"I had a major panic attack yesterday when I looked at the forecast and saw that today and tomorrow were going to be in the high 90's!!
Flashbacks of me and the kids with flushed cheeks and sweaty faces, melting in our house with no AC starting playing in my head. I started hyperventilating at the thought of about being stuck in the torture chamber sauna again.
Last year we took some steps to alleviate some of the pain, mainly buying a few window AC units. They help a little, but even with those our house would still push into the high 80's on a hot day.
When it's that hot, no one can sleep, the kids are lethargic, and Mommy is cranky! I don't want to cook, clean, or do anything productive, just eat popsicles and sit in a cold bath in my swimsuit all day. It ain't pretty.
So that's it. I'm scared. I see a forecast like that and it terrifies me. Enough so that even after a long exhausting day of chasing around 6 kids, (My cute friend just had twins so we have her 3 girls for a few days,) I still went on a late night run to Target after they were all in bed to get another window AC unit for Cam's room. Then I made Taber stay up late with me to get it all set up and installed. (Don't worry, we didn't drop it out of the window this time ; )
I also was out in the backyard at 6am this morning, dumping out our pool, cleaning it and getting it ready to refill after an unfortunate potty accident that left me unable to stomach the thought of the girls swimming in that water again. Ah life with kids : )
Here are some cute pool pics I took of them before the "accident." Cute aren't they?
So that's it, I've got 3 window units going upstairs, windows are all closed to keep out the humidity, blinds are closed, pool is filling up, freezer is stocked with popsicles and swimsuits are washed and ready to go. I think I've done all I can. Hopefully it's enough to beat the heat!
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p.s. Thank you so much for all the great organization tips!! I've been working on cleaning up my act and things are looking so much better. I'll have to post an update once I'm completely "rehabilitated." : )
5 comments:
Looks like you have got some great cool down tricks! I think you guys must be getting the heat that was just here the last couple of days (102 degrees yesterday....whaaaaaat?). Have fun playing in the water and eating your popsicles! :)
Dude! That is a sweet pool. Lucky...I wish I had a yard. I'm glad you didn't drop the AC out the window this time :) The girls look so cute in their swim gear. Teya's a little fish.
I kinda wish we had some hotter weather to swim in. Our weather has been so cool that it's freezing when you get out of the water. Good luck with the heat wave.
I hope you guys are surviving! It looks like you are as prepared as you can get! That pool is awesome. I may be looking into one of those if it ever warms up here for longer than one day!
Oh, man - I don't envy you your no a/c situation, but I am sooo jealous of your backyard right now!! I think I would just send my kids outside all day every day and then life would be wonderful, yes? My parents used to have a pool like that and it was awesome! I bought Lizza a tiny kiddy pool to put on our back porch for her birthday this week, so I better not let her see this picture.
P.S. I love Brinley's face in the last photo! Your girls both need to be little models in magazines - they make the cutest faces.
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