In The Cold

Its been raining since Friday. That's when the cold front pushed through. I felt it in the afternoon. I wasn't feeling particularly hot and went home early from work but stopped back in to recheck a dog belonging to one of my crazy clients. Then I figured I should go see the ponies because of the impending hurricane. It was sunny then and by the afternoon it wasn't any more. It rained all weekend. And then the hurricane caught up with us Monday into Tuesday. Its still raining. Its going to continue to rain till Friday. Of course, Saturday, the first decent day, I'm going to be in Pittsburgh for a PVMA CE conference.
But anyway, Monday we realized that it was cold in the house. So I turned on the furnace and it didn't seem to get any warmer. So that night Joe messed around with it and it still wouldn't work. Then I let our landlords know. Tuesday, Joe managed to get the heater working but it seemed shortlived. Tuesday afternoon I stopped in after seeing a goat and found the repair man standing on the doorstep. He looked at the heater but it needed like a $600 repair. So now, the landlords are telling us that they are considering pulling the house off the market, putting it with a different realtor, weighing fixing vs repairing the furnace, wanting us to stay another year, wanting us to buy the house. Ugh. Its complicated and I'm not sure what to do. 1) I want them to sell this house because they are nice people. 2) I love this house but because its on any acreage, its not feasible for us to buy this house. Or really any for that matter. 3) I hate moving and finding a place that will allow our multiple animals will be very difficult. 4) I don't know what is going to happen in the spring. I think ultimately, we're going to continue to live in this house and have to buckle down and save money.
I don't have a chair any more. Joe's chair is very uncomfortable.
This lobster is cool.
Hurricane Sandy in her small category hurricane status still managed to create large amount of panic. Flooding, snow storms, fires, power outages, you name it it happened. A whole neighborhood in New York burned down. Its hard enough to see your house burn down but to see each house down the street burn in the pouring rain one after another...its heartbreaking. And there was absolutely nothing left afterwards.
Halloween-trick or treating was Saturday in the rain. We had three trick or treaters in two hours. It was sad. I left my light on tonight just in case. I have a bunch of candy that I am still eating. I'm taking it to work this week.
So the other day, I was hungry. I found some noodles in the cabinet. They are fantastic-Nongshim Spicy Kimchee. They are really spicy. I eat them with saltines-just because they curb the spiciness. You can't beat them for less than $1.25.