First there was the multiple car pile-up on icy April 17th that totaled the car; then the rider mower at LaGrange signaled there was no way it was going to make it through even the beginning of this season; now – after a long, cold spring –  I selected the cooler option on the thermostat and became aware that THE OUTSIDE UNIT WAS NOT STARTING UP.

I checked circuit breakers and went outside and “professionally” looked at the non-working unit. I did not spy a reset switch which had been mentioned in internet articles, along with the warning to not fool around with anything if you didn’t know what you were doing. I might have been qualified to look for a red button, but I knew I had no business poking around any wires. So, no red button and  I am on a waiting list for a diagnostic visit from the repairman. Friday, but maybe sooner if there is a cancellation.

It is an adage that things come in three’s; well, I don’t know if perhaps I am starting a cycle of THREES. That is to say: three unfortunate events, then three more, and then a third series of three. I am a little worried about getting up from the sofa.

ANYTHING COULD HAPPEN: I could get up and catch my foot in wires and send my computer flying to destruction; I could start down to the basement and end up cartwheeling down; I could  . . . oh, gosh, just anything.

But, I will go ahead and attempt a shower – at least, whatever happens, I will be clean.