it's too effing hot

and if it has to be this hot, why can't i melt away some of the extra padding i'm carrying around?

it's too hot to do the laundry that's piling up. too hot to run the dishwasher. too hot to think/read/sleep. the only thing i can do is watch tv and play solitaire.

why oh why were we not on the ball and shopping for a new h/ac during the spring instead of in the dead of summer? now all the places are wait-listing for six weeks, and mike still hasn't made up his mind who we're going with. just one more quote and then maybe he'll be able to pull the trigger.

granted, it's a good thing we didn't impulsively go with the first guy, because he lied to us about stuff like pulling the permit. nonetheless, the jump from 8k to 12k was quite shocking, so i think mike needs to see if the second guy is high end or average.

i just want a new system that's cold and quiet. is that too much to ask for?