I should be home in bed…
But I am at work, staring blankly at my computer screen.
Apart from a two-hour happy hour break, I’ve been at work for 14 1/2 hours. So far today, I’ve put a temporary fix on my home heating system, although I’m not sure how long it will last. It’s probably best that I try and look for more info about reputable heating repair companies in my area so it can get the permanent fix it so desperately needs. Because it definitely needs it. But I’m quite proud of the temporary solution I have come up with. Anyway, I’ve also covered the trial of a man accused of illegally selling his own urine, talked to a nursing student who may have saved an old lady’s life without knowing it, and spent two hours in a dimly lit room staring at a TV screen and wondering how I’m going to tell a good story.
Home heating…I can’t stand it when technical things that are supposed to work don’t work. I knew I should’ve taken the advice of my partner when she told me to get in touch with a company like Summers Plumbing Heating & Cooling (https://summersphc.com/columbus/services/heating/furnace-tune-up/) to ensure that our heating system was working in plenty of time before we needed it. As you can see, I didn’t listen to this, but I really wish I had. Please don’t tell her that. I don’t want to admit that I am wrong. However, I’m sure there are plenty of people out there who experience the same anger when something isn’t working. I would rather shave a big dog with a dull razor than call a con…I mean, repair man. But I did. He’ll be knocking on my door–hand out–in about eight hours. Seventy-five bucks just to knock on my door. Then he’ll find something terribly wrong with my home heating system, kick my dog, drink all my beer, key my new vehicle, pour diesel fuel on my lawn, flip off my neighbors, unleash a rabid monkey in my bedroom, flip my wife’s bra straps, use all my shaving cream for a lower-body hair experiment, then charge me another few hundred bucks to tell me he can’t do anything, at this point I really wish I took my time to research into the different HVAC maintenance companies like https://cjsheatingandair.com and others, then maybe my heating system will be in working condition for the next few years.
Urine sales…best quote of the day: “If my little bag of pee can bring down a multi-billion dollar industry, am I not doing SOMETHING right?” As it turns out, Su’s husband was mentioned on the stand in a criminal trial today. He was among the first people to buy urine from our resident urine monger. Very proud to know him. (By the way…he was doing it as part of an undercover news sting, not to defraud a drug test).
The trial resumes at nine in the morning. At that time, I’ll probably be asking the repair man how he likes his eggs and if he’d like Tabasco or silver dollars on the side.
I need to get back to work. It’s only 12 minutes to Midnight and there are a full eight hours until Mr. Repair Guy shows up.
Anyone know where I can get me a “beam-me-up-scotty” beam to December 31st?
