When my oldest child woke me up in the middle of the night from a really sound sleep, the first thing I noticed was that I could see my own breath.
- I knew right then that my mistake had come back to bite me.
The gas heater wasn’t on plus it was one of the coldest afternoons of the year. My wife plus I sleep under a superb giant feather comforter over us so I didn’t really notice. I burrow down deeply into that bed plus let the comforter lock in the heat. Plus, I keep the thermostat in the mid 60’s at night to save some currency on the heating costs. Another thing I decided to save currency on was the heating repairs. And that was a major mistake. I really don’t know what I had been thinking. I know it’s because I did the same thing last winter plus the winter before. Since the COVID pandemic started, I’ve been finding any way I can to get the most from our finances. But going without the annual heating repair was clearly a mistake. Still, I thought that since I’d been pretty consistent for a great many years, I’d be able to squeak by without this Heating, Ventilation, plus A/C repair for a while. I put my oldest child in the hot spot next to my wife plus went down to see if I could restart the gas heater. Of course, that didn’t work so I had to call for an emergency Heating, Ventilation, plus A/C repair plus I could hear the money register sounds in my mind as I did it. The Heating, Ventilation, plus A/C professional was able to change out the damaged part pretty quickly. So I accomplished my goal of getting the heating back on. But he also confirmed that this was all avoidable had I gotten the heating repair.