My life as a comedy of errors, pt. deux

[clevermanka]

In one of my early posts, I mentioned how minor irksome events seem to plague me almost constantly. Well, sometime on Friday night my gloriously relocated refrigerator died. I opened it to get some cream for my coffee Saturday morning and it felt really warm. Hmmm...Opened the freezer for an ice cube for 0's coffee. No ice. Warm freezer. Thawed meat. Crapola.

So this weekend, in addition to fighting through the cold, I cooked up a storm. Made terrifying amounts of chili (bagged up and resting happily in chris and kij's freezer), carnitas, a rack of ribs (fed to the above mentioned lucky souls), fajitas (out of some really stellar eye of round--sob), and shredded fake BBQ beef. Let's hear it for crockpots! I'm down to the last of the chicken for tonight, and that's it for the meat stash.

Luckily, we have two dorm fridges (one in the bedroom and one in the downstairs bar), so our dairy and condiment stuff survived. But god, what a nightmare. It's crazy to have to buy ice every day if you want something cold to drink. Wow, I'm so incredibly spoiled.

Luckily, it wasn't a problem with the refrigerator being recessed. The relay that tells the compressor to turn on had broken. Total $125 to fix. Whew.

And on the up side, I completely wiped down the entire appliance while it was warm and now the inside looks shiny brand new. Not so encouraging is the idea of restocking. I see a pricey trip to the grocery store in my future. Let's all cross our fingers for post Thanksgiving meat sales.

Comments

[yolatheuncola.livejournal.com]

Man that sucks, but luckily you were able to salvage a lot of it! One time while Liam and I were away for the weekend, my dad and Ian went by our house for something and they left the fridge door OPEN for 24 hours. We came home to find everything completely warmed over. It was in the Summer, too. We were LIVID. It's amazing to see how much you spend to stock a fridge and freezer. Oh, you might want to check the stores today or tomorrow for sales. Most of the chain stores have their ads online so you can take a looksie :)

[clevermanka.livejournal.com]

Ooooo...and if it was due to human stupidity? That just makes it sooooo much worse. Man. Whew.

[radcliffe.livejournal.com]

Well, you had been wanting to cook, right? ;)
Still, so upsetting to have part of the larder bare like that.

[clevermanka.livejournal.com]

True. Like they say, "Be careful what you wish for!"

[redheadfae.livejournal.com]

oh yeah, and remember when you were taking care of our pets while we were away and our water heater busted a leak? lol.
You're right, you have some sort of mechanical gink that you need to have exorcised. It usually seems to revolve around watery things. hmmm. Metaphysical woman goes into trance mode and declared that it's just your version of emotional drama (water).
Hah!