It seems that both Alan and I are in a "sleep" mode. He's sleeping a lot more, and I've just come out of an "I can't sleep for trying" time. His affinity for snoozing comes from a new medicine he's taking for shingles pain. I know the med, it did the same thing to me when I started taking it, then when I got used to it, I was back in my normal 3 a.m. to 8 a.m. sleep, and then 2 p.m. to 4 p.m. sleep.
Of late, however, I've spent three days with no sleep, none, nada, nothing. And today I can't seem to open my eyes. Well, my eyes are open now, but it's been a fight to keep them open.
I have to admit it is a normal bedtime (11:00 p.m.) and as soon as I finish here, I'll get to bed.
Today the man came to see about fixing our A/C. No such luck. A new A/C (outdoor unit) plus a new heating unit (indoor unit) is going to cost us $4,500. There goes the rest of the college fund. Just kidding. We did have an account into which we've been slowly dipping for such things as kitchen redo, new furniture, etc., but with the new A/C-furnace, we've finally hit bottom in that account. Time to start rebuilding???
We're not broke, don't misunderstand, it just hurts me to see a small savings account get wiped out because our equipment was brand new 10 years ago, and that's the lifetime for a heat pump/furnace these days.
The house we lived in had a furnace in it when we arrived and it was still going strong when we left. We replace the outdoor A/C unit once about 15 years after we moved in.
Why don't they make things the way they used to? And they wonder why the land fills are getting so high!
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