Our plans for a new routine were dashed when we woke up Monday night at 2 a.m. and the house was feeling warm. Very warm. The air conditioner had stopped working during the night. We had it set on 85 while we were gone in June and had cranked it to 78 when we arrived. We called our home warranty company to log a claim.
In the morning, it wasn't too bad because we could keep the sliding door open but by lunchtime, we had to close it. We decided to call a neighbor who has an HVAC company to come and at least diagnose the problem. In the meantime, we called the home warranty company. They offered to come and look at it on Thursday. It was Tuesday. That was clearly not going to work. Luckily, our neighbor came in the afternoon and fixed the problem in less than a half an hour. We killed time fetching tile for Wednesday so the installer could replace the carpet in my sewing room. Meanwhile, my brother arrived in town from LA for a work engagement in Scottsdale. This was definitely not turning out to be the typical day we had imagined. But, the house was cooling down ...
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