There are no pics this week.
We got slammed. The ice storm that was supposed to start late Sunday started early Sunday. We weren’t able to meet Mark for breakfast. Then it got cold again. We had single-digit temperatures. Thursday, we got another 8″ of snow. At least Danita got her snow day. UMBC announced Wednesday that they would close the campus Thursday. It looks like that was the end of winter. The temperature got over 40 today. Snow is melting. The forecast is for temps above freezing from now on. We’ll try that breakfast with Mark again tomorrow.
The cold temperatures didn’t bother us so much this time, because the furnace was fixed Monday. The furnace people brought 3 trucks and three techs. It was all done in one afternoon. Tuesday we started getting an occasional really bad screeching sound. A furnace tech came and solved the problem with a little oil.
We’ve been preparing our house for our trip to China. We had a backup sump pump installed. This runs off water pressure. Since we’re on county water, we can now pump the sump even if power fails. When we go to China, we are required to turn the water to the house off. So we installed a new line to connect the backup sump before the water shutoff valve. It took two guys all day one day, but it’s installed and working. I’m working on an alarm to let me know when the main pump fails. I had an alarm, but the sensor is getting wet with water sloshing around in the sump well and making alarms even when the pump is working. I ordered a float switch to replace the water sensor. Everything should be set in a few days. I also installed more security cameras. We have the house covered. If anybody breaks in, their picture will be in my Email. I feel like we’ve made a lot of progress this week.
Unfortunately, we didn’t quite clear the decks. Lappy came back from HP. I ordered my computer with 2 disk drives. The second disk drive wasn’t working. I called the repair facility. The guy said the second disk wasn’t in the computer. He didn’t call me back; then we got that snow. While I was waiting for them to reopen, I took the computer apart and verified the 2nd disk is still there. I got hold of them Friday. They agreed to take the computer back and fix the disk. Maybe when I get Lappy next week everything will be working.
We’re looking forward to a BSO concert tomorrow afternoon.
That’s it for now. I hope this finds everybody doing well.