Today is Marin Luther King Day. It is also my daughter’s birthday and a day off.
I might have rested more if I had stayed at work today. But, since the whole government took today, I did too.
It was nice and chilly this morning. With the wind blowing, I couldn’t risk an asthma attack, so Daisy and I did laundry for the first couple of hours today. Then, feeling the cleaning mood, vacuumed and mopped our bedroom. Still feeling the cleaning bug, cleaned out two drawers in my daughter’s room to give to charity.
I joined my daughter and her finance with his mom at Denny’s. Of course, I was the primary mode of transportation. It was a nice time. Nothing too exciting. I gave Moriah her birthday present along with some socks and sunscreen she had left at home.
Returned home to find that the company had already dropped of my replacement oxygen compressor. Mine died last night around 10:30 pm. Decided to oxygen up since I was feeling exhausted. The new machine died after 20 minutes. So, I called it in again. The tech called and stated that it was my surge protector. I moved a few things around and tried it again. The compressor would not work. I called in again. I was politely told that the machine that had stopped last night was working fine at their office with no problems. REALLY! Even after over an hour? Yes, I was told. Ok, what about this one? I was told to try another outlet. I did, got 10 minutes more. So, my husband and I rigged up a different outlet again. Same problem. I called it in again. The technician was gone, I would have to wait until tomorrow. The person suggested I call my landlord and report that the apartment has problems due to the storm yesterday. (Honestly, it could have problems, but more likely the whole neighborhood would be having problems. How do you prove that?)
Maybe…….The machine is an energy hog. My electric bill went up $10 a month using this machine and that is with the averaging program. So, in essence it went up higher. Also, for a machine that sucks up so much energy, it does not have a grounding prong on the plug. Then the technician who dropped off the machines admitted that they had been having a problem with the switches burning out really fast on these machines. My last machine lasted three months. It is used about 8-9 hours a night with about an hour during the day to recharge me after work. That is it. It isn’t run 24 hours.
Now, if it was my electrical power in the apartment, other utilities should be suffering. A/C ran this afternoon without a problem. Refrigerator (other big electricity hog) is operating fine. Where is this problem? Just my bedroom? I doubt it. The electrical box is small and the electricity for the rooms is not divided. So the whole house should be experiencing problems. TV still working. Lights have not been fluctuating. Question….Do I call the landlord or not?
Hubby says no. What would he do? Nothing. The machine is not of his concern. Now if the refrigerator or stove had a problem, then he would be concerned.
So, we will try the replacement out tomorrow. This will mean two nights with out oxygen. I hope I will be able to function tomorrow. If not, I will be coming home early.
Daisy loves that.
I ended up working three times harder between the laundry, cleaning and moving furniture to get to outlets than if I had gone to work. Some times it does not pay to have a day off.