When one thing stops working, lots of other things break down too.
So now that it has gotten hot here in sunny southern California, I discover that my air conditioner isn’t working. Well, the downstairs zone isn’t working. It may just be that when I had the ducts cleaned several weeks ago, the technician didn’t turn something back on properly. I went down and looked at the unit, but of course I couldn’t tell if there was a switch that wasn’t switched on. I did notice a orange light blinking over the word purge. The manual doesn’t even have an explanation for the lights on that box.
Who to call? I skipped the semi-annual maintenance service, so I guess now I have to get that done. It seemed crazy to pay them $199 to come out and check the unit whether it needed servicing or not. But I guess it is like getting your car tuned up regularly. The technician from Around the Clock will be here between 4 and 6.
I’m hoping I hear back from the computer guys by then. They said I should hear in 3-4 days and this is the third.
Well, they just called. Bad news. The hard drive has a mechanical failure and they couldn’t get the data off it. It is not worth any more attempts, so I will have to recreate everything from the time of my last backup and the manual backing up I have been doing. What a pain.
Speaking of appliance problems, both my refrigerator and microwave have little issues. I have been putting off calling the GE service guy. The digital clock has stopped showing up on the microwave. It works, and it shows the time on the timer. It just doesn’t give the time. I had come to rely on that over the regular analog clock on the wall That one runs on batteries and is always a little off. The water faucet on the freezer door has stopped working too. The ice works and since the filter works on the faucet at the sink, it is just a matter of making two stops instead of one.
It all makes me think of aging. I suppose we get regular checks there too. That reminds me I have to go and make an appointment with the doctor for a physical. I haven’t seen him in two years!
