Defrosting the Freezer

A little before I had been in this apartment for one year, my freezer started frosting up again. I went at it with a screwdriver and hammer, and got the bulk of it out. Well, a few weeks later, the iceberg was on its way back. I guess the ice was in some air holes or something, making it build up even faster than it did the first time.

OK, I guess I have to go all out this time. I carried a 40-lb. bag of ice from the liquor store 5 blocks away (tip – it’s not easy). Then I turned my sink into a temporary fridge, moving everything from the fridge to the sink:

Then I figured I would accelerate the defrost process with some boiling water:

And there you have it – my little project for the night. I hope it is 100% done by morning so I don’t have to worry about all the ice in the sink melting while I am at the library tomorrow.

• Yes, the boiling water helps. Your Grandma Myers also would use a
  fan. If lugging all that ice is so much trouble, try getting a
  cooler!… and if this problem persists too often tell your land-
  lord and you may even get a replacement appliance.

  Love 2 U,

  Your madre

• Alternatively, just let the whole thing ice up until it’s one solid block of ice, and then carve out one small hole in the middle, in the shape of your favorite liquor bottle. When you have people over, you can open the fridge and pull the bottle out, and they will know that you are hardcore awesome.

  Tell me that wouldn’t impress the chicks.

• Yeah that would be awesome, except it was damn near impossible to even open the freezer because the ice had dipped down over the door.

  It is all defrosted now, but DAMN was there a lot of ice in there, and behind, under, and on the sides.

• I wanted to get a cooler but then I realized that the sink would work quite well.