it has been one long, hot summer for my husband and i. our apt is as hot or perhaps even hotter than hell and we have been sweaty, irritable, and most recently, losing sleep. we toss, we turn, and then we tell ourselves it's only one more month. however, as i thought about it, september is usually pretty hot as well. especially in MY APT! my apt is always 15 degrees warmer than the temperature outside. yikes. so anyhow, we woke up yesterday morning, and i made a declaration: today i will get an air conditioner. my husband, on his way to work, looked at me, and smiled slyly, not believing that on the second day of august, i would do such a thing. so he left for work, not knowing what was about to occur.
i jumped out of bed, got dressed and headed to utica avenue, about a 15 minute walk from my house, equipped with my sturdy, bright red push cart! what a workout! as i got to utica avenue, i found the discount store that had the ac's/fans. i got the one i wanted. an 8,000 BTU Haier air conditioner for a great price of $229! online, it was much more. so i get my ac, and the jamaican man who checks the bags in, who keeps singing to me and telling me about the beauty of my smile, attaches the box to the top of my push cart while using box string. when he is done, i push the cart out of the store, and the bottom of the cart caves in! i was so embarrassed. how was i gonna get this thing home? i realized i could still push the cart, although the bottom caved in, so i continued to walk. i was so excited that after a few blocks, i realized i was going in the wrong direction. shit! i turned the broken-in cart with the heavy ac around and walked in the right direction, towards my house. as i walked as fast as i possibly could (which wasn't that fast) i noticed it was getting dark. very dark. finally after crossing eastern parkway, the rain began. heavy, thundering, earth-shattering rain! SHIT! i ran under the popeye's as a shelter. the ac was now falling off the top of the cart. i stood there for 10 minutes. still raining. 30 minutes. still raining. 45 minutes. still raining. damn, i can't stand here all day i thought! why did i decide to get an ac on a day i knew it was supposed to thunderstorm? only me! finally, in a desperate rage, i attempt to lift the ac off the cart. as i do this, the cart pushes off towards the street, crashing into someone's car. a friendly pedestrian sees this and grabs my cart. whew. the ac was sooo heavy. i see a taxi pull up and someone comes out. i hail the taxi. the driver sees me attempting to lift the ac and comes out in the rain and takes the ac and puts it in the trunk. (did i mention i left the push cart on the side of the road? haha) so anyway, we get to my building, and he takes out my ac and puts it in the lobby for me! what a gentleman! (of course he was african!) i pay him and then ask myself, how will i get this up four flights of stairs? that is because i have no elevator in my building! seriously, i think it was God who gave me some kind of superpower for 5 minutes and helped me get the ac up the stairs in just a few minutes! as soon as i got in...i dropped it by the door....this would be a job for my husband when he came home from work! i was done!!!
a few hours later, my husband arrives, and is ecstatic about the ac, although he doesn't show it. i see it in his eyes. we eat dinner first, then he immediately takes it into the bedroom, for installation. i sit there, reading instructions. my husband goes: why are you reading instructions? this is common sense? ok, i thought, so since you don't need me, you do it! i just watch him and of course because he has ignored the instructions, he puts the wrong screw in at first! i told him it says to use the short screws first, then the long ones later! he didn't wanna hear the instructions! oh, men. anyhow, after drilling, measuring, lifting, complaining, sighing, and sweating, we installed the ac! we both drilled some screws in, and we both measured, etc. once we turned the ac on.....WOW! amazing. we slept like babies last nite. it was freezing cold in our room. after a few hours the temp in our room was 62 degrees!!! woohoo! when we first plugged the ac in, the temp in our bedroom was 89 degrees! nuts!
i am sooo happy i ventured out into a thunderstorm to get the ac, because at the end of the day, the night was sooo much better with cool, soothing, air! ahhhhhh.....
peace & nappiness :-)
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hahahahahaha that's an awesome blog. i'm glad you're able to sleep like babies now! i do remember your apartment being quite warm at your housewarming (no pun intended, hehehe). but remember! con ed is pricier in the summer! so keep the temp around 70 or something and use it sparingly. my bill was $50 higher this month merely 'cause prices have gone up due to summer months, AC use, etc .... and we only have a fan!!! ugh!!! needless to say, i was livid, but what can we do? anyway, enjoy the cool breeze and use of blankets in the middle of the summer! :o)
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