Real Life Woes and Some Writing

12/5/20

You might remember a few weeks ago I mentioned I was smelling oil every time my heat turned on.  I finally had someone out to look into it, and it's bad.  The technician found a puddle of oil underneath the pump, took the pump apart and found more oil, and guessed there's even more oil leaking somewhere he can't see.  It's not a ton of oil, because the oil in my tank isn't mysteriously vanishing, but it's enough that he told me my furnace is shot.  I have to completely replace it, which is going to be a fun adventure.  Anyone have any recommendations on a good oil furnace brand? 

I'm especially thrilled because I've only owned said furnace for about five months, which means it was probably shot last winter and the previous owners lied to me about it being in perfect working condition.  Now I'm wondering what else I'm going to have to replace.  The AC unit is very old too, so I might try to get a package deal for that with the furnace since they're tied together.  Do I need to take a closer look at my water heater?  What other big ticket items did the previous owners ignore?  Owning a home was supposed to reduce my stress, because living in an apartment really, really sucked.  Unfortunately, until I have all the pieces and parts of my house fixed, my stress levels are going to remain incredibly high. 

Luckily, I have writing to escape with.  Codified is going well.  I completed a major scene and have started the bridge to the next one.  The guys are about to travel somewhere new, so I'll have to do a bit of world building.  There's still a lot to write, but I'm really liking how it's going so far.  Although, I just received the first round of edits for the Magnified reprint (book one in the same series) and I have to finish those before I can continue writing.