Monday, December 17, 2007

When it rains, it pours.

So last week, the spring on our garage door broke and the door is now permanently stuck down.
Luckily, Kevin was at work so his car was not in the garage. Not-so-luckily, my car WAS in the garage. Our door is solid wood and is extra heavy, so we can't open it manually - even with multiple people. I am currently trapped and am unable to go anywhere. Ugh! It's not like it's Christmastime or anything when you have lots of errands that you need to do. It's also a little bit scary because if something happened to me or to one of the kids, I can't take them anywhere. Plus, since Kevin's car is a stick-shift, I can't even take his car out when he gets home. Luckily, the grocery store is only a few blocks away. Not-so-luckily, it is freezing out and we have 5+ inches of snow on the ground - so that rules out taking 2 babies in the stroller (or in the cold for that long for that matter). We ended up ordering a new garage door (we needed to anyway), but they can't install it until Friday. I am PRAYING that nothing goes wrong and they are able to install it on Friday.
To make things even better, tonight, our furnace stopped working. Luckily, it stopped working in the early evening so we only had to hang out a few hours before Kevin got home (with a car that can actually transport us all out of here if need be.) The temperature is starting to drop, but it hasn't gotten too low yet. Not-so-luckily, the heating company that services our furnace is closed for the night, so we're out of luck unless we call (and pay for) their emergency service.
UGH! The outdoor temperature right now is 20 degrees, with a windchill that makes it feel like 7 degrees. This could get ugly.

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