old hotness vs new coolness
So the first time we are ditching New Orleans for the summer heat, our air conditioning in all facets of life is finally in order. The landlord finally replaced the ancient window unit in our apt. The apt is small enough and the unit is big enough that it just takes this one to cool the place effectively. It's been so nice! Especially after having the sweat through the past few summers as our very ineffecient dinosaur went through a very long, slow, and painful death. Our landlord wouldn't replace it until it was officially gone. He even had two different people come out to certify its death. How dead does this thing have to be!? It was so bad last summer, that it only felt cool if you were sitting right in front of it. If you sat to the side of it, you melted in a pool of sweat. So anyway. We are very excited to have a new ac unit for our last month in this apt. I said to Chris, "I want to make it frigid in here just because we can."
And the AC is fixed in my car. Not really sure what was wrong. It wasn't cheap, but it didn't break us either. I just didn't want to be carting around a new baby in my very hot car. (We're getting rid of Chris's car. Just too old and busted to keep anymore. Anybody want to give us a new car?) I'm glad it was fixable, though. Because the ac in Chris's car went out a couple of years ago and the whole system needed replacing for a cost more than the car is worth. So now we're all set for the summer...and we're going to Philly. Such is life. ha! I'll wager that Philly will feel a lot cooler to us than it will to those living there, but I imagine that if it gets summery enough, I'll be glad for the AC in my car.
I love living in New Orleans this time of year, because it's like normal summer. Not too hot, but pleasantly warm. I like running around in tanktops and flipflops. Hey! I've already got a pretty decent flipflop tan. :)