In other news, Magic Arena is one of the big sources of fun in my life now, and also an opportunity to resume the usual office MtG tournaments online. Which is great. Though a real danger to my sleep schedule.