So, we had this brilliant idea. My husband’s contract position was up on April 30, and we thought it would be great if he took a few months off. Work on the house, do a little side programming, have some fun. Sounds great, right? So we saved up our money.
And in April, the air conditioner broke. Completely and irrevocably. It was seventeen years old, so it’s not exactly a shocker. It happened before summer, which was good, but that was a major expense we didn’t want.
In May, the vacuum cleaner broke. OK, it was cheap, and it lasted about six years, so I guess we should be happy it lasted as long as it did.
Today, the digital projector broke. This is our living room “television.” It’s how we watch DVDs and play Wii. It was a relatively new bulb, and it popped, shattering glass inside the projector. Those fucking bulbs cost $300 each. Now we have to decide: buy a new projector, even if it means looking for a job two weeks earlier than planned, or stick it out, with only the TV from the exercise room.
Seriously though, DeadlyAccurate, I feel your pain - every time we have a few extra bucks, something on the van decides to go all to hell. I swear, it is somehow plugged into my bank account and KNOWS just when I have enough money to fix a major part and goes bezerk accordingly.
I’m going to sit, frozen in fear, in the middle of the living room, with all the power turned off. Touching nothing. If I can do that for the next three months, we should be good to go. That’s living life to its fullest, right?
It didn’t have a spare bulb, but the company we ordered our replacement from sent us two. I don’t know why, and I let them know they did so, but they never replied back. So we had a backup bulb to test out the projector, but it won’t come on at all. Ours is the Optoma H30.
When I was driving my old Wrangler (1990) and my husband was driving his '87 Sciricco (sp?) every single time we had to do something for the Jeep, the Volks would pout until it got something, too. New tires on the Jeep? Volks is gonna get a flat. Oil chage for the Jeep, and the Volks didn’t get one? Volks needs a new air filter. Every time.
