Some like it hot so let's turn up the heat 'til we fry
I got me a new heat pump, and it is working fine. At least for one night it seemed to work great, though it was a warm evening, so not a true test. This weekend it will get into the 40’s, so that will be more of a test.
I had to let the installers in yesterday in the morning, and then I left for work. I was a little nervous about letting them have free rein of my house, but what was I going to do? Continue being cold in my house? Try to force the installation until Friday when I don’t work? No, it wouldn’t do well to keep putting it off, so I let the two delicious looking men into my house (and hoped for some cheesy 70’s gay porn moment, but, alas, they clearly weren’t interested) and left for work.
When I got home after work, there was one ominous sign: the garage door wouldn’t open all the way. As a matter of fact, it would go up only about 4 inches and stop. So I had to go up the steps to my front door, and go downstairs to see what was happening. It seems Hot Installer #1 was putting in the electrical cable, he put it too low going around my garage door and then left too much slack, so that it was actually catching on the garage door and stopping it from opening. I had to get to the local hardware store, get a bracket, some screws and some anchors (the ceiling of my garage is plaster), come home, drill, hammer and screw the anchor & bracket into the ceiling holding the electrical cable away from the garage door, and voila! Garage door opens and doesn’t threaten to take out my electrical cable allowing my heat pump to keep…pumping. Heat, that is.
So I tell all this to explain why I didn’t run last night. I was too tired, I was too hungry, I was too busy, I was too…something other than running. Part of me wanted to run, part of me wanted to jump on the treadmill and go and go and go (for 30 minutes, at least) but I just didn’t. I ate well, though I did have a few more calories (1749) than I usually do, but I just couldn’t jump on the treadmill. And now I have to run today, tomorrow and Saturday just to make sure I make it 5 times this week. And it seems I am doing this just to maintain my current weight, as I haven’t lost any real weight since May.
But I got heat, so I won’t die of hypothermia this winter. Let’s hops I have the energy to run again tonight, and tomorrow, and Saturday…and the rest of my life.
I had to let the installers in yesterday in the morning, and then I left for work. I was a little nervous about letting them have free rein of my house, but what was I going to do? Continue being cold in my house? Try to force the installation until Friday when I don’t work? No, it wouldn’t do well to keep putting it off, so I let the two delicious looking men into my house (and hoped for some cheesy 70’s gay porn moment, but, alas, they clearly weren’t interested) and left for work.
When I got home after work, there was one ominous sign: the garage door wouldn’t open all the way. As a matter of fact, it would go up only about 4 inches and stop. So I had to go up the steps to my front door, and go downstairs to see what was happening. It seems Hot Installer #1 was putting in the electrical cable, he put it too low going around my garage door and then left too much slack, so that it was actually catching on the garage door and stopping it from opening. I had to get to the local hardware store, get a bracket, some screws and some anchors (the ceiling of my garage is plaster), come home, drill, hammer and screw the anchor & bracket into the ceiling holding the electrical cable away from the garage door, and voila! Garage door opens and doesn’t threaten to take out my electrical cable allowing my heat pump to keep…pumping. Heat, that is.
So I tell all this to explain why I didn’t run last night. I was too tired, I was too hungry, I was too busy, I was too…something other than running. Part of me wanted to run, part of me wanted to jump on the treadmill and go and go and go (for 30 minutes, at least) but I just didn’t. I ate well, though I did have a few more calories (1749) than I usually do, but I just couldn’t jump on the treadmill. And now I have to run today, tomorrow and Saturday just to make sure I make it 5 times this week. And it seems I am doing this just to maintain my current weight, as I haven’t lost any real weight since May.
But I got heat, so I won’t die of hypothermia this winter. Let’s hops I have the energy to run again tonight, and tomorrow, and Saturday…and the rest of my life.
posted by Mike at 10:17 AM
2 Comments:
A heat pump in Northwestern PA. Are yo crazy? You are going to freeze to death this winter. You should have gotten gas.
Gas is bad. And one less Public Utility to hate - that will be worth all the expense.
When did I become an adult who made mortal enemies with Public Utility Companies? I am so lame...
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