Vacation

Today we're getting ready to leave for Wisconsin tomorrow, for my niece's graduation. (I'll also be staying another week to help my mother deal with some surgery. I get to rent a car for my return, yuck.) There's not a lot to do; in fact, it's mostly mental -- making sure I'm not forgetting anything.

The heat that started on Saturday, when we put in the rock garden, continues, and Sunday we finally decided that there was something wrong with our AC (which is actually a heat pump system). We had somebody come over Monday and sure enough, the system was completely out of freon, due to a valve problem. So now the house is cool and will maintain a decent temperature while we're gone.

We've had all sorts of heating/cooling problems with this house since moving in last June, but everything up until now was covered by the warranty, which turned out to be a great investment.