a little whine

(or whinge, if you're on the other side of the Atlantic. Not sure how whining and whingeing differ, if they do). Edited To Add at bottom.

I'm just tired and fed up. I'm waiting on the dude (this is Worker Guy #1) to bring the promised window air conditioner. Worker Guy #1 is the talky guy. And he smokes. And he left the door open when he went in and out of the house. I liked Worker Guy #2 - who was quieter and who closed the door after himself - a lot better, but I think he got sent to another job.

I'm also waiting on Boss Guy to call me with an estimate that is more detailed than the one he gave me on the new coil. I mean, I have to get it - the air conditioning will not work otherwise - but I want to know how much it will set me back.

I have no appetite. Lunch was applesauce and a piece of bread dipped into some hummus. Part of it is my allergies are very bad and my teeth are hurting miserably, part of it is it's just too dang hot and humid to want to eat. Or to want to cook.


Once I get those two things sorted (if I do; I don't have tremendous faith in Worker Guy #1 getting here any time soon), I have to go over to school to take care of a couple things, and I have to pick up my new prescription of anti-hive meds, I'm almost out and I will surely need them these coming days.

Everything seems so EFFORTFUL. It seems like everything beyond going to the store for milk these days takes far, far more time and far, far more energy than what it should. (This is part of the problem I have in the summers. I just get worn out and everything seems SO HARD. I'm sure it's partly allergies.)

I'm still considering going to Sherman tomorrow; if nothing else I will get to hang out in air conditioned stores for a while. If there were a movie I wanted to pay the cost of a ticket for, I'd consider going to a movie, but I don't think there's anything out I want to see ("Inside Out," the one summer movie I might consider going to the theater for, doesn't open for at least another week). And I think I will give myself permission to get lunch out; maybe I can tempt myself to eat something reasonably nutritious if I don't have to fix it.

Unless I get that window air conditioner, watching movies on my tv won't work because it's hot, and I don't think this new computer plays dvds. (I can carry it into my bedroom).

Gaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaah. I know this is the very definition of a "first world problem" as someone in a rural region of an African nation or a South American country would just have to cope with the heat and would not have the concerns of "when can I get my air conditioner fixed, but oh, how much I was hoping this would be done by now and I'd be in a nice cool house.

Also, my hives. Oh Celestia, my hives. I'm sure it's the humidity coupled with the mold in the air but they are making me absolutely miserable. They usually don't hurt but this time they do, probably because they're so much larger than normal. 

If it were the regular semester and the guy could get the new coil in Monday, I'd cancel class to have it done - but nope, won't cancel in the summer.



Edited to add:

Okay, window unit has arrived. Both the talky guy and the quiet guy came with it and got it placed in the window. Quiet guy asked me if I had a piece of board to wedge under it for extra security - fortunately there was one he could work with in the garage. It's now four whole degrees cooler than it was when they arrived and things feel a lot more hopeful. Talky guy deployed duct tape to plug any air leaks.

One of the things I'm realizing is that when I get overheated, I get that (figurative) feeling of being about to burst into flame, which isn't good. And I feel kind of hopeless, like the misery of the heat and stickiness will last forever. (I once joked that the reason the Bible Belt is where it is is that Southerners have a much clearer concept of what Hell would be like, based on the summers we get....of course, that's not correct and I'm sure it's more reasons of Who Moved Where When but I can tell you I find summers here pretty hellish)

And I'll note: "Why not just get a bunch of window units?" Well, actually, it uses less power in the long run (and presumably, is cheaper) to have whole-house, if you live in a climate like I do. For places like my childhood home, maybe a window unit to run on the very rare hot days (in a bedroom or somewhere) would work, but trust me, in a climate that is both hot and humid, you want a whole-house.

Also you don't have to keep turning things off and on as you move from room to room, which is what I'd feel compelled to do with window units....and that would probably shorten their life. (The loaner I have has a thermostat on it, so I think I'm going to set it and leave it and presume it will turn off when the room achieves the desired temperature.

But yeah, things are a lot lot lot better now. It's amazing to me how much being in an 80+ room with stillish air (despite a ceiling fan) can make me feel despair, and how shaving a few degrees off that (and also sucking some of the moisture out of the air) can make me feel so very much better.

I think tonight I'm going to re-watch Big Hero Six and crochet on my Baymax stuffie and try not to worry about next month's power bill. (I'm working this summer, I can manage it.)