Water Heater and Underwear
Dec. 17th, 2024 09:32 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
lillilahI decided last night to try hiring a virtual assistant rather than calling repair places myself. A virtual assistant is like a personal assistant you hire as a freelancer. There are websites that handle it, much like ebay does with selling. So, this morning, I got up, set up the job, and posted it. You can ask specific people to look at the job, and I chose one who was in Portugal and had a lot of good reviews. She asked a lot of intelligent questions, then said she would take the job. After some more questions, she disappeared for a while. A few hours later, she had an appointment for us with a repair person. Repair person came, looked at the water heater, and said that it was installed so closely to the ceiling that it is really really hard to work on. He is going to have to cut away the plastic top on it since there is no other way to get at the components. It is going to probably be messy and look ugly after. Anyway, he didn't have the right tools, but he seemed like a nice guy. Virtual assistant said that she'll keep working on the job until the water heater is fixed. We're paying her $20 for the job. There will be a nice tip too.
Most of the day, I was pretty traumatized because of new things and talking with people and not having any idea what was going on. I worked on writing and maybe some other stuff, but really not much. By evening, I finally decided it was time to do something more productive, especially since I had wanted to work on some sewing. So, I went upstairs and finished sewing one pair of underwear from the bag of half sewn things.
Tomorrow, I go back into town for neurofeedback and physical therapy. I'm hoping I can swing by a post office, send out a painting, and find out if I can use Portuguese international stamps to send them in the future. That would be so nice!
Most of the day, I was pretty traumatized because of new things and talking with people and not having any idea what was going on. I worked on writing and maybe some other stuff, but really not much. By evening, I finally decided it was time to do something more productive, especially since I had wanted to work on some sewing. So, I went upstairs and finished sewing one pair of underwear from the bag of half sewn things.
Tomorrow, I go back into town for neurofeedback and physical therapy. I'm hoping I can swing by a post office, send out a painting, and find out if I can use Portuguese international stamps to send them in the future. That would be so nice!
