Thursday, August 28, 2008

Mom & Dad to the rescue…again

Yay, the a/c guys are on their way out with a new a/c unit to install.  We won’t die of heatstroke after all.  I will never take cold air on a hot, hot, hot day for granted again.  24 hours of this has royally sucked.  We’re stressed, the pets are stressed and confused, we’re worried about the pets.  We have fans set up all over the house to attempt to keep it from getting past, oh, 90+ degrees inside, but half the cats are afraid of the fans.  Carlo has decided that he’s never leaving the master bedroom again - there are some scary whirring monsters outside of the bedroom door and he wants no part of them, thank you very much.  We slept for a few hours with the bedroom door mostly shut to try to keep as much cool air in as possible, but to allow small visitors to come & go as well.  Let’s just say that many of them came in and stayed, and were extra well-behaved.  Perhaps they were worried we’d toss them in the tv room, where it was about 95 degrees even with the windows open.  I’m so happy that we bought the portable a/c unit last year.  Without it, we would’ve probably had to take some of the pets to the vet’s office for boarding because they weren’t handling the heat very well.  We have some elderly cats & dogs, not to mention two people who don’t handle heat well anymore thanks to the Fibro.  We could’ve all slept in a big kennel.

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1. Thank goodness for the parental units.  What would we do without them some days?  I was just reading the other day that once it’s hotter than 90 or so, using fans is pretty much pointless.  I’m glad you’ve had at least the portable unit.  They can be a lifesaver.

   Kate  on  08/28  at  07:59 PM

2. Hooray for Mom and Dad!  That level of heat kills people, not to mention pets.  Glad you had the portable to tide you over, and some help from your folks.  What a year it’s been!  Glad you’re hanging in there.

   Print  on  08/28  at  10:13 PM

3. So glad you are getting relief. Super hot days are not healthy for anybody…let alone those poor seniors. I hope this is the last of it for a while (and that the license comes soon!).
   Laurie
   sending big hugs of the cooler variety

   laurie  on  08/29  at  09:14 AM

4. My gawd.  If it weren’t for bad luck, you two would have no luck, at all!

   Hope the business license arrives soon, fercrissakes!  Sending good thoughts your way.

   T&V

   Tim  on  08/29  at  05:01 PM

5. You’ve had WAY more than your share of bad luck.  You’ve probably taken over some of mine, and I should say thank you.   I’m glad the airconditioner is fixed, at least.

   Nancy  on  09/01  at  08:15 AM

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