What a day. It was an ok day up until about 3:00pm. After I got back from picking up the kids, I realized it was much hotter in the house than usual. So, I checked the thermostat. Yeah, it was 10 degrees hotter than usual downstairs, and 15 degrees hotter than usual upstairs. I then felt the vents, and found they were pushing out very little air. So, I turned of the A/C for a few minutes in hopes of resetting the system and getting it going again. That didn't work. So, I called maintenance and they said someone will be here in the next 24 hours to fix it. So, I ended up going out to dinner because it is way too hot in the house to cook. So, I had to take money that wasn't in the budget so we could go out to eat and sit in a cool restaurant. I was hoping that when we got home, that the system would have reset itself and that it would be cooler in the house. No such luck. So, here I sit, in a hot house trying to get the kids to sleep. I don't know how well I will sleep just because I can't sleep when I am hot. So, tonight should basically go like any other night for me.
I have to say that I am so extremely frustrated with this deployment. It feels like I have had to deal with things breaking left and right lately; between having to put the dog down, the fire alarms, the car I need to get looked at, the issues with CYS and the school I have had to deal with, and now the A/C. I know it is all in my head and it isn't that bad, but I feel a little overwhelmed. I am trying to stay calm and not get too overwhelmed about everything breaking, but Murphy and his oh-so-fun law are having quite a good laugh at me right now. Especially since I have two cakes I have to make by tomorrow night, running the stove will make it absolutely miserable in here. As with everything, though, I will get through it. My kids and I will survive this heat in our house with cool showers, ice water, and popsicles. It won't be the most comfortable, but hopefully housing comes through for us and gets here first thing in the morning before the heat cranks up to the 105 degrees we are expected to have tomorrow.
Today has made me appreciate my A/C a little more. A few weeks ago, my husband had to stay in a building in Afghanistan without A/C or anything. I understood how comfortable he was because I grew up with a swamp cooler that didn't always cool the whole house. Now, though, I really get it. It is now a part of my recent memory, especially watching my kids sweat through it and my poor dogs panting like crazy through it. A/C is an awesome thing that I am so grateful to have, when it is working.
Military spouses have always said nothing happens until after the husband deploys. Ha ha ha! They are sooo right! Though that seems to be the case, there is a benefit to being an Army wife. The benefit is that you have your own extension of your family right around you. Because of that, I know that if my A/C is not restored tomorrow, I can probably go to a friend's house and hang out and use them for their A/C while the kids are at school enjoying their A/C. :-) Or, I can go to the store and maybe have a friend with me at the same time to keep me company. Who knows? I just know that if I need help, I have a few people to ask and a few people I can count on to be there for me, and that is awesome to have during a deployment. My own personal support group. And I do have to say this, my little group of friends support me a whole lot better than the FRG for my husband's unit, but that is another blog for another day.
Another day gone, another day closer to seeing my husband again.
No comments:
Post a Comment