today i had a lesson in handy-work. so we bought a half tank of oil this morning and were relieved because we thought we beat the 'EMTY' ticker on the furnace. but when we all went to take showers, the water came out icy like the air in our house. i thought it maybe took a little while before the oil kicked in and earnestly went back to the shower every hour or so until ben got home to see if some of that heavenly warm water would trickle out. when he got home we put two and two together and decided we had to relight the furnace. shit. we make a few phone calls, rally up previous champion furnace starters, consult the internet gods and go downstairs like mario and luigi, minus the plumping. i want to be mario. anyway, we let oil leak all over our hands, find some red buttons to push on and around the box with warning signs printed very neatly with tiny letters in the shadows of the machine. turn on the furnace 20 times, unscrew and rescrew the 'bleeder', meet up with the landlady who calls her friend who confirms that what we've been doing for twenty minutes is the right thing to do....then after i washed the first layer of oil off my hands for the 4th time i figured diane needed to buy a new furnace because ours was broken. no ticker, splatter, fire, or boost of anything was coming from the stagnant pipelined machine. then ben calls the oil company and they tell us to turn on the emergency switch.
i'm sure you can guess that i'm writing this in a warm room. anyway, i learned something today about that old furnace and definitely confirmed the purple house network. nice to know that even after you leave, you're not totally gone. except for the summer people....fuck them. just joking. i need to get back to work. i hope i graduate. jesslyn, come home.
-kristin
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