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Tuesday, June 23, 2009

"It's Getting Hot In Here...take 2"

It is 11pm and STILL 85 degrees inside.
I am officially adding "melted to death" to the "Top 10 Worst Ways to Die" list.

No way was I cooking tonight. No way in Hell...and my house is hot enough that it feels pretty close to Hell temps right now.
We met for a quick dinner at a local pizza place, because Aaron had a home teaching appointment to be at by 7.
I was hot.
the children were hot.
the pizza was hot.
we were very very sweaty.
it was gross.
Nursing a sweaty baby in 100* humid sticky nasty heat is really REALLY gross.
Especially when said baby pukes down your shirt.
Then ALL OVER the restaurant floor (doc says I'm crazy to think my little guy has reflux. I have come to terms that all doctors are rotten evil, and probably live in homes as hot as mine...or are at least headed for one.)
It was a LOT of baby puke. I slid the high chair over a few feet to cover it up and avoid a scene.
Quincy pointed out the baby-spit up puddle to everyone in the restaurant, along with anyone in ANY restaurant sharing an adjacent wall.
We came home to find that the house was now hotter than 10 Hells.
Do you know what happens to children in Hellish heat?
They turn into little Tazmanian Devils.
Horns appear in the foreheads.
Skin turns red with anger as tantrums brew.

I finally told Reese to "Simmer Down Now" then laughed at my own joke.
She did not think it was funny.
Note to self-introduce kids to SNL classics.
Everyone is finally asleep...or perhaps heat stroke has taken over.
HVAC Service Man comes tomorrow.
I'll be sucking on Sonic Ice and calling all of my friends to abuse their pools/air conditioning until then. It's not even supposed to cool off tonight. Ew.

***UPDATE***
A/C man came today.
The capacitor was busted and warped.
$125 and 5 minutes later...COOL AIR! Wahoo!
It has been pumpin' for about 4 hours and we are down to 81* inside.
Sadly, 81* feels wonderful compared to temps earlier today.
We should be at a normal temp within' another hour or two.
I survived.

2 comments:

hfl said...

I am so glad that you were able to fix instead of replace your airconditioner. You should be all nice and cool to sleep tonight.

Missie Keller said...

Yay! I am so glad you are finally cooling off!!!