We all bundled up next to the fire and were able to keep warm
One of the worst winters of my childhood was when I was living in a place with a cold climate and the heater stopped working one day out of nowhere! We were about to leave town for the week, and my parents ended up having to cancel our trip so that they could afford to replace the heater. The HVAC company was not able to do the replacement for 3 week. Either way, we were freezing and had to cancel our family vacation. I didn’t know what was worse, at such a young age. We used the wood burning fireplace to keep warm, and eventually got a few space heaters to stay warm. My brother and I were discussing how much it cost to replace the heater and he told me that it was going to be double the amount of the vacation we had planned. My parents felt really bad, but they were not wrong to cancel the trip. We needed to replace the heater for many reasons, and there would be other trips. I was happy when the heater was replaced. It was nice and warm in the house. My parents were even able to get a deal on the HVAC replacement because they were new clients. I will never forget how cold we were on the last night of the winter before the heater was replaced. We all bundled up next to the fire and were able to keep warm. I am glad that we are past that.