So a few days ago my refrigerator stopped working…

I seem to be having issues with electronics – or they with me. One day we were putting warm things into the refrigerator and they were coming out cold, and the next we were putting warm things in and they were coming out, well, warm. Fun.

I don’t know why it stopped working, it was just over a year old (meaning just past its warranty – more on that in another blog), and seemed to be happy working for us. It never had any complaints, at least that it brought to our attention.

I was thinking it might have something to do with the roof.

“What’s this about the roof?” you ask. Well, our roof was leaking. It was an old roof, not like the refrigerator, and a little leaking is expected. I’m sure that when I’m as old as our roof, I might leak a little too. Anyway, we had to get the roof fixed (the whole point of living indoors is to avoid having weather get on you), and that repair escalated into the complete tear down andremoval of the leaky part.

What’s this got to do with the refrigerator? Well, here’s my theory: the refrigerator, being the new kid on the block, looked at the roof, which had been around since the first time bell bottoms were in fashion, and thought, “If they’ll do this to a veteran, what will they do to a rookie like me?” had a nervous fit, and promptly fell into a coma.

So we had to move all of our food to a neighbor’s garage - they have an extra refrigerator out there. This particular neighbor lives three blocks away. The grocery store is closer. Ironic.

Of course we got the thing fixed, and moved our food back home. It’s good to have the food back, although it seems to have picked up some bad habits from the neighbor’s refrigerator. And our refrigerator seems to be happy to be making warm things cold again. The only problem remaining is the roof. It rained yesterday, and the roof is still missing.

I think this made the dehumidifier angry.