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Lately my luck has not been so good.  So far, two bad things have happened, so I’m expecting the third to come along very shortly.

The first bad thing was that the furnace decided to not keep Kristin warm.  Kristin gets quite cranky when that happens, and as she herself has stated, the warmer the house, the less clothes she is inclined to wear.  Hence cold house means that she is bundled up like Nanook of the North.  One new $417 circuit board and 2 hours of labour later, it was fixed.  Needless to say that was a bill I was not expecting.

The second bad thing to happen was that the radio in my mazda decided to remain backlit when the car was turned off.  The radio would also intermittently play after the car was turned off.  Since this was strange behaviour, I booked a service appointment for Friday.  Since this was something the dealership had not seen before, they were quite perplexed.  I ended up waiting around a good part of Friday, until they realized it was a larger problem.  They gave me a free rental car for the weekend since they had kept me waiting.  The issue ended up being a short in the wiring harness which connects the hatch to the car.   As a result of the short in the wiring harness, some other components needed to be replaced, but thankfully the repair was under warranty.

As for the third thing, so far nothing has happened.  However, there are a couple of things on the radar which may strike at a moments notice.

Item #1: The hot water heater didn’t have hot water tonight.  Kristin is a big fan of hot baths, and she gets cranky when she can’t have one.  I will likely have to setup a service call to get it checked out, or invest in hearing protection so I won’t have to listen to the whining.

Item #2 (This is a sure bet if the hot water heater doesn’t pan out).  Kristin has managed to convince me to go the states shopping with her for a weekend.  This may end up being a decent experience, or as I fear it may be a fate worse than death (she has already mentioned clothing shopping).  The horror, the horror…..