It is hot here today. HOT I tell you. Yes, I am a wuss. No, we don’t have A/C and yes, I want it. I want it to be cold cold cold in the house. I want to have to put on socks and get a blanket when I watch TV. Quite honestly, I want to be able to see my breath. I just think A/C is just more civilized.

It’s difficult for me to be patient and sweet to the wee ones when I’m just fucking hot. It’s difficult to convince them to take a nap when it’s cooler outside than it is in your house.

A/C eludes me. EVERYWHERE I have lived we haven’t had it. In Colorado, my dad used to say “You don’t need it.” Then the rentals I lived in in college and post college didn’t have it. I, of course, channeled Sanford & Son and got myself window units whenever I could.Our house in Denver didn’t have it but we did ghetto up the joint with two window units AND a swamp cooler window unit. Sweet Lord. We move to Seattle and it’s the same as it was in Colorado. People say “You rarely need it.” Yeah, but you know what “rarely needing it” consists of probably 3 or 4 months of heat. That’s 3 or 4 months of being at home with little people all day. Blech. It makes me laugh when people say you don’t really need it. Really? Would you be annoyed if your office didn’t have A/C because “your don’t really need it?” Uh huh. I rest my case people.