A Timely Death

We're enjoying a quiet night here at Rainbow's End. Our Sunday was sunny with bearable temperatures. If you disregard the fact that our #1 ranked undefeated basketball team was defeated today, it was a pretty good day. We've studied for tomorrow's driver's license tests and feel pretty prepared. We're definitely ready for a new week.

Then, there was the rather timely death.

Tonight is the last cold night forecasted in these parts for awhile. Paul unhooked the water and we prepared to hunker down one last time. What visions we had of our fulltiming adventures being about chasing the 70-degree temps have long since been dashed. We were thrilled at the prospect of spending just one more night in sub-freezing temperatures. When the heat pump could no longer keep up we went to our trusty Lasko ceramic heater we purchased in Kansas City. Paul hit the switch.

Nothing. No cheerful little beep. No friendly warm red light. Nothing.

Yes, our dependable little Lasko is dead. After getting us through the brutal single digits of Kansas this ceramic heater has breathed its last breath. For 50 or 60 bucks it provided us with nearly two months of supplemental heat. And, for that, we are so grateful. Sooooo grateful.

With one of our two supplemental heat sources out of commission, we quickly sized up the situation. We have half a tank of propane. That's 15 gallons and a bunch of BTUs. The fireplace is still pumping out heat, and with an overnight low forecast in the teens we'll be just fine. No need to make an emergency run to Walmart tonight for a new heater. After this early winter of unseasonably cold weather we will not freeze to death.

Did this little heater know that it was just days away from being declared dead weight? How did it know? It's one of the mysteries of life, to be sure.

Thank you little Lasko. You served us well.

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