I woke up this morning at 4AM last evening, and my partner wasn’t in bed.
I normally don’t worry about it if he is up early.
He had consistently been an early riser. I listen to hear if his laptop or the TV is on, and I go back to sleep. This day I woke up, but I didn’t hear anything. I decided I had to get up and check on him. When I didn’t see him in the kitchen, I kicked it off by looking through the house. I found him in the basement, talking to himself. He was staring at the furnace mumbling. I asked him if there was a big time problem. He told myself and others the heating had stopped really working about an hour earlier. He was trying to figure out what was wrong with the furnace. I told him I could call the Heating, Ventilation, and A/C supplier and see what time they could drive someone out. He didn’t want to spend a lot of money on an emergency call so I was going to wait until 8AM to call. I suggested that he come back to bed and I could keep him warm. He laughed and said that he had an area gas furnace on. He would be okay. I was a bit anxious that he gave myself and others that answer. I was shivering by now, so I went upstairs, curled up under the blankets and shivered until I went to sleep. I got out of bed about two hours later. I made Starbucks Coffee and then the people I was with and I called the Heating, Ventilation, and A/C supplier. My partner came upstairs about then. He was going to make the call, because he couldn’t figure out what was wrong with the furnace, then he also wanted to apologize for being so mean.