I realized something was wrong with the refrigerator when it stopped freezing my fudgesicles. This is a major inconvenience.  After I quit smoking in 1989 I became addicted to fudgesicles. Must have one after lunch and evening meal!  The fridge still made ice cubes.  Milk didn’t sour. Eggs didn’t spoil.  Froze the little individual packets of "soup meat" beef that I buy cheaper than dog food and cut up and freeze to feed the Lucky Dog each morning. It kept the squash, zucchini, leaf lettuce, fresh corn, etc., that I feed the bird each morning. The cheese wieners I feed the puppies as a treat were ok.  The deli turkey for cat treats stayed fresh as long as usual, but it didn’t last long anyway. But it would not freeze my fudgesicles. I was so sad.

So, I called the repair people who sent out a little man who immediately took everything out of the freezer and opened it up and looked down into its innards. "Compressor gone bad," he said.  "How much to fix it?" I asked. "About $400," he said. (Gulp) "I’ll let you know," I said.

I finally accepted that I had to buy a new refrigerator. For the time being, I bought a few big bags of ice and packed them in the fridge freezer to keep my milk and butter and bird’s veggies. Then turned on the computer to research new fridge costs and features and what’s on sale.

Couldn’t get to the Internet.  Computer said date was 01/01/2002 and things had expired on my computer. PANIC  PANIC PANIC OVERLOAD  OVERLOAD  OVERLOAD  OVERLOAD  Computer down!  Help!  Help!  Old.  Sick. Can’t cope!

After I recovered, I called a computer friend who said, "Try resetting the date and see if that will make the computer work."  It did. I went to Lowe’s and bought a new fridge. After the new fridge was delivered I bought up a bunch of frozen dinners that were on sale for a $1.00 and a box of fudgesicles. And more Soup Meat for Lucky Dog. And more cheese wieners for the puppies. And more deli turkey for cat treats. And the bird needed more leaf lettuce. They eat beef and cheesy wieners and deli turkey and leaf lettuce and I eat $1.00 frozen dinners. Something is wrong with that picture…