Doh. Guess whose air conditioner went out today. Yep, at 5 pm it was 78° in here and I was really dragging. That’s about the best my A/C can do when it’s better than 95° outside, but as soon as the sun goes down, it cools off. However, after dinner, I noticed things were not cooling off. In fact, it was 84° inside. Groan.
I called a repairman, but it will be Sunday morning before he gets out here. Actually, he asked if I’d be home tomorrow and said if he could possibly make it tomorrow, he’d give me a call. Oh goodie, choose between sitting here all day while the temperature soars (supposed to be 99° tomorrow), hoping he might call, or get up and take me and the dog to someplace cooler (thereby having to close up the house and ensure it gets as hot as possible before I get home). I think I’ll call again in the morning and beg: “Little old fat lady, can’t go out, can’t leave windows open, might die … ” Or maybe I’ll try bribery (money only. Get your minds out of the gutter.)
Meantime, the house won’t cool off much at night. It gets down in the 60s outside, but I have no way to pull that cool air inside. And since it’s a one-story house, I’m afraid to leave all the windows open at night.
Oh well, I’ll just try to think about all the folks who have been getting much worse heat than we have — and count my blessings. Y’all be careful out there and I’ll do the same.
This is really going to sound unsympathetic, but my A/C thermostat is set on 82 degrees. I guess it’s all relative since the afternoon temperature here in Southeast Texas has been three digits for (I think it’s up to) 42 or 43 days. I have an infra-red temperature sensor that I use to calibrate tire pressures on the track and the other day I pointed it at the top of a dark green car and it read 176 degrees. Compared to that, 82 degrees feels pretty cool.
Maybe a racers cool suit is in order.
I’ve been watching and wondering why all the folks in Texas, Oklahoma, and Kansas aren’t crispy critters by now. A lot of it is just what you’re used to, and in my “overly insulated” condition, I don’t deal at all well with anything above the mid-70s. The house only cooled to 80 last night, so this could be a very long day.
I spend 95% of my time in my bedroom on the second floor because that’s where my TV and PC are. It’s also the hottest part of my apartment, so my AC has to work. What I worry about is the power outages that heatwaves like this can bring on. If I lose my power, I wouldn’t even be able to call out for assistance because my phone is VOIP!
Precisely why I keep a land line.