Theo, if you don't have any air conditioning units, go get yourself one. Home Depot has one as low as $79.00, and a couple in the $120s. I firmly believe people need at least one room in the house that can provide some respite from the heat.
That's where I got mine. Also, I love our new temporary maintenance man. Who showed up at 8:30 this morning, on Sunday, his day off, to install my AC. And completely refused the $10 I tried to give him as a thank you. He also lets the dog play in the water when he's hosing down the front sidewalk. Carlos rocks. The usual guy is ok, but now I wish we could keep Carlos.
I broke down and bought my first air conditioner yesterday. I nice little 5000 BTU Frigidaire at Best Buy for 95 incl. tax. I also may be getting another from friends who just bought a house where they can't really use the AC units they have with their windows (they're looking to getting central at this point).
Temps not that bad yet out in Salem - the thermostat keeps telling me it's 76 in the rest of the apt. Not sure I trust it now, but if it erred over the winter, it was that it felt colder than what it was saying, so who knows. I am near two large bodies of water though (the bay and a river), so that may be part of it.
Erk. The kitchen thermometer says it's 88.6 in here. I've been sitting in the living room under the ceiling fan where it's been pretty comfortable. Thank goodness some AC is in my near future.
I have to remember I moved to LA for the average temperature, as well as the highs. Right now, i get jealous of the east coast.
Pancakes and Blue Mountain coffee! I can't work out the keys to texture of this pancake recipe -- yesterday's were very thick, today's more normal. Don't know, but they still taste good.
My mom offered me an air conditioner yesterday, but I've got a window fan in my room that works just as well for me. She told my brother that he could take his when he moved to Boston and he was all "No, we'll be fine with a fan."
He has since realized what a small second floor apartment in the city can be like and has changed his mind.
My indoor temp is 79° right now. If I weren't going to be out of town for most of the summer I'd install a ceiling fan in the living room.
There is a kid across the street making me crazy. He is constantly yelling "Mom!" up at his window from in front of the building. I have to keep resisting the urge to go tell him to go upstairs to talk to her and that he needs the exercise anyway. I don't mind kids making noise while they play, but this is just obnoxious.
We may have just had an earthquake. I need to check whatever that site is.
Oh yeah, that was a quake.
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Wow and how much do I love the linky feature when I don't want to format? A lot.
5.6
Kewl. It has been made apparent that in any quake with much more of an effect on West LA that I'm going to lose much of my alcohol. I need to think about that.
It looks like they might have downgraded that a bit-- I saw 2.4
