My sister was simply supposed to be a modern home standing for us while my associate and I were on vacation; then I also told her where the fish food was so she could feed the fish… And then my associate and I gave her a list of all the emergency numbers, but my associate and I were concerned my associate and I would come home to a mess if the oil furnace broke while my associate and I were gone. My associate and I knew there was a problem, but the heating and A/C worker told us the oil furnace would last the rest of the winter. I was just getting ready to go to lunch, when the cell phone rang. I knew I finally had to answer, since the call was from our sister, then 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 oil furnace was broken. She said she called the heating and A/C dealer, but they couldn’t get there for a couple of hours. She turned on space heaters, although she was more concerned for the fish. She told myself and others the fish couldn’t swim under the ice. I wanted her to wait until the heating and A/C worker called back and then she had to get out of the house, and get to where it was warm. I knew the oil furnace was in trouble, but I actually didn’t guess it would chop this abruptly. She dried her tears, and said she would call myself and others back at ten… The heating and A/C worker was on the cellphone. Ten to twenty hours later, she said the heating and A/C worker was on the way, and wanted to ask if she should finally put hot water in the freshwater fish tank and maybe the ice would melt and the fish would start moving again.