I worried about not having the furnace working in the house.
It was getting dark outside, and I didn’t like sitting there knowing it was only going to get colder.
I didn’t know when the HVAC technician was going to arrive, and I was afraid I was going to freeze to death. I left a note on the door and signed it with my name and phone number. I asked the HVAC technician to call me when he arrived and I would be there in two minutes. I headed to my neighbors house to get warm. It was nearly two hours later, when the HVAC technician called and told me he was at the house. He told me to unlock the door and he would call when he was finished with the furnace. I didn’t like the idea of leaving a stranger in the house when I wasn’t there, and I thanked him but said no thank you. My neighbor’s husband told me to stay in the house, and he would babysit the HVAC technician. I didn’t feel right asking him to leave his warm house, but he insisted. It took less than an hour to get my furnace running, and he said it should work for a while, but he wouldn’t wait to have the furnace replaced. He thought I should make the arrangements in the next couple of days, and I would have heat for the holidays. This sounded urgent, and when my neighbor’s husband told me he was serious, I talked to the HVAC technician about what kind of furnace I needed.