OK, aside from the heat in the summer, er, maybe *because* of the heat in the summer... summer can be pretty unbearable here. In the three summers we've been here, though, I've definitely learned to appreciate the fact that 90 degrees here is dramatically different than 90 degrees in the Midwest. 90 degrees here is actually pretty nice. In fact, the other day the high was 103 and it felt pretty pleasant.
But when the predicted high for the day is 112 and it's already 86 at 7:30 a.m. and your air conditioning goes out, the only thing you want is for it to be about 60 degrees outside!
We moved here in May 2008 and like I said this is our third summer in our house, which was inspected prior to us buying it. We've never had issues with the a/c. Earlier this year The Mr. said he wanted to have the a/c checked out just to make sure everything was on the up and up before the really scorching weather got here. But one of his buddies, who does HVAC for a living, advised him against it. So we didn't.
And then this morning after I got out of the shower and it was still 78.5 degrees upstairs and the a/c hadn't kicked on I figured something must be going on. I could hear the unit outside working it's tushy off, but nothing was happening inside.
I tried everything I could think of: turned the a/c way down to see if it would kick on, turned it off and then on again, turned it off and let it sit for several minutes before turning it back on. Nada. On the hottest day of the year so far our a/c broke.
Fortunately I am teleworking today and my parents, who live down the street, are out of town so I am able to use their house for work. Unfortunately, the a/c guy can't make it to our house until late this afternoon when it will already be pretty hot in there. But on the plus side, at least the guy can come *today*.
I knew this would happen sooner or later. I just hoped it would be in the "winter" when we and the rest of the city isn't desperate for cold air in the house! (Yes, I said "winter" because it doesn't ever get below 40s.)
