Time for things to break
Memorial Day Weekend is always a majorly busy weekend for us, and this year wasn’t any different. But to start off the fun, our air conditioning went out sometime last week. It had been cool enough since we moved that we had only turned the air on once (2 Sundays ago). The cross-breeze was usually enough. Last Wednesday the temp started rising in preparation for the super-hot temperature predicted for the weekend (high 90’s). Lo turned the air on and it wasn’t helping…because it wasn’t blowing cold air…just air. On Thursday he looked up things that may fix it, in case it was just a setting on the thermostat or unit or something. The unit is about 5 years old, so we didn’t expect anything major and put in a service call. Unfortunately because we were so busy, we weren’t going to be home any of the times they were available until Tuesday. Fortunately, we were going to be busy enough that we didn’t have to sit around at home and sweat all weekend -we knew we’d be here very little. Back to the unfortunates, I had to make pulled pork for an event on Friday and I forgot to put it in the crockpot before I left for work. So when I got home at 12:30, I had to cook it in the oven for a few hours to ensure it would be done on time. Nothing like heating up an already hot house. Since I already had it on, I went ahead and made some Flourless Peanut Butter Cookies and Kentucky Bourbon Bacon Chex Mix that I was taking to other parties over the weekend.
We managed to sleep at home on Friday night, but by the time I returned from my SIL’s baby shower on Saturday, it was balls hot in the house. No, I don’t really know what “balls hot” means, I just tend to throw the word “balls” in front of the word hot (and old sometimes) – kind of in the place of “super”. I was staying at my friends’ house anyway, since Lo was going to the Indy 500 and we have no idea whether I can manage to stay at home alone in a new house without freaking out. Those who know me are aware of my “nighttime problems”. I’m not afraid of the dark, but I have crazy dreams and wake up with irrational fears. They are often so irrational that I won’t try to explain them out loud. We had lots of security devices on the doors in the apartment just so I’d be able to reason with myself that whatever I think happened, wasn’t possible. Now that we have 1st floor windows and multiple doors, we didn’t know how I’d be at night. So far, so good – but no sense risking it while he was gone and the house was balls hot anyway.
We were able to stay at our friends’ house on Sunday too – they had a big party and were having brunch the next day, plus we have our own room there anyway. Now that we live 10 minutes from them, versus 30, we didn’t expect to be staying there much anymore, but thankfully they are always welcoming!
Monday night we finally left their house, which I often refer to our vacation home because it feels like we’re on vacation when we are there. It was still pretty hot at home, but was getting cooler at night so we thought it may be ok. It wasn’t. Instead of heading back to their place, we decided to pack our stuff for work and sleep in the apartment for one last night. We’d left air mattresses and sleeping bags there just in case, plus it gave us a chance to do a little more cleaning before we had to turn in the keys this week.
The air conditioning company came on Tuesday after work and fixed us right up. The coolant was completely empty, but he didn’t think there were any leaks, so we should be good now!
Surprise repair #1 wasn’t so bad – I think the total bill was $230 or something, which included a service plan in case it turns out that something else is wrong and they need to come back out.
And now the air is cool….