[torradan]

I wake up earlier than usual, and go about my routine to get ready for work. The house is cold because the programmable thermostat hasn't kicked in yet to coincide with my normal wake up time. Feels colder than usual, but I was buried in the comforter all night. No problem, I can deal.

I'm puttering around, 5:30 comes and goes, which is the programmed time to give me some heat.

Furnace didn't kick on. While fiddling with the thermostat checking the battery and stuff, current temperature: 52F. No wonder it was colder than usual!

I go investigate the furnace itself, and the exhaust blower motor is making a humming sound. I poke at it with a screwdriver, and the motor won't turn freely. So its seized up.. Yay! (No lubrication points or anything on this)

I look on the thermostat again out of curiousity.. 50F. Nice, its dropping.

Needless to say:

1) I'm not happy,
2) I'm cold,
3) I'm sitting on the couch with the comforter on,
4) I have 2 cats sitting on me because they're cold as well,
5) I have to call off work to get a furnace guy over here to fix my s***, and
6) I'm extremely pissed because if I don't work the shift before and after a paid holiday, I DON'T GET PAID FOR THE HOLIDAY. So essentially, I'm losing 2 days worth of pay now. I doubt they'll take pity on me, either.
7) No heating places are open at the moment, and I'm not calling any of their "emergency" numbers and paying more.
8) Morning/daytime TV sucks, and nothing new was recorded on Tivo this weekend.

What a way to start the new year!