I wanted her to wait until the HVAC technician called back and then she had to get out of the house, and get to where it was warm.
My sister was supposed to be house sitting for us while we were on vacation. I told her where the fish food was so she could feed the fish, and we gave her a list of all the emergency numbers. We were concerned we would come home to a mess if the furnace broke while we were gone. We knew there was a problem, but the HVAC technician told us the furnace would last the rest of the winter. I was just getting ready to go to dinner, when the phone rang. I knew I had to answer, since the call was from my sister. She was shaking when I heard her ask if I had tropical fish or cold water fish? I was already panicking and asked her what was wrong. She had just got home from work, and the furnace was broken. She said she called the HVAC company, but they couldn’t get there for a couple of hours. She turned on a couple of space heaters, but she was more concerned for the fish. She told me the fish couldn’t swim under the ice. I wanted her to wait until the HVAC technician called back and then she had to get out of the house, and get to where it was warm. I knew the furnace was in trouble, but I didn’t think it would break this quickly. She dried her tears, and said she would call me back at ten. The HVAC technician was on the phone. Ten minutes later, she said the HVAC technician was on the way, and wanted to know if she should put hot water in the fish tank and maybe the ice would melt and the fish would start moving again.