I haven’t been able to post in the last three weeks. Our air
conditioner just so happened to stop working when it was 108 degrees outside. We
had to wait five days before the technician was scheduled to come out. The
coolest room in the house was the living room so on the first night, my husband
and I slept there on the hardwood floor with our heads on the deflated beanbag
chairs that our kids used when they play video games. It was fine until I
turned over on my side. I must’ve been in that position for hours because when
I woke up, I was in so much pain I couldn’t roll over. My husband was in pain,
too.
On the second night, he suggested we pump up the air
mattress and sleep on that. I had not even thought of that! Duh! So, on the
second night, we blew up two mattresses and the kids slept with us in the
living room. The dog was confused, but so happy we were there with her, especially
me since she loves me best, no lie.
I started doing a thorough cleaning of the house, threw out
tons of stuff, donated brand new toys to Vietnam Veterans, and threw out a
sofa. I ended up cleaning out part of the garage, dragging two old computer tables
into the house, and setting up a new computer that is now old because it was
sitting in our hallway for a couple of years without being opened. Now I have a
“new” uncluttered workspace that feels pretty good except that now I’m sitting
on a hard wooden stool instead of an overly soft sofa that used to make me
hunch and hurt my back when I typed.
I was up late one night still cleaning the house when I saw
my son at the sink in the bathroom. I thought he had gotten up to brush his
teeth, but he had a big bottle of hair gel in his hand. I backed up from the
hall and said, “What are you doing?” He squirted the hair gel on his finger. I
said, “You’re sleepwalking. Don’t put that in your hair.” He said, “I’m not
sleepwalking.” He looked at himself in the mirror. I said, “It’s past midnight.
Don’t put that in your hair. It’s going to get all over your pillow.” He just
smiled and rubbed the gel between his palms like he does before he puts gel in
his hair. I said, “Don’t do it! Wash it off right now!” To my relief, he washed
it off his hands and went back to bed. We had to buy him more hair gel today. I
hope he hasn’t been wasting it by putting it in his hair during his
sleepwalking bouts. It’s not cheap.
The next night, after a day of lugging the sofa out of the
house in hot weather and lugging the computer tables in, I was up until past
midnight again. I was exhausted and wanted to take a shower. I put my clean
clothes in the bathroom and walked out to do something else. Before I came
back, I heard the shower being turned on. My sleepwalking son was there in his
shorts and t-shirt turning the shower on and adjusting the water. I said, “What
are you doing? You already took a shower.” He said, “I know, but I sweated.” I
said, “You’re sleepwalking. Go back to bed.” He peeked around the corner and
looked at where I put my clothes. That is where he usually puts his clean
clothes before he takes a shower, too. I said, “Those are not your clothes.
Those are my clothes. I was about to take a shower. It’s past midnight and I’m
tired.” He insisted on taking a shower. I was tired and irritated, so I said, “Okay,
go ahead and take a shower.” I went to lie down which made me sleepy. When he
came out of the shower he said, “I was sleepwalking.” Annoyed, I said, “I know.
I was about to take a shower, but you went in there before me. Now I’m tired.”
He said, “Sorry.” I said, “When did you wake up?” He said, “In the middle of my
shower.” Lol Must be a weird feeling.
The a/c tech came out and changed a couple of parts, then
left. I had told him that the house was not getting cooler, but he told us to
give it fifteen minutes. He left before the fifteen minutes were up. Cold air
was coming out of the vents, but very faintly. Thinking it was fixed, we were
happy and immediately left to go to a rock & gem show that we were late to.
We boasted to our friends and relatives that our a/c was now working. When we
got home, the house was sweltering. We set it at 75, then 74, then 72, but the
temperature never went below 81. Noooo! The next day was Sunday and the home
warranty and a/c companies were closed. I was on hold for an hour and a half on
Monday before I got someone on the phone to place an order for another tech to
come out. It’s so hot out that a lot of people are calling for a/c repair. No
one called us all day to set up an appointment even though we got an email with
the name of the company that would be servicing us. Not good. I guess I can
celebrate the weather being 10 degrees cooler than several days ago. :o/ Lower
90s.
The rock & gem show was fun, though and my sons won some
rocks at the kiddie games. My mother-in-law spent $600 (!!!) on rocks for our
kids. She loves rocks and was thrilled that our kids love rocks, too. We let
her enjoy her time with her grandkids and went to look at the other booths. Our
youngest son used to bring home rocks he found at school, but those were ugly
and he even brought a piece of broken cement and a piece of brick home. Now
they have some nice rocks, but when I heard how much she spent, I balked. On
rocks?! But she loved sharing a common interest with them so I guess it was
quality time well spent.,,
So, I’m celebrating living room campouts with my family
(just the type of camping that is right up my alley since I’m not an outdoorsy
type of person), rock & gem show, clean house with new workspace (I don’t
have to step over stuff now), and something I didn’t mention, a new cell phone.
The cell phone purchase was a bad experience, but we got a buy one get one free
deal on iPhone 6s and 6s Plus so that is something to celebrate.
We almost got ripped off on our gym membership renewal. We
got overcharged by $1000, but I questioned it and the manager, who we have
known for 6 years, looked at it and caught the error. So, we are getting our
money back. Yay! The sales guy was told he had to make $10,000 in sales every
month so I guess he was overcharging everyone on purpose, including us. We’ve
known him for years, too, but I had a feeling we were not going to get a good
deal since he was not our original sales guy. I’m disappointed in him, but at the
same time can’t blame him. Too bad our old sales guys who became our friends
left, but now we know to go to the manager to get the rate we are supposed to
get as loyal members. So, I’m celebrating new knowledge and saved money as
well!
I hope to be celebrating a fixed air conditioner by next
week. In the meantime, I hope it rains a nice, cool rain.
I hope you all are enjoying your summer!
What are you celebrating?
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