Freezing

I understand many of you back home are freezing, but that is not what this post is about. It's about my refrigerator. It's freezing. Literally. At first it was just the crisper & I thought I had figured out a fix. Alas, no dice. I've put the temp on 1, 5, & 9 and just get different levels of freeing. I've been contemplating talking to the office about it, but, like everything here in China, getting something fixed can be complicated.

I finally asked for help today and they have scheduled a service man to come tomorrow. I'm trying to hope for the best without setting myself up for disappointment. We've heard more than once since moving here that it takes 4 attempts to get something fixed. The first attempt someone looks. The second attempt, he or she brings someone else to look too. The third attempt they try to do something & the fourth attempt they actually bring tools & (maybe) fix the thing.

It's kind of an arduous process given that I need to be at the house for all of these attempts! This is why I've been putting it off. My greater fear is that they will replace my large (American-sized) unit with a tiny Chinese unit. In an ideal world, I would go to the market every day and get fresh things to prepare the evening meal, but in my actual world that takes about an hour & a half - who wants to spend 10+ hours grocery shopping every week? Ok, it wouldn't be that bad because I wouldn't be buying as much... or would I? I'll let you know what happens with the fridge.