Overheated House

Before Justin left for his two week long training in Virginia, we noticed the air conditioner wasn't pumping out a lot of cool air. Justin told me to give it a break and not use it for a day and it should be working again after that. Unfortunately, a break did not help. It has been 2 weeks of temperatures of at least 90 degrees, including a record breaking 5 day streak of over 100 degrees. Needless to say, I am miserable. 

While he was gone, I refused to use the oven, for fear of the added heat to the house. Every night I went to sleep with the house at about 80 degrees. However, our thermostat only reads the downstairs so it is at least 5 degrees hotter upstairs.....where our bedroom is. 

Justin got home two days ago and had to return to working the night shift. That meant sleeping during the day yesterday and today. Poor hubby, the house was at 83 degrees all day long with every fan on high, window coverings shut tight to keep heat out, and no blankets on our bed. He got no sleep and I went to buy a box fan at Walmart. While I was there, he ventured down to the crawl space to try to fix the AC. He got it to pump out more air, but it was warm outside air. Then he realized the unit was heating up and not actually spinning. So, we turned it off and the house quickly went from 83 degrees to 87 degrees. 

 Here's our lovely forecast for the week. Notice the time at the top (1am - I couldn't sleep in the heat!) and the current temperature.

Justin immediately got on the phone and called 12 different companies trying to get someone to come fix it. Everyone was booked for two weeks! Apparently the whole city is having air conditioner problems. The 13th guy said he could come 9am tomorrow morning! Thank God! I could not do two more weeks of this! We are sweaty and wearing only underwear. I feel so bad for the cat that I want to dunk her in some cold water, but I think she would never forgive me.

As I write this, I have the box fan 2 feet away from me aimed at my face and I have to take a break every paragraph because I can't stand having the warm laptop on my lap. I thought being in my second trimester during summer would be a breeze, I was wrong.