The authority had finalized our adoption papers, and this was going to be our first winter experience with our child.
I contacted the local business and scheduled HVAC maintenance. We needed an HVAC repairman to check the HVAC and ductwork thoroughly, do a heating repair where necessary, and do duct sealing where there were leaks if any. We had consultation meetings at the HVAC business about installing new HVAC equipment. Still, now that we had our child sooner than we had anticipated, we told the HVAC professional we would have to delay that project for a year or less so that Julie could have time to get used to living with us and also enjoy playing in the yard before all the geo HVAC installation began. The digital thermostat and geo heat pump would be a game-changer for us because of the type of heating technology. Waiting a year would be a short time because the HVAC unit that we are currently using is still in good condition. Plus, we already had the HVAC brands narrowed down and the type of quality HVAC we wanted. Other than matters concerning the HVAC provider and needing help with indoor comfort, we were anxious about having Lori because we were unsure how receptive she would be to us. Lori was two years old and very wary of strangers. She had been in the orphanage since she was rescued from a dumpster when she was four months old. We fell in love with her the moment we saw her. The first day we met her, she was in pink sneakers and a lilac dress that was too big for her. Her eyes reminded me of hot caramel; from that moment, we knew we had to make her our daughter.