Day 332/365: I think it might be New Boiler O'Clock

[nanila]

I could not have made this day up.

We got up extra early because the bloke had to get the first train in to New Street so he could get to London.

I had a day full of meetings and producing documents for stressed-out academics trying to meet deadlines.

I got on the train home. The train got stuck at a station (but not on a platform) behind another train that broke down because the high winds had damaged the overhead lines. My train was a diesel so it could continue to Home Station, but it had to wait for the broken train to be removed.

We waited for two hours. My childrens' nursery and school shut, and I had to activate my emergency network to have them rescued, separately.

I was standing up. I never get a seat on this service anyway because it's rammed. I was standing with a fellow parent whose children attend my childrens' school/nursery, at least, and we kept each other's spirits up for a while. It was a long enough wait that nearby passengers joined the conversation and people started sharing food, which in British terms means that everyone was convinced the end times were at hand.

I got in, picked up the children, and came home to find...

...the boiler is broken again! Same fault. I suspect we are looking at a New Boiler Situation. :/

Comments

[hilarita]

I leave you with the tiniest possible measure of comfort: at least you are homeowners, and don't have to try to persuade the landlord to part with ££££. But very much sympathy - as you may have deduced, we went through this a few years ago, and it's just miserable.

[nanila]

Yes, very true, and also without our boiler insurance plan thingie, I doubt we would've been able to procure multiple emergency appointments in the past five days.

[perennialanna]

On the other hand, when a landlord employs a professional boiler maintenance company and is prepared to listen to their professional advice, new boilers can be very quick. We have to move sooner rather than later for space reasons, but I will miss this landlord a lot.

New boiler fitting has been far less disrupting and messy than any of the repair jobs it's had over the last six years. I barely knew the fitter had been in the house (and he took in several parcels for me, and put his recyclable waste in the recycling bin, which is above and beyond and I will be writing to his company to say so).