There have been some good things, don't get me wrong.
And then last night ...
I should backtrack and say that, while the day I arrived was 77° and lovely, the last few days have been like an oven. 96°. 98°. The high I saw this afternoon was 102°.
My cats were less than happy to begin with, what with having their lives uprooted and all, but last night was downright brutal. The sun came down and the cats came out ... panting, lethargic, and not being agreeable to me putting water on them or offering them cooling packs to snuggle up with. So off to the emergency vet we went.
Two minutes after we walked into the arctic, air conditioned lobby, they were fine. They sent us into an exam room, where we waited and waited. And while we waited and waited, I cried and cried.
My friend Alice called. She said the same thing to me that
They left us sit in the exam room until 11:30 pm, and while the (young, cute, Jewish) doctor was apologetic, I told him that really it was fine -- the longer the boys could stay in the air conditioning, the better.
We left at around 12:30 am. I was truly alarmed at how fucking HOT it was outside at midnight. That's just not right.
So bright and early this morning, I went to buy an air conditioner. It was a comedy of errors, to say the least. The one that
When I was finally able to relax enough to take a bath, I missed a number of calls, including two from
The funeral is on Thursday, in Pittsburgh. I don't think I'm going to go, mainly because I'm too scared to leave the cats unsupervised in this heat.
To say I'm freaking out would be a serious understatement.
tl;dr: My life asploded and now it's set on simmer.
- Current Location:United States, New York, East Elmhurst
Comments
Sorry to hear about your grandmother.
The heat is due to break Thursday (drop 10 degrees). I'm sure the cats will be okay in the apartment with the AC.
Other than that, you know, good luck, and it will get better. Also, mint iced tea fixes everything.
There *is* a window in the room next to that room, but the long story short on that one is that the vent piece didn't fit.
Last night I went to Lowe's and got a *second* air conditioner for that smaller room, this time a window unit. It's in there now and, so far, it works. The potential problem: I'm on the top floor and that room has a skylight, so it's essentially a sunroom. We'll see how it feels this afternoon.