Little things, like A/C in Houston Texas in the middle of the summer. We however do not have any right now. Seems that our compressor outside took a direct hit from lightning Sunday night and completely fried the whole system. The weird part was that nothing else in the house was affected. In fact when I woke up I assumed that it was just the old thermostat that had finally given up the ghost.
I called in a personal day and headed to Lowe's with all the confidence needed to be the man of the house and save money while being the hero and restoring the lovely cold air in the increasingly hot day in Houston. I expertly removed and installed the new device, and everyone held their breath as the LED display brightly glowed from my efforts. The moment had arrived, my finger gently relocating the switch from off to the heavenly coolness position........ waiting........ waiting...... nothing!! except however from the very cold looks from my family.
The next thing I see is my wife in shorts, t shirt and hair in a ponytail on the phone with the A/C repair guy. " Yes Mrs Inside Out I understand how hot is is". " We will try to be out there today before 4 PM" As my wife put the phone down and I glanced at the clock on the wall we both sighed deeply as it was just 8:26 AM. It was going to be a long day.
While we sat around sweating and feeling sorry for ourselves we noticed that we had some company in the back yard. It seems that a yellow lab with no collar and no obvious home had taken up residence on our back porch. The girls of course were right there to welcome him with a huge bowl of water and welcome pets and scratches. I sat down with them and let them know that this was not his home and that we would allow him shade and water but he was welcome to leave anytime after he had rested. When I woke up this morning I was greeted by him staring at me through the window wanting in. Looks like we are adding a new member to the inside out family. He has chosen to adopt us and stay around. So before work there was a trip to the store for food and of course a collar. then the dreaded call to the vet to get him a check up and shots. I guess good thing come from dire circumstances...
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I just got your blogpage addy adjusted and found you again!
Awww... I hope you get to keep the yellow lab. Y'all have such open hearts about animals. I love that in people.
No A/C - I feel ya brother. Really feel ya.
PC, its hot and dont relize how hot and humid it is until you cant get away from it.. I/O
I hope you get to keep him, too. But I'd wait until the vet checks for a microchip before I get too excited.
Seems to be lots of dogs are adopting poeple in these past few weeks...;)
I can sympathize with you....a few years back, our compressor went out at the beginning of June...and it was THREE days before we could get a replacement. THREE days where it was like 85º to 90º in the house and muggy and humid as all get out.
And you know the saddest thing is, when we were kids, we never had a/c in the house. I didn't have central air and heat till I moved into Palace Peanut when I was about 18 years old. Now, we can't live without it!
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