Third Time's The Charm?
This morning I
was finally able to get out and walk. I was out on Monday, but Tuesday
and Wednesday it was raining. I kept checking every half hour until it
was time for me to "get ready" for work. How ready am I really getting
when I'm just walking into my home office and turning on a computer? Well
I like to be "dressed" and have a cup of coffee by CBS
This Morning before I actually settle down to work. So my
"deadline" is 6:58 so I catch Your World in 90 Seconds and then boot
up the computer while still keeping my eye on Gayle King, Anthony Mason
and Tony Dokoupil. If there's something urgent that I've missed from the
night before, then I get to work; otherwise, I'm all CBS
This Morning until 8. (I can't miss my What to Watch with Vlad
Duthiers at 7:48 and I'll admit if things are slow at "the office"
I'll keep watching until after the 8:30 Talk of the Table. Do I seem a
little obsessed with CBS
This Morning?)
So it seems like I have gotten totally
off track here (as I often do), but this morning was the first time in 3 days
that I could actually get out in the morning and walk. And walk I
did! Since I'd missed 2 days, I put over 7 miles (which took me 2 hours)
to try and catch up. Those butt/bun muscles were not happy with all the
hills; they are sure to come back and haunt me tonight.
Third time is also the charm when it
comes to...can you guess...air conditioners. If you haven't already
read: https://bfthsboringblog.blogspot.com/2020/08/frigidaire-doesnt-care.html
and https://bfthsboringblog.blogspot.com/2020/08/frigidaire-still-doesnt-care.html
do a quick scan before continuing on.
Continuing on, yesterday the third
Frigidaire A/C unit showed up on our doorstep. This time, it did not come
through Amazon, but directly from Frigidaire. (Guess they were tired of
my husband calling and trying to get a unit that actually worked as
advertised.) I wasn't hopeful. As matter of fact, I was full
of doom and gloom, but when I heard a "woo hoo!" from my husband I
realized that the third time WAS the charm. We finally got a unit that worked
as advertised. (Maybe I shouldn't say that; I don't want to jinx
it.) Of course we ordered the first unit back in early August and we didn't
get a properly working unit until early September, but...I was glad to have it
last night as it has gotten hot again and very humid.
Where the third time has NOT been
the charm is in getting contractors to come out and look at my patio. I
know: EVERYONE is looking to get work done. (Which is why I didn't bat an
eye when our electrician said it would be 2 weeks before someone would be able
to come out and look at a small problem we had.) I know everyone is
busy. But if you say you're available to come out x day at y time; show
up. And if you can't, just let me know. I know stuff comes
up. It happens to me too! Just let me know. And once you do
come out and get an idea of what we could do, follow up with a proposal or
quote. With much back and forth, I managed to get 5 estimators out over
the past week and a half, but thus far I've only seen one estimate. (In
all fairness, the last one was just this morning, so I'll cut him some
slack.) I don't recall it being this difficult when we had the downstairs
painted at the beginning of this mess.
(https://bfthsboringblog.blogspot.com/2020/05/the-virus-diary-chaos-in-time-of.html)
Maybe that's because we started the process PRIOR to the world going crazy.
Of course once we get more estimates,
then we'll have to see if we can actually afford this. If we can swing it
(fingers crossed...should I invest in a lottery ticket?), then we'll have to
see when the work can be started. I'm hoping this autumn, but who
knows. Let's face it, this year anything goes. And the only thing I
can count on is Spragg continuing to bloom and grow!
Stay safe. Stay well. Be charmed.
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