Get up, go to appointment.

Go to work. Wife calls, someone threw a rock through her van's rear window. She has to go take her grandmother to get a tracheotomy, so she can't do the police report. Take bus home.

Call 911 to talk to police. Call gets picked up on the 11th ring. Dispatcher says they'll send someone over ASAP.

4 hours later, patrol car shows up with very friendly officer. Show him window, show him rock, he gives you a card with a case number.

Call insurance, give case number, schedule glass replacement for sometime during 8am-noon the next day.

Sit down, relax, get some chores done. Play with and register Spring. Turn up heat. Watch Survivor finale (I wanted Helen to win).

Start installing OS X 10.2.3.

Notice that you smell something electronic roasting itself, check out office. See lots of smoke in office. Notice said smoke is coming from heater vent.

Run downstairs, see smoke coming from the furnace. Start moving things out of the way, and call the fire department.

Since no open flame is seen, firemen don't rush, but a fire truck shows in 5 minutes anyway. Thankfully there is a fire station just down the street.

Firemen pull apart furnace, diagnose burned out blower motor, confirm that the worst part is over. Turn off gas to furnace. Open all windows and doors to clear smoke.

Move animals next door because we just lost our main source of heat.

Call neighbors who are out of town, telling them that you had an emergency, and commandeered their bathroom overnight. Make plans to move animals to more appropriate housing tomorrow.

Come back home, pour two fingers of Dahlwinnie into a glass.

Finish installing OS X 10.2.3.

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