We got back from our trip last night. Although I enjoyed my vacation thoroughly, it was good to be home. Well, it WOULD be good to be home if our air conditioner was working. We had it set on 78 while we were gone (couldn’t turn it too high because of the cats), so when we got home, we turned it back to 75. It was 79 in the house. It pretty much STAYED 79 in the house. The air was blowing out the vents, but it wasn’t cold enough to cool the house. I hope all it needs is Freon. That is probably expensive, but not as expensive as a new heat pump. We can’t take any more big financial hits. We’ve gotten most of the hospital/doctor bills in, and there was one that looks like it involves the hospital, but not directly, that apparently wasn’t “in network”. Like we had a choice. So the out of pocket expense and deductible is MUCH higher on that bill. We’re calling the insurance company to find out WHO that bill is actually from (we don’t have the actual bill, just what the insurance company says we have to pay to a “K Beard”). We already have the bill from the hospital itself and one of the doctors who saw him there. What a mess it’s going to be. Then the air conditioner. Grrr. So right now I’m sitting here sweltering. We have all the windows open, and it’s storming.
I’m going to try to get all my sponsor duties done sometime today, visiting all the blogs I’m supposed to. I just want to say a word about that. Please, please, PLEASE make sure your blog is friendly to people who use WordPress, Blogspot, etc. I’ve tried to visit two blogs that required me to sign in with something else and set up an account. So, if your blog doesn’t recognize my WordPress credentials, I’m not going to be able to comment.
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Yuck on the air conditioner. I’ve had that happen, and it was Freon. I hope that’s all it is for you too. The last thing you need is another huge bill. What a pain. 😦
Yeah, that sucks. I hope it’s just Freon it needs. We’ve been lucky. Our heat pump is about 14 years old. We’ve had work done to it, but a lot of people have to have theirs replaced sooner than that.
while I haven’t a clue what this mysterious Freon entails – I know ‘hot’ – from my travels in Australia and also now I have grown older and can’t take the heat any more – no air con tho’ so am sympathsing by thinking what it would be like if the heating played up and fingers crossed on new boiler! does that make sense – am trying to say soory for the heat in the house – you def. don’t need it on top of everything else – sort of takes the gloss of nice holiday.
keep your chin up and all the best:)
Freon is the gas that air conditioners use to make it cool. Or something like that. 🙂
We’ve opened all the windows and are using the ceiling fan. Lucky for me, I work during the heat of the day. Hubby is going to call the guy who fixes our heat pump and see if he will come look at it.
The work of a sponsor is never done huh? One of the things I dread about vacations is coming home to some problem because we usually get back in too late in the day to get immediate assistance if it is beyond my area of expertise.
We did get back too late to fix anything. Plus, the next day was Sunday. Maybe today….
Another reason for me to not get an air conditioner, but welcome home.
You have no air conditioner??? Wow.
Thanks, it’s good to be back.
Glad you had a great trip.
I rarely use my air conditioning, even in the summer. The weather is so changeable here!
Thanks, L!
It gets really hot and muggy here. When the temperatures soar into the 90’s, it could get 100 in the house without air conditioning. There would be NO sleeping in that heat. LOL
Glad you had a great trip! Sorry to hear you came back to a bunch of yuck! Hope you got your air conditioner working cheaply and your insurance helps you with those bills. 😦
Thanks, Shannon! The air conditioner just needed Freon, just like I was hoping, so it was only a little over $100. And ONE of the doctor bills was a mistake, so I don’t think we owe as much as it looked like. I hope this is the case because those bills can be overwhelming.