Waiting for the microwave fixer man...

There are many things I could/should be doing while wiling away the hours waiting for the microwave fixer man to arrive, but instead of all of them, I am here at the computer. It would be good to be out in the garden to finally sweep up all the leaves from last Fall - they've been buried under snow for months and months (well that's what it felt like); I could be vacuuming up all those dust bunnies that the sun highlights so beautifully; maybe I should do some reading for my next, and final quarter of VLI; may I should.... be doing anything but sitting here, waiting for people to come and fix the microwave. They say that they should be here any time between 8 and 12 - oh joy! Why do they do that to us? - we all know we'll get a phone call at 11.50 saying that they've been delayed and should be here by 2! Then the day has gone, the dog has not been walked, the grocery shopping will have to wait till another day and I still won't have moved from the seat in front of the computer.... so much for good intentions. Am I alone in this?

Our microwave is about seven years old. It looks fine albeit a little grubby, the lights work, the timer works, it makes the right noises and the turntable does its thing when you switch it on. What's the problem? well, apart from doing all the right things at the right time ... it doesn't get things ... er ... hot... which is what it's all about really. Getting things hot - quickly.

I didn't realize how much we use the microwave until it downed tools and quit... we use it for breakfasts of oatmeal or eggs (I have mastered the art of poaching eggs in the microwave without the use of one of those specially designed gadgets - 2 eggs, yolks pierced, 7 mins, power level 2 - just right), hot milky drinks, a designer snack created by my daughter of chocolate chip cookies and milk - warmed together for a few seconds - someone has to do it! I do all the vegetables in the microwave, defrost meat etc etc. It's been quite an adventure to cast my mind back to the 'olden days' when food was cooked in saucepan on the stove top ... but not so much of an adventure to be reminded just how many pans I can burn! ...

I know that microwaves are relatively cheap to replace, but our is fixed above the stove and apparently that sort are a little more pricey - so calling out the microwave fixer people with their million dollars a minute call out fees are apparently cheaper... well, we'll find out soon enough...

Also, according to the hard to understand recorded message left on my cell phone yesterday confirming this impending visit, all pets need to be locked away for the duration of the visit of the fixer people (does that apply to goldfish, I wonder?) - Abby will surely miss taking these people any spare shoes or smelly socks that are laying around ... and will probably whine loudly while they are here - I guess they believe that will be less stressful than the shoes! Oh well