Keeping Those Little Things Little

              I'm celebrating each Saturday or Sunday with Ruth Ayres at Discover Play Build. Come join in to share your own special celebrations.

            It was a good week, starting Monday with those wonderfully exciting Youth Media Awards. I have enjoyed all the writing from authors and book bloggers in reflection since Monday. I had a good meeting with the teacher I'm working with, I had the grand-girls more often than usual because my daughter was on an art trip and I was giving a little relief to their papa.  I had another time at the bookstore, and on Friday, had my car in for the usual maintenance--all good!

          But yesterday (Did you imagine a "but" coming?) something happened that just made me tired, tired of figuring out stuff. Afterwards, I felt like celebrating, but during the late afternoon and into the evening, I was so frustrated. It was a Friday, the beginning of a long weekend, and as I sat writing, I noticed I was getting chilly. The thermostat showed a temp lower than usual. I have two systems, radiators run by a boiler and air-conditioning from another unit. I can hear the boiler running just as everyone can hear the forced-air furnaces, and this time I could hear it running. but the radiators were cool. Eventually, as the hours passed, they became cold. And the temp dropped. 

          I went to the basement and nothing seemed wrong; the pipes leading to the house were hot. Ugh! I searched so many sites online, read, ate dinner, kept searching, wondering if I should call for repairs?  I am not usually daunted by solving problems, yet there are times I want the problem to just GO AWAY!  It did not. I celebrate that I kept up my quest, and there in one 'fix-it' thread, someone mentioned batteries for the thermostat. Although that little battery symbol was not showing, I changed the batteries and it worked! It was a little thing, and I have changed them before, but that time, the thermostat signaled the need. I celebrate that I didn't call anyone, kept searching, and this morning, warm and toasty! 
         Wait, there's more! As I was writing, the thermometer began to go down again, and then, a radiator began buzzing. Again I went to the basement, and all looked/seemed fine. The buzzing continued, so, sad to say I called the person that has helped me in my heating/air-conditioning problems before. He's terrific, and although it is a Saturday, he came out. While he was on his way, the buzzing stopped and the heat started again.
         He found nothing wrong. We spoke of a few things I should watch for if this happened again, and the radiators continue to, well, heat!

         I am happy to celebrate persistence, and also must celebrate patiences, trust and experts. I'm not very patient sometimes, just want things fixed NOW. As I finish writing,  t's time to go read other posts, and trust that all will be okay.