Belinda is sure she is not a gambler in any way.
She’s just not equipped with the skills for taking chances.
So why she opted to risk her summer time comfort on an AC that she knew could fail, Belinda still doesn’t understand. The whole experience was a reminder that she’s not built for gambling! Yet, Belinda took that big gamble on that aged AC and it failed. Belinda knew better than gambling on anything, much less the quality heating and air of her beach house. Since this was in the summer, the heating actually wasn’t the problem. Belinda’s HVAC specialist was out to do the AC tune up last Spring. This is when he told her that the AC was about to be done. Belinda did her best to press him for info on how much time she had left. But, of course he couldn’t be that particular. The HVAC specialist did tell her though once it broke, it couldn’t be fixed again. That was good to know and it would have made more sense to just upgrade the AC. Belinda had started saving for an HVAC upgrade years before, however, that money went to another emergency. In order to save money, Belinda opted to roll the dice on the aged heat pump last summer. She even did the best she could to reduce the load on the AC. Belinda made it all the way to early October before the thing gave out. Still she had to wait 14 days before her new HVAC device arrived due to supply chain issues. She’s so glad to have the new AC and not have to risk that sort of HVAC comfort again.