Ups & Downs

What an up and down day!


Down: We have two expensive air conditioners, neither of which are working as of yesterday.


Up: My brother could talk Steve through some things to check. When none of that worked, Steve knew a guy who was able to come over right away this afternoon.


Down: The compressor is broken in one air conditioner.


Up: Carrier was having trouble with those compressors so they will replace the entire air conditioning unit at cost, minus time used.


Down: The unit is eight years old so it will still cost us around $2,200, which we don't have right now. Then he checked the other unit in our addition. It needed two new capacitors. He replaced one right away and needs to order the other, which won't be here until Tuesday. That will run us at least $200.


Up: Replacing the capacitors in that unit will probably fix the issue for that air conditioner, so the boys will have air in their wing of the house.


Down: It's 81 degrees in our house.


Up: Steve's bank had their company picnic tonight so our entire family was well fed and I didn't have figure out what was for supper, cook supper or clean up the supper!!!


Down: I forgot one thing at the grocery store earlier and we figured we'd better get some more fans so I had to go to Walmart. I took the 15 year old and the 4 year old.


Up: I still got Anthony and Riley to their baseball games on time.


Down: Anthony got to pitch tonight and I missed it because I was at the bank picnic with the other kids.


Up: While on our way to Walmart, a call to my sister got us three fans that we could borrow so I didn't need to buy any. We were able to get in and out of Walmart in 15 minutes.


Down: I had taken my van key off my keychain so I wouldn't have to carry the whole thing around at the picnic. I drove to Walmart, parked, shopped and went back outside. When I got into the van, I realized my single key was missing. Looked around van, retraced steps, checked customer service - still no key. I had to call Steve to pick us up.


Up: Steve knew to come pick us up right away and not leave us stranded there.


Down: I've never had a spare key for that van, which I realized was a bad idea last time the keys were lost at Walmart. I obviously didn't follow up on correcting the situation. Incidentally, the only place I've ever lost my keys is at Walmart. I think I just need to avoid that place. That won't be hard now since I have no vehicle to get there anyway. Ha! I'll look again tomorrow but I think I'll just have to go to the dealership and have another key made. I'm not sure how long it will take to get one and how much it will cost but it has to be done.


Up: It's not raining, our basement isn't flooded and we haven't been hit by a tornado. :-)
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