I have an overseas trip coming up and I want to have everything prepared before I go.
I need to have somebody to water my plants and flush toilets while I am gone.
I also need to lock up the house tight and clean everything before I leave. The last thing, the one I am dreading, is figuring out the low heating setting on my heater. I have a gas fireplace, and it can be set to a low heating mode. This is where the fireplace does not go hardcore with heating, just a steady stream. I would way prefer this since I don’t want to pay to heat a house that I am hardly in. I can’t just leave my home unheated for 10 days however. In the north the cold can come quick and be intense. Unfortunately I don’t have a smart thermostat. I can’t just check the home temperature from my phone and alter on vacation once I am near wifi. That would be super handy and I would not need to mess with the fireplace. But, I am stuck every vacation messing with the gas heater. I need to figure out how to program the low heating mode and then beg my mother to leave it alone. I have returned to trips with the house freezing cold because the heater is off. My mother likes to check on my house. If she thinks the house is hot, she will just turn off the heater. I am hopeful she will leave it alone this year and the heater will work without a hitch.