my house...

also known as the fiery inferno, has been pretty much unfit for habitation these past three days. You remember how I talked about the ac repairman coming to the rescue the other night, and pretty much becoming my new favorite person?...yeah well, I just took him down from my wall of heroes. Just kidding. I have nothing against this guy...just think he should look for a new day job. No, not really, he has been so good to come out every night, but it just baffles my mind that we can't get to the bottom of this problem with our air. Every night he comes out and "fixes it", and every morning, when we wake up (swimming in sweat), our house is back up to at least 85 degrees! Such a vicious cycle! We've been finding ways to deal with it though. I took my friend Melanie's advice, to just get out of the house. Yesterday we went and hung out at different friends' houses, went to McDonald's for a two hour lunch, and then went to Lori's house until it was time to head over to mutual at 7:00. The hard part about being on the go all day, was that Ruby did not get her naps, and was pretty grumpy because of it. She spent most the morning today, catching up, and slept for hours. I don't know how she did it in this heat. She must have been exhausted because it was like 92 degrees at that point! When she woke up, we went out to the Chandler mall for almost 4 hours! Kaitlyn, a darling YW from the ward has been asking me for a while now if I would take her school shopping, and give her some ideas of how to coordinate her outfits. She told me that she wants to dress exactly how I do...which I found very flattering. So yeah, we went and had a blast shopping our little hearts out. I love any opportunity I get to be able to bond with the young women. I remember how close I became with some of my leaders, and how to this day, we still remain good friends. I was dreading having to come home, and the minute we walked in the door, Ruby and I changed into wet t-shirts. We also keep a squirt bottle within reach...which helps, especially with the fans blowing on us. Yeah, it's hot air blowing on us...but at least it's air. And when your wearing wet clothing, I guess even the hot air can cool you off a bit. The guy just got here (for the third time), and although I know this is no fault of his, I have to admit, I'm not quite as excited to see him tonight as I was two nights ago! It's one of those times when you find yourself saying I'll believe it when I see it, or in our case I'm thinking hey man, my faith in you will be restored when I wake up tomorrow...cool, dry, comfortable, and finally able to breathe! I'm keeping my fingers crossed.