Texas Heat!

Yesterday at about 3pm I get a phone call from the man man. You know what he says, "Honey, the air conditioner just... went... out." HOLY CRAP! It's 97 freaking degrees outside - seriously!

So the man man deals with the insurance (GOD BLESS HIM) and they are supposed to send out someone in the morning to inspect the damage. The man man is up to 78 degrees. Poor thing.

So I go home after work - it's already 80 degrees inside the house.

We consider our options: Hotel? Well if it's just one night or two...but who know how long it's going to take to fix this. Tough it out? This is Texas - it's always tough. Window Unit? Well the Condo Association won't have that shit - it's against the rules. Portable Air Conditioner? Well the least expensive one we could find was $299 + tax! Move to Canada?Eh? Well...not yet.
It's up to 82 degrees

So we decide we'll just go and look and see what we can find. Stop of at Sonic for a large sweet tea. Make our way into Walmart. (barely - we almost got run down by some crazy old bitch in a piece of shit pontiac). Yep, the portable AC is $299. Looked at fans, coolers, etc. No good. Make our way over to the Lowes. Portable AC $449 - you've got me bent! So we go to the Big Lots (hey, we'll try anything at this point) No Luck. Called Sam's - No Luck. So we admit defeat and go back to the house - 84 degrees!

We think for just a moment, just a moment, that we can handle it. Open the windows, turn on the fans, get naked. Then we suck it up and head back to Walmart. Yes, we spent $299 + tax on a portable AC. 3 1/2 feet tall and 80 lbs of portable AC. Get back to the house and carry it up the stairs. IT WILL NOT WORK FOR US! Dedicated circuit, window exhaust, some other crap I couldn't understand. 86 degrees.

Back to Walmart. Refund. Window unit.

Back to the house. 86 degrees. Installation of window unit.

Bliss.