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When I got off of work today, every WM in town was out of air conditioners, the same was true for Meijer's, Lowe's, Home Depot, Menard's, Target, Big Lots, and Dollar General (not like I really expected DG to have air conditioners, but I was desperate).
Boe found one -- count 'em, one -- air conditioning unit (and stood guard over it) at our local Do It Best hardware store, where I promptly dispatched myself and my debit card. It seems the unit had been on hold for someone for 5 days, but was never picked up. As an added bonus, the manager took an extra forty bucks off of the retail price since it was a discontinued model. Score!
When Boe had called me to report success on The Quest For Air Conditioning, I was stepping out of a tepid shower with three very angry cats joining me in the bathroom. See, all three of the cats were panting and had rapid breathing when I came home, which are signs of heat exhaustion. So I was a bad Mommy for their own good and took one cat at a time into the tepid shower with me, 15 minutes per cat. Now, you might think that this isa recipe for Disembowelment By Cat Claws, but one thing that I've learned about cats is that they have an innate sense of fairness. That's why my arms get turned into mincemeat when I try to bathe them, but they don't claw me when I have them in the shower with me, even though there is substantially more flesh to tear into when doing so. Sure, they struggled a bit, but nothing involving claws or teeth. I think they think that if they have to get wet, it is only Right and Proper that I get soaked too.
Anyway, I'm pretty sure we managed to buy the last available air conditioner in a three county area. We've moved the animals into the bedroom, complete with litter box, food, and water, and our bedroom is finally beginning to cool down. I might actually get to sleep tonight.
Boe found one -- count 'em, one -- air conditioning unit (and stood guard over it) at our local Do It Best hardware store, where I promptly dispatched myself and my debit card. It seems the unit had been on hold for someone for 5 days, but was never picked up. As an added bonus, the manager took an extra forty bucks off of the retail price since it was a discontinued model. Score!
When Boe had called me to report success on The Quest For Air Conditioning, I was stepping out of a tepid shower with three very angry cats joining me in the bathroom. See, all three of the cats were panting and had rapid breathing when I came home, which are signs of heat exhaustion. So I was a bad Mommy for their own good and took one cat at a time into the tepid shower with me, 15 minutes per cat. Now, you might think that this isa recipe for Disembowelment By Cat Claws, but one thing that I've learned about cats is that they have an innate sense of fairness. That's why my arms get turned into mincemeat when I try to bathe them, but they don't claw me when I have them in the shower with me, even though there is substantially more flesh to tear into when doing so. Sure, they struggled a bit, but nothing involving claws or teeth. I think they think that if they have to get wet, it is only Right and Proper that I get soaked too.
Anyway, I'm pretty sure we managed to buy the last available air conditioner in a three county area. We've moved the animals into the bedroom, complete with litter box, food, and water, and our bedroom is finally beginning to cool down. I might actually get to sleep tonight.
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