lessons from the furnace man....

he's sitting on a bucket next to my furnace.
my hero.
the furnace man.

he's come to fix my furnace!

we've been gettin' by with our pellet stoves...
but i tell ya..i could use some furnace heat!

i have a contract with these guys, but didn't want
to bother them on the weekend, or on the holiday.
or gosh...not the day of the inauguration. they
should be watchin' it. not fixin' furnaces!

so i waited.

i practically hugged him at my front door!

so there he was, sitting on the bucket feeling
very content as he gave a class in oil tanks to
me and the guys.

it truly had the classroom feel. he was enjoyin'
the role of instructor.

he downright smirked as me as i attempted to get
the concept of the wine valve.

i stopped. 'you're smirking at me.'

the boys pointed out that i just missed the whole
point he made.

oh.

'okay. what would you do with the tank in THIS
situation?' he asked...and threw another situation
at us.

i had to laugh.

we played right along. he was teachin', we were gonna
learn.

i almost put my hand up at one point to ask a question.

another furnace man stopped by! he joined in.
i gleefully escorted him into the room with the announcement
that we had yet another teacher!

it was cute.
lookin' at him on that bucket, just enjoyin' himself
so much. tryin' to learn about furnaces where i never
paid any attention before....

they're gone now. our house is warm again.
including the bathroom!!!
ahhhhh....

life is good.