I’m certainly cheerful that we live in a great neighborhood where we can rely on our neighbors for help.
The other day when we lost power it was a giant help when our buddy allowed us to come over & shower at her location, but she even let us take food & water from her refrigerator until we could get our own power reinstated, and it was certainly kind of him & it made us a lot more comfortable in the sweltering hot & humid weather conditions that we have been dealing with all summer, however of course, we should have known that our indoor air handling complications were over with, even when we had energy at our house again the a/c would not work.
That’s when we realized that when we lost power we also had an energy surge fry our overpriced central cooling device! Suddenly, it was looking like we were going to have weeks of unmanaged indoor air quality before we could afford to hire a professional heating & cooling professional for a repair repair or a full air conditioning replacement. Obviously, we were devastated at the thought of living in this oppressively hot environment separate from any air conditioning control indoors, and again, this is when our buddy stepped up & saved our butts. Apparently she heard our anxious discussions about the cooling system, because she came walking over with an A/C window component in hand 5 minutes later. My associate and I have been limping along with the A/C window component installed in our study room for some indoor air temperature control… Until we can afford a current A/C unit, we will be relying on my neighbor’s kindness.