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luscious_purple) wrote2025-12-13 10:21 pm
luscious_purple) wrote2025-12-13 10:21 pm
It's always something...
This morning after breakfast, I was feeling chilled indoors. My first thought: I must be coming down with something.
My second thought: Check the indoor thermometer. Oh ... it's only 63 degrees inside the Blue and Green Cottage. Furnace thermostat was set at 71 degrees. Hmm.
Fortunately, my landlord was at my door before he got off the phone with me. We checked the thermostat and changed the batteries, which were corroding with age. But that still didn't power up the furnace.
My landlord poked around in the furnace and determined that he needed to call the professionals. (He thinks the problem may be in the gas igniter or in the control board.) In the meantime, he went to Lowe's and got a couple of space heaters, which actually are working quite well. I just hope the pipes don't freeze when the temperatures drop tomorrow.
I am extremely thankful that I live next door to a landlord and landlady who actually care that things work in this apartment. When Prince George's County opened the waiting list for Section 8 housing vouchers (for the first time in TEN YEARS!!!!), someone asked me if I was going to apply. But why? I don't want to sic the housing inspectors on my friends. And I certainly don't want to move to a crummy apartment complex with mice and roaches and unresponsive management, thank you very much.
My second thought: Check the indoor thermometer. Oh ... it's only 63 degrees inside the Blue and Green Cottage. Furnace thermostat was set at 71 degrees. Hmm.
Fortunately, my landlord was at my door before he got off the phone with me. We checked the thermostat and changed the batteries, which were corroding with age. But that still didn't power up the furnace.
My landlord poked around in the furnace and determined that he needed to call the professionals. (He thinks the problem may be in the gas igniter or in the control board.) In the meantime, he went to Lowe's and got a couple of space heaters, which actually are working quite well. I just hope the pipes don't freeze when the temperatures drop tomorrow.
I am extremely thankful that I live next door to a landlord and landlady who actually care that things work in this apartment. When Prince George's County opened the waiting list for Section 8 housing vouchers (for the first time in TEN YEARS!!!!), someone asked me if I was going to apply. But why? I don't want to sic the housing inspectors on my friends. And I certainly don't want to move to a crummy apartment complex with mice and roaches and unresponsive management, thank you very much.