(Typing on mobile if it matters)
It is the wee hours of the morning. Partner and I arrive home from a two week trip abroad. Before we left, we powered down the entire house because it seemed like a good idea.
(Do you, reader, have the foresight we lacked?)
We enter and it’s great to be home (but not great to have to get back to reality) but I notice an unusual smell.
We powered down the house. The power that kept the fridge and freezer running. I open the fridge and it’s unpleasant but not horrible (we are at least smart enough to get rid of food before leaving the country for an extended period of time). THE FREEZER….why must we have been so stupid. I open it and immediately a rotten smell fills the air, I catch a glimpse of the horror inside (the mold) and my partner quickly tells me to shut the door.
Of course coming back from abroad means we have some house chores to get done tomorrow (laundry and unpacking) but a deep fridge clean and disinfect was not something we planned for.
Tldr- turned off our homes power before leaving abroad for two week. Come home to rotting freezer and fridge situation. We goofed real bad.
Update and more context if anyone is interested. The day of the flight was a super hectic day and cutting the power wasn’t ever in the plan but after we turned off the gas we randomly thought to turn off the power (it was a thoughtless decision and there was really no motive) and we were both so exhausted that neither of us was able to think of the clearly obvious reason not to do this. Major brain fart moment but life goes on and we’ll be fine. There are no cold winters here (but boy do I miss those) so pipes were not a concern…only the fridge. Worst case scenario, we upgrade the fridge to what will be our future family fridge (we would likely need to make this purchase in the next few years anyways). We’ll call a technician to see if we can replace some parts that we couldn’t get into to clean and go from there. Anyways, this was a big dumb but we can laugh about it and in a week from now all will be normal again and we’ll get this funny memory to look back on. Also, there were some sleep deprivation grammar errors that I touched up. Stay healthy, friends.