it’s magic.

We started to do it again.

A beastly hot week last summer finally prompted us to get a window air conditioner for our apartment. This was after years and years of suffering through summer heat in an apartment that has only two window.

The fans were enough, we said.

It gets really hot only one or two weeks a year, we said.

Of course, we instantly realized that we had been idiots, as soon as that Goldstar started pumping cool air into the house last July. We vowed we’d never do without AC again.

So it’s been hot all week, hot enough that the temps in the apartment might dip into the lower 70s by the time we wake up in the morning. We were doing the same freaking thing — trying to get by with fans, thinking we’d bring the AC unit up when it got really hot.

This morning, The Wife stepped out of the shower and into 81-degree heat. Inside. I was already sweating when I woke up. And the cat had displaying his heat-related, fur-covered misery behaviors. As in not moving except to eat and poop.

I told Miles I was bringing the Magic Box upstairs. He doesn’t know what air conditioning is, but he knows he likes it. A lot.

So. The Magic Box is installed and running. When I return from running my errands this afternoon, I’ll come home to an apartment with cool, dry allergen-free air. All hail the Magic Box.

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So. Someone ask me what I did yesterday.

7 thoughts on “it’s magic.”

  1. magic box installation is a whole day event for me – I have 8 for my old house – i’m looking at the high velocity central air retrofit next year – should be much quieter – my advice to u is look for a house w central air in pix – u’d probably be out of the Cleveland tv issue down there as well – that’d be worth something to you.

    I am going to let someone else ask the question

    oh yeah, I have the best job – 1/2 day fridays all summer long – woo who

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  2. note to self….if purchasing a house, get one with a.c. it’s worth the extra gas/electric cost. Cool home = happy family and happy cat….everyone likes a happy cat.

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  3. K: My job is pretty nice, too … no Fridays ever. The Sunday shift is a trade-off though…

    E: I. Will. Never. Live. Without. AC. Again. I don’t think Miles would either.

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  5. Good try HP – but I think UC is a bit miffed at the slow ‘appreciation’ that his loyal fans gave him. I’m concerned that we’ll never be able to again gain his trust, oh wait, I forgot – if we give him a six-pack, we’ll be back on the ‘good’ side

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  6. It involves 1) climbing around in places high enough to nearly make me wet myself, and 2) endangered species. I’ll send you a link.

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