broken fridge

Yesterday our fridge took ill. Luckily, Jonathon was home to notice.

(It may have been coming down with something for a while... I remember taking a frozen arepa from the freezer and being surprised at how immediately-nommable it was. Still had ice-crystals, mind, but it was not as stiff-frozen as I had expected.) ((Yes, I usually try to nip a still-frozen bite off of my arepas as a matter of course, while I decide "microwave? or frypan?" before heating them. Don't you???))

Anyway, we have moved essentials to the old dorm-fridge (pressed back into service), and into a friend's freezer. Landlord should be coming by today this morning between 10-12 with a replacement.

We told him *not* to come last night, because I really didn't want to cancel the review-appointment with our photographers and also because, frankly, it seemed a low probability that a fridge would *actually* show up that same evening so better not to expect it.

... Speaking of, as it is nearly 10, I ought to go and get changed. Just in case.

(Stupidly, I have forgotten to carry home the work laptop last night, so I *cannot* implement my plan of working from home today, so as to be on-hand when needed. Instead have to ... I dunno... call in sick/emergency this morning? Ugh. If I'd thought if this earlier in the morning, I could have run in and been back by the start of this window. But my brains weren't awake then, although my body was. Phooey.)

replacement fridge

Yay! New fridge is here, and all set up, and already chilling!
It's even a few inches larger and taller, which is nice.

Jonathon cleverly suggested I *ask* the landlords if they had a more specific ETA within the 2 hr window. Which they did, so I hurried into the office, sent a "working from home" message, picked up the laptop, and left -- in that order... which confused a few coworkers who saw me walking around after they'd read I was home :-)

Landlords & fridge arrived in good time at 11:55.

On reflection, it would have made more sense not to run in for the laptop in a.m., and simply have commuted in now, but whatever. Heigh ho!



In other news, I have been stymied by LJ's fancy new "speech-bubble" shaped comment form. I can't even reply to my own posts, because the "post new comment" button remains greyed out. So, please forgive my silence if you've commented (or posted in your own LJ) and not gotten a reply from me.

And, please, forgive me also if I have offended you in some other way. If you want to talk about it, you can send me email, or I will be making a screened-comment post in the next few days.