Mondays, you got to love them! Actually, you don’t but it’s the first day of the work week.
This morning I woke up to a cold house and didn’t understand why my roommate didn’t turn the thermostat up to 75 degrees like has done in the past. He gets up usually an hour or so before I do so he knows that I like it a little warmer when I wake up. We both enjoy the coolness of the night to sleep but I need that warmth to get out of bed. I can only guess that he forgot since we both were up so late last night watching a movie. I told him he should’ve gone to bed and we could’ve finished it today but nope, he wanted to finish it. Regardless, now I have to deal with the cool temperatures of the house. So I looked at the dial thermostat and it was set to 75 degrees. Now I’m a bit puzzled. I guess he did turn up the heat but it’s definitely not 75 degrees in this house. The house temperature says 62 degrees and I know something is wrong. I didn’t really want to do it but I always love excuses to get out of work so I called the HVAC company. They said they have a little availability in a few hours and I’ll see a heating technician then. I was happy they were able to move so fast on this. I would hate to wake up again tomorrow morning with the same issue. The heating technician showed up a few hours later and examines the HVAC system. He said, “that the furnace is dead and when was the last time the air filters were cleaned?” Disappointed, I asked, “what’s the damage?”