Fun, in a not-at-all-fun sort of way
Feb. 5th, 2011 08:35 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
bktheirregularYesterday at the office, we were sweltering; closing the doors to block out a screaming Senior Partner led to heat being captured.
And from the department of You Don't Know What You've Got Until It's Gone, I came home from the office to find a note on the apartment building door: the heating system for the whole building was offline due to ... something or other breaking. Meaning I had to rely on the heating function in the air conditioning units in my walls.
Today, I got a call from the retired resident who generally takes point on building maintenance issues, and learned: the water circulation system for the building's radiators is busted beyond repair, and needs to be replaced. Five thousand euros (shared out among the apartment owners), but more importantly, no heat until late in the coming week.
So I'm using the A/C heaters again tonight, and probably for several nights to come, and my electric bill is going to be through the roof for the next period, as well as having to pay my share of the system replacement bill.
Ah, well. This is part of the reason I've been building up my savings, bit by bit: to guard against a rainy day.
Guess it's raining.
And from the department of You Don't Know What You've Got Until It's Gone, I came home from the office to find a note on the apartment building door: the heating system for the whole building was offline due to ... something or other breaking. Meaning I had to rely on the heating function in the air conditioning units in my walls.
Today, I got a call from the retired resident who generally takes point on building maintenance issues, and learned: the water circulation system for the building's radiators is busted beyond repair, and needs to be replaced. Five thousand euros (shared out among the apartment owners), but more importantly, no heat until late in the coming week.
So I'm using the A/C heaters again tonight, and probably for several nights to come, and my electric bill is going to be through the roof for the next period, as well as having to pay my share of the system replacement bill.
Ah, well. This is part of the reason I've been building up my savings, bit by bit: to guard against a rainy day.
Guess it's raining.
